Tag: Cees Flower of the day challenge
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FOTD: Bird of Paradise
This is my response to Cees Flower of the day challenge. I can see why they call these flowers Birds of Paradise!
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FOTD: Japanese Anenome, August 23
This year has been giving the Japanese anenome the kind of weather they like best. Not too hot and with cooler nights. This year they have grown up to almost 4 feet. This is my response to Cee’s Flower of the day Challenge.
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FOTD: CLEMATIS
This purple clematis is blooming on an east facing wall of our house.There are two clematis growing against this wall and this purple one blooms now in July and the other blooms in the autumn with smaller white blooms. I enjoy seeing both of them.I got the idea of growing two clematis next to each…
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FOTD:Day Lilly
This year the day lillies in our garden have been amazing; tall and full of blooms. I thought this one deserved to be featured in Cee’s Flower of the Day Callenge.
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FOTD: A Survivor!
Yes ….it is just a dandelion. but look where it is growing…. in the gravel of a parking lot at the barn where my horse lives. This particular space was ground over by the snow plow time after time in the winter. This little dandelion did not survive over the winter but here it is…
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FOTD: Flowers or Seeds?
Since I am spending the winter in South Florida there are lots of trees, flowers and plants I am not familiar with. First of all here is a photo of a tree near where we are staying. I was intrigued by the blooms. Were they flowers? My husband thinks they are seed pods. We tried…
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FOTD:Crinum Asiaticum
Below is a photo of the whole plant. This plant is new to me and Google had to identify it for me. Apparently it has escaped cultivation and naturalized in parts of Florida , Louisiana and California! I thought it would fit nicely into the Cee’s Flower of the Day photo challenge.
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FOTD: Red and White
These are my responses to Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge.
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FOTD: Hibiscus
My Flower of the Day for Cee’s FOTD Challenge.
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Bougainvillea: FOTD
It has really surprised me!
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When is a Weed not a Weed?
Weeds are flowers too once you get to know them . A.A.Milne So the botanical name sounds quite grand but calling this attractive plant a weed seems unfair. It is native to central and eastern North America. It is a tall beauty in my garden and I see it every day from the kitchen dining…
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FOTD: Astilbe