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Wordless Wednesday – Early March Wonders

Camellia ‘Coral Delight’

Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud)

Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud)

‘Pride of Gibraltar’ Hummingbird Cerinthe

Narcissus ‘Delnashaugh’ (Double Daffodil)

Wordless Wednesday – Celebrity Sightings

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)

Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis)

Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola)

Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)

Tomato ‘Celebrity’

Wordless Wednesday—Glimpse of Summer

Buddleja davidii ‘Adokeep’ (Adonis blue Butterfly Bush)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) (against the fence on Buddleja davidii ‘Adokeep’)

Angelonia ’Serena Purple’

Angelonia ’Serena Purple’

Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)

Cleome hassleriana (Spider Flower)

Foxglove ‘Dalmatian Peach’

Foxglove ‘Dalmatian Peach’

Hemerocallis (Daylily) (from Mercers’)

Hemerocallis (Daylily) (from Mercers’)

Iris domestica (Blackberry Lily)

Dahlia Border Decorative ‘Gallery Pablo’

Leucanthemum superbum ‘Alaska’

Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)

Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)

Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ (Beardtongue) –Meditation Circle

Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ (Beardtongue) –Meditation Circle

Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ (Beardtongue) –Meditation Circle

Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’

Salvia uliginosa ‘Blue Sky’ (Bog sage)

Salvia uliginosa ‘Blue Sky’ (Bog sage)

Salvia greggii ‘Furman’s Red’ (Autumn Sage)

Take time to look up!

Looking up through Cleome hassleriana (Spider Flower)

Looking up

Looking up

Wordless Wednesday—Mid-Week Sigh

Hemerocallis (Daylily) (from Mercers’)

Hemerocallis (Daylily) (from Mercers’)

Hemerocallis (Daylily) (from Mercers’)

Hemerocallis (Daylily) (from Mercers’)

Iris domestica (blackberry lily)  –Finally managed to get a couple of these from seeds shared by my sister

Tagetes ‘Durango Red’ (Durango Red French Marigold)

Monarda didyma (Scarlet Beebalm)

Phlox paniculata ‘Robert Poore’ (Garden phlox)

Liatris spicata ‘Blazing Star’

Wordless Wednesday – MidApril Closeups

Narcissus ‘Delnashaugh’ (Double Daffodil)

Narcissus ‘Delnashaugh’ (Double Daffodil)

Narcissus ‘Delnashaugh’ (Double Daffodil)

Narcissus (Mixed Large Daffodils)

Narcissus (Mixed Large Daffodils)

Narcissus (Mixed Large Daffodils)

Narcissus ‘Cheerfulness’

Twin Sisters / Cemetery Ladies (Narcissus x medioluteus)

Iris germanica ‘Raspberry Blush’

Iris germanica ‘Orinoco Flow’

Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood)

Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood)

Wordless Wednesday – Portraits Of Early April

Tulipa clusiana ‘Cynthia’

Tulipa clusiana ‘Cynthia’

Tulipa clusiana ‘Cynthia’

Narcissus ‘Cheerfulness’ and Tulipa clusiana ‘Cynthia’

Flowers Catching Breeze With Birdsong

Narcissus ‘Cheerfulness’

Narcissus ‘Cheerfulness’ and Tulipa clusiana ‘Cynthia’

Iris ‘Crimson King’

April 3, 2022 Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) on Cupressus arizonica, the Arizona cypress

April 3, 2022 Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)

Question Mark with Chimes and Birdsong

Dutch Iris

Dutch Iris

Wordless Wednesday – Shades of Blue

Hyacinth Orientalis Shades of Blue

Hyacinth Orientalis Shades of Blue

Hyacinth Orientalis Shades of Blue

‘Pride of Gibraltar’ Hummingbird Cerinthe

‘Pride of Gibraltar’ Hummingbird Cerinthe

Sedum ‘Thunderhead’ (planted 2021)

March Clouds

Wordless Wednesday—Angelonia In The Meditation Circle

I used this angelonia in my vase on Monday and several readers were unfamiliar with it. An annual here, it blooms all summer until first frost without deadheading.

Angelonia AngelMist ‘Spreading Berry Sparkler’

Angelonia AngelMist ‘Spreading Berry Sparkler’

Angelonia AngelMist ‘Spreading Berry Sparkler’

Angelonia AngelMist ‘Spreading Berry Sparkler’

Angelonia AngelMist ‘Spreading Berry Sparkler’

Angelonia AngelMist ‘Spreading Berry Sparkler’

Wordless Wednesday – Autumn and Camellia Fruits

Smiling Fruit on Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’

Wordless? Well, just a few whispers this rainy (yes actual rain is falling) Wednesday.

Welcoming September Equinox with a wistful sigh today Sep 22 3:21 pm EDT.

The garden’s nearly 20 year old Camellia sasanquas ‘Yuletide’ have produced fruits this year. I have a record of this pollinator achievement one other time in a photo taken also on this day in the year 2012.

Wordless Wednesday – Mid-September Juncture

Reblooming Iris germanica ‘Immortality’

Iris germanica ‘Immortality’

Dahlia ‘Tsuku Yori No Shisha’

Dahlias From The Garden – No ID

Zinnia elegans ‘Purple Prince’

Zinnia elegans ‘Purple Prince’

Zinnia elegans ‘Purple Prince’ and Common Lantana

Dahlia ‘Totally Tangerine’

Lycoris radiata (Spider Lily)

Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’ and Rudbeckia fulgida (Orange Coneflower)