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A tiny new butterfly visiting a neighbour’s garden, the Brown Argus (Aricia agestis). It wouldn’t flash me the other side of its wing, but these were lovely enough. That’s a perennial sweet pea, pretty in pink. 🌱 #gardensky #canadagardens #torontogardens #butterfly
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Deep red poppy when backlit creates a stained-glass effect.
Because I can never get enough of this poppy. ‘Beauty of Livermere.’ #bloomscrolling #canadagardens #torontogardens #gardensky #gardens 🌱 #poppylove #flowersonfriday #photography #nofilter #iphonephotography
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This is the out-of-the-iphone-camera red, red, red of the ‘Beauty of Livermere’ oriental poppy. I wait for its brief yet happy-making appearance every year.
The crinkled tissue-papery petals of the freshly opened flower and the inky black markings and purpley stamens just add to my joy.
My growing patch lost two buds to (probably) marauding squirrels climbing the obelisk placed to keep the stems upright. This spring in Toronto has been particularly wet, so those stems are taller than usual. Naturally, the flowers lean into the sun, so my neighbour enjoys the best view.
That red certainly draws the eye in my messy front garden.
The arrival of the ‘Beauty of Livermere’ poppies is always a thrill. So red! So crinkly! So look-at-me-everybody! #bloomscrolling #canadagardens #torontogardens #gardensky 🌱 #messygardens #photographingflowers #nofilter
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Closeup of the small, multipetalled flowers of this Eastern redbud nativar.
Redbud flowers emerge before the foliage. But when the heart-shaped leaves do begin to come out, as here, they make a handsome contrast.
My first-ever sighting of a double redbud, possibly Cercis canadensis ‘Pink Pom Poms.’ Very showy! But I wonder how it is as a nectar source. Opinions? #bloomscrolling #nativars #gardensky 🌱 #canadagardens #torontogardens #onmywalktoday #floweringtrees
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An aging purple tulip with blue and white markings, yellow stamens and an acid-green pistil. Sometimes I love the look of a tulip near the end of its flowering period, like this one. The petals take on fascinating sculptural shapes.
The wabi-sabi beauty of a frizzled tulip. #bloomscrolling #canadagardens #torontogardens #springgarden #bulbs #tulips #photography #photographingflowers
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An aide memoire for gardeners: when adding a new plant, photograph the tag (both sides, if appropriate) with a clue to the location. The date will likely be added, especially if a phone camera. Instant, easy record-keeping. #gardening 🌱 #gardensky #canadagardens #torontogardens #gardentips
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‘Daydream’ tulip as it first appears, mostly yellow petals lightly edged in reddish orange
The orange edges widen and deepen in colour after a day or two
A few days more and the petals appear mostly a deep orange, with soft stripes of yellow in the centre and at the base of each petal
A patch of ‘Daydream’ planted at the same time but showing several different stages of colour
Tulipa ‘Daydream’ gradually changes, becoming more and more orange as it ages. But not every one at the same time. #bloomscrolling #canadagardens #torontogardens #gardening 🌱 #gardensky #springgarden #springbulbs #tulips
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It’s cherry blossom time! No crowds. I only needed to keep my eyes open in my neighborhood to be awed by this beauty. #bloomscrolling #canadagardens #gardening 🌱 #gardensky #photography #cherryblossoms #torontogardens
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A handful of dollar-store marbles add just enough lift so tulips can fan out, not scrunch together, in this narrow glass vase. Must get more! #canadagardens #flowersinavase #bloomscrolling 🌱 #gardensky #gardening #torontogardens #tuliptime
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Helleborus ‘Sandy Shores’ is a single hellebore (so has nectaries for early-foraging pollinators). Colour is a creamy pale yellow with purple-red shading and a deep red-purple star around yellow stamens.
The outside of the tepals is a rosy red, shaded with creamy yellow.
First blooms of the Helleborus ‘Sandy Shores’ I planted last year live up to their name. Lovely! #canadagardens #gardensky #gardening 🌱 #bloomscrolling #flowersonfriday #fridayflowers #perennials #springgarden #torontogardens
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If that’s not why they call them snowdrops, it should be. Mine are later than usual this year. But they were waiting patiently for their cue in the greenroom under a heap of late snow. 🌱 #canadagardens #gardening #gardensky #springflowers #galanthophile #torontogardens #bloomscrolling
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I need to rescue mine from goutweed (Aegepodium) invading from a neighbour’s yard. Grrrrrrrr. #invasiveplants #canadagardens #torontogardens
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Nasturtiums from the memory bank to brighten our first winter Monday before the unleashing of 2025. #flowersinavase #Monday #torontogardens 🌱
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Very large garden sage plant in December, Toronto ON
Maybe we can’t overwinter rosemary here in Toronto, but we can overwinter garden sage (Salvia officinalis). This one is the largest I’ve seen. Winner winner, turkey dinner! #herbs #sage #torontogardens 🌱 #notmygarden #gardening
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Like sunshine on a cloudy day. And when it’s cold outside it’s like the month of…September. #sunflower #bees #torontobees #torontogardens #iseeaheart 🌱
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Hens-and-chicks closeup with naturally red, yellow and green colours
Hoping this one sticks around. It’s Sempervivum Chick Charms ‘Gold Nugget’ PP28,284. Under Norway maples on sand, my problem isn’t having enough drainage, it’s having enough sun. Green fingers crossed. #nofilter #garden #gardening #torontogardens #rockgardens
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