Still waiting on the mid-season bloom, but this Rembrandt throwback is a reminder of why we play the long game. 🌷⚖️ The 2026 'cold anchor' is real, but the payoff will be extraordinary. Stay patient, stay sharp. 🔋🏙️
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A tulip of the Rembrandt group…ic white petals streaked with magenta- burgundy, surrounded by blue-green foliage
Tulips, except for the early species varieties, *still* aren’t in bloom here… but one of my favorites from a few seasons back, of the Rembrandt variety…🌱
🌿 #TulipThursday #gardens #FlowerPhotography #Bloomscrolling #MyJoyfulPlace 🌿
Spring garden vignette of tulips in shades of watermelon, rosy pink with white edges and peachy orange. In the foreground is a medium with coppery green foliage and yellow flowers.
🌿still waiting for Tulipmania to begin here…in the while, beauties from last season 🍃
#TulipTuesday #BloomScrolling #flowers #gardens #MyJoyfulPlace #FlowerPhotography
Saliva guaranitica—tubular shaped petals of glorious cobalt blue. The ebony black calyces and stems provide added beauty. Here it is paired with the pure white variety of Platycodon, Balloon Flower. .
The kind of blues that brings to me a moment of much-needed joy
🌿 #BlueskyMonday #blue #BloomScrolling #gardens #FlowerPhotography #flowers
#MyJoyfulPlace 🌱
luscious layers of petals on a peony flower..the colors are raspberry-pink with blushes of white along the edges, and a saffron orange center. In a clear glass vase on a patterned cream color table
birthday peonies…swoon…
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From the spring garden, tulip flowers in colors of bright apple-red and outer petals of soft bluish green.
…they are nestled under the soil right now, but last spring’s tulip beauty still delights…🌱
🌲Merry merry to all.🌹
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From inside, a view through the black framed glass door out to the deck garden in summer season. Foliage are mixed tones of chartreuse and bright greens, in the center is a begonia plant with orange flowers, and also a glass and iron candle lantern.
From inside, a view out to the deck garden during yesterday’s snowfall. Snow blankets tall evergreens, golden-orange curly willow branches, and red-berried Ilex. On the right are two tender garden plants, overwintering inside(like me)…cozy from the frigid temperatures❄️
good morning, from the door out to the deck garden…in summer 🌱and yesterday❄️
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flowers on the thanks-giving table..roses in layers and layers of pumpkin and deep coral-orange colored petals, button-shaped chrysanthemum flowers in tones of rusty-reds with saffron centers… and alstroemeria, funnel-shaped blossom in hues of soft, buttery yellow and burgundy-wine.
Autumn… the year’s last, loveliest smile. -William Cullent Bryant
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layers of plant foliage in shades tangerine, warm reds, olive and vibrant greens
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. -Albert Camus
🍂
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#LandscapePhotography 🌱
a single sweet pea blossom, in shades of amethyst-purple and navy blue…behind is a slender green stem with a deep midnight-blue flower bud
rainy, windy, watery #BlueSkyMomday
…dreaming of the springtime sweet peas…🌱
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#FlowerPhotography #dream
Three flowers on a Morning Glory ‘Pearly Gate’ vine…the pure white blossoms are round saucer shaped, and have a tiny golden yellow-center. On the left are some lime-green flower buds, and behind is a brick wall.
They took until *October* to bloom…but now the ethereal flowers of Morning Glory ‘Pearly Gates’ are delighting me on chilly autumn morns. 🌱
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#FlowerPhotography
Seed pods of Hyacinth Bean vine. They are purple-grape in color and look like lacquer.
Purple hyacinth bean flowers on a slender, deep burgundy stem, surrounded by bright green foliage.
The process of seeds into flowers and then flowers into seeds is always wondrous to me…🌱
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#FlowerPhotography #FlowerReport
Here, the flowers and lacquered-purple seed pods of Hyacinth Bean Vine 🌱
A bee visiting the violet-blue flowers of Caryopteris…the buds and blossoms are like like tiny jewels and the foliage is silver-green. In the background are the rich purple flowers of Angelina, a truly remarkable annual that blooms from late spring to frost, no deadheading needed.
happy #blueskymonday …brought to you by a bee and beautiful blue Caryopteris blooms…💙
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#FlowerPhotography #blue #bees 🌱
Grateful for this moment of quiet beauty in my small late summer garden. Two white Moonflowers turn toward the sunset…warm soft rosy-orange light behind the dark-olive silhouettes of Ginkgo trees. 🤍
just now, two moonvine flowers, reaching toward the setting sun…
🌱🤍🌱
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#FlowerPhotography #breathe
Garden vignette…a tapestry of annuals and perennials in shades of lilac-pink, rose, silver and white, and lots of green foliage.
The glowing freshness of white flowers. In the center is dainty Diascia, surrounded with the glossy green foliage white blossoms of Vinca.
definitely a day to pause doomscrolling and immerse myself in #BloomScrolling
💚thanks to all who share the beauty of your gardens 🌱
from the late-summer garden, a bit scruffy, but the white illuminates…
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Tea in my favorite mug w blue circles and sage green glaze. Surrounding is what I refer to as my mini-meadow garden—blue Sal via, white Echinacea, white Cleome and vinca flowers, deep purple Lavender. In the foreground sky-blue blossoms of Evolvulus. Lots of green and gold foliage. On a glass tiled table sits a tiny rusted iron birdbath w two birds.
after the rain, morning tea in my mini-meadow garden 🌱
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#FlowerPhotography #FlowerReport
Bright green Moonvine foliage climbing up against a deep brown brick wall. Three large fragrant white flowers are opening in the late afternoon light.
Three exquisite pure white Moonvine blossoms, against deep green foliage. Wish you could inhale the sublime fragrance!
🌱 Good afternoon, brought to you by my climbing “Jack in the Beanstalk” Moonvines…🤍
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#FlowerPhotography #FlowerReport
Echinacea flowers with petals in glowing shades of coral, salmon and rosy-peach. The centers are toasty brown with golden flecks. Above, float airy stems of Agastache flowers in a soft orange hue.
🌱 good morning, brought to you by two of my summer favorites, Echinacea and Agastache
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Three glowing marigold flowers in colors of saturated orange and saffron, and an Echinacea blossom, with apricot-hued petals and a golden center. Surrounded by deep green dissected-leaved Marigold foliage.
🌱 Good afternoon… brought to you by the glow of marigolds and echinacea 🧡
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A bee feasting in the garden…on the menu are white echinacea flowers with a golden yellow center, soft pink cosmos, and peach colored Agatasche…all surrounded by green foliage
Summertime feast!
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#BloomScrolling #EastCoastKin
Vignette of my shade garden after the drenching rains… coleus in shades of burnt orange and chartreuse green. On the left, silvery-mauve Shield plant, and center, Elephant Ears foliage of dusky eggplant-purplish heart shaped leaves, speckled with raindrops.
Hope any folks affected by the storms are safe and dry.
Meanwhile, my thirsty garden was thankful for a drench 🌱
#Bloomscrolling #MyJoyfulPlace #flowers #foliage #rain #UrbanGardening #gardening #FlowerPhotography
A zinnia flower with creamy-white petals and a lemon and saffron yellow center. Above, Isotoma Star Flower, 5 deep lavender-blue petals that form a star with a white center
Good morning, brought to you by this delightful duo…🌱
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A trio of some favorite flowers—Echinacea with ivory petals and golden center, deep blue Salvia and peachy-pink Agastache blooms… surrounded by green foliage and a few delicate pink Cosmos flowers.
Waiting for the bees to arrive, Echinacea, Salvia and Agastache 🌱
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After Ddays and days of extreme hot and humid weather, a drenching rain storm swept in and the temperatures are cool and breezy… the garden and I are very happy. In the foreground, a well-filled Martini glass with green olives… surrounded by rain-spattered foliage and flowers in shades of white, lavender and peach.
celebrating in the garden after a drenching rain…cheers! 🌱🍸💧
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Astrantia flowers, the delicate ivory colored petals and stamens have a soft amethyst glow. On the right is a salmon colored daylily with a saffron orange center. Green foliage surrounds the flowers.
🌱 good morning… brought to you by Astrantia, jewels of the garden
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A garden vignette…mix of annuals and perennials in tones of silver, dusky pink, deep burgundy purple, green and white.
🌱 Happy Thursday, brought to you by my pocket of calm in the garden…silver, dusky pink, white and deep burgundy…
#flowers #BloomScrolling #gardens #UrbanGardening #gardening #MyJoyfulPlace #FlowerPhotography #FlowerPower #breathe
Garden vignette in my summer garden. In the background, a brick wall is covered with the green leaves and deep orange flowers of Trumpet Vine. In the foreground is a mix of perennials and annuals in shades of orange, white, lavender and purple.
Inside the lilac purple petals of Platycodon, Balloon Flower, a pollen-laden black and buff colored bee is about to fly off. Green foliage is in the background.
inside the Balloon flowers, bees are rolling in the pollen…🌱🐝💜
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vignette from the summer garden…orange zinnias, portulaca and mini petunias, burgundy-purple oxalis leaves, pale yellow daylilies, deep lavender starflowers, gray and green foliage…terra-cotta pots and ornament
Zinnia flower, grown from seed. The petals are a saturated pumpkin-orange with deep burnt orange edges. The center has an even darker orange ring around saffron yellow.
this morning in the garden…
I’ve been a gardener for many decades and am still in awe of the act of planting a tiny seed and nurturing it into such miraculous beauty 🌱
#flowers #BloomScrolling #gardens #seeds #UrbanGardening #gardening #MyJoyfulPlace #FlowerPhotography #FlowerPower #wondorus
a shady nook in the summer garden…a mix of foliage colors…chartreuse, dusky purple, burnt orange, burgundy…orange and white flower blossoms too
a “foliage bouquet” in the summer garden…burnt-orange coleus leaves, dusky-purple, elephant ears, glowing chartreuse hosta with lime-green edges, iridescent amethyst and silvery leaves of the Persian Shield plant, and a froth of tiny white flowers
🌱good morning from the shady nook of my garden…looking kinda tropical, to match the steamy heat wave…
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Closeup of a black and yellow bee, breakfasting on the golden yellow pollen of a deep watermelon-red hued Portulaca blossom. Above are the green buds and lavender petals of Scabiosa flowers
🌱happy Tuesday morning, brought to you by a very busy bee…🐝
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#gardening #EastCoastKin #UrbanGardens #FlowerPower
