A woman discovers that her flowers have become a hotel for frogs

Residents of Snohomish, WA know it’s spring when the last snow has melted and the colorful flowers begin to bloom. For Allison Lamb, however, the first sign always comes from a group of loud but cute neighbors.

“We know spring has arrived when we hear all the frogs start to croak,” says Ms Lamb.

According to Lamb, the frogs that visit his home and business — Snohomish Lavender Farm — are plentiful and incredibly active.

“I have flowers that line my house, and they climb up the walls,” Lamb said, “and they climb up my hanging flower baskets.”

It’s not uncommon for Lamb to find a frog or two hopping around his house. But one day, while inspecting her flower garden, she was shocked to find a frog doing something she had never seen before – she was taking a well-deserved rest in one of her dahlias.

“I was delighted to find a frog sleeping in one of my dahlias,” Ms Lamb said.

Ms Lamb grows over 200 dahlias on her farm and was pleasantly surprised to learn that these flowers not only provide pollen for bees, but also make a perfect sized hotel for frogs.

During the spring and summer seasons, Mrs. Lamb and her children spend most of their mornings looking for Pacific tree frogs in their flower garden. For them, visiting frogs are a source of excitement and entertainment.

They play a crucial role in keeping the flower garden alive and thriving, especially the dahlias.

“Frogs eat the wrong critters for me,” says Allison Lamb.

Of course, there are others who inhabit Lamb’s flower garden alongside the frogs.

“Bees sleep in my dahlias at night, I also find little spiders taking shelter, and last year I found little garden snakes in my flowers. “I also have several salamanders, a praying mantis, and in late summer the caterpillars are everywhere.”

But, for Allison Lamb, there’s nothing quite like frogs snuggling up in her flowers. She loves to see them sleeping in the petals, with their little green heads sticking out, and she is always sad to see them go at the end of summer.

“They stay in the flowers all season, until the first frost comes and the flowers die,” Lamb says.

The frogs leave when it gets too cold, but Mrs. Lamb knows they’ll come back in the spring. And she hopes that next year she will find even more guests at her flower hotel.

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