Clear early days of summer?

Clear sunny day, everyone looks healthy outside. I spot watered bamboo, Sophie Cecile, Cloe etc. weak liquid fertilizer.

I submitted my pictures of what I thought might be b. 'China Boy' to the yahoo Begonia group. The consensus is that it's a U402, a species. I'll check out the ABS webite.

Pulmaria's leaves are curling a bit but otherwise has full growth.

Found a simple home made remedy for insects: 3 tbl per gallon of handsoap. I've sprayed both gardenia and croton again with this mixture. Tired.