Woman’s Dahlias Become Comfy Sleeping Beds For Frogs [Video]

• For the owner of Snohomish Flower Farm, the noisy frogs herald that spring has begun.
• Allison Lamb recently discovered that the little creatures have turned her dahlias into comfortable sleeping beds.
• Allison says that she finds the frogs useful as they eat the bugs that destroy the flowers, so they are welcome to visit. 

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Allison Lamb of Snohomish Lavender Farm in Washington knows when spring has sprung. It is not just the sight of colorful flowers and melted snow but the noisy croaking of cute frogs. They are not called Pacific chorus frogs for nothing.

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The frogs come in droves as they visit her flower farm and create a ruckus by climbing on walls and hanging in the flower baskets. Some even end up hopping in her home.

But she was in for a surprise when she found one frog asleep in one of her dahlias. She was delighted to find that the dahlias not only provide pollen for the bees but have also become the perfect size for the frogs to take a rest in.

With more than 200 dahlias growing on her farm, it is more than enough to accommodate the hoppy visitors.

Allison said, “I kept seeing more and more as the summer progressed. Some days I could find over 10 different frogs taking shelter in my flowers.”

Allison and her children find the visiting frogs exciting and entertaining. They also help by eating the bad bugs.

And it is not just the little critters that have made the flowers into shelters.

Allison shares, “The bees will sleep in my dahlias overnight, I find little spiders taking shelter as well, and last year I found little gardener snakes up in my flowers.” She added, “I also have several salamanders, a praying mantis, and, in the late summer, caterpillars are everywhere.”

But her favorite is seeing the frogs sleeping in the colorful petals with their heads jutting out. She enjoys having them until the frost sets in. She gets sad to see them go when the temperatures drop and it is too cold for them. It is how nature works. But then again, there’s spring to look forward to again when the frogs come back to their flower hotel.

See you then, froggies!

Source: The Dodo