Tag: #FOTDChallenge

FOTD: HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA ‘HARVEST MOON’

HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA
’HARVEST MOON’
Common Name:
Witchhazel

This type of plants are DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. Their typical butter yellow autumn leaves fall leaving the flowers exposed on this later flowering selection with slightly larger flowers than the species.

These particular witch-hazels were located near the Lake Trail at Crowders Mountain State Park in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.

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FOTD: Gaillardia pulchella

Gaillardia pulchella
AKA: firewheel, Indian blanket, Indian blanketflower, or sundance
It is a North American species
of short-lived perennial
or annual flowering plants
in the sunflower family.
The common name, Indian Blanket,
may refer to the resemblance
of the inflorescence
to the brightly patterned blankets
made by Native Americans,
or to the ability of wild taxa
to blanket the ground with colonies.

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Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Crowders Mountain State Park Visitors Center, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA

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Macro Monday: Trifolium pratense

Trifolium pratense,
red clover,
is a herbaceous species
of flowering plant
in the bean family Fabaceae,
native to Europe, Western Asia,
and northwest Africa,
but planted and naturalized
in many other regions.

Interesting Facts:

Red clover is a good pollen and nectar source for bumblebees.

Red clover’s flowers and leaves are edible, and can be added as garnishes to any dish. They can be ground into a flour.

The flowers often are used to make jelly and tisanes, and are used in essiac recipes. Their essential oil may be extracted and its unique scent used in aromatherapy.

It is widely grown as a fodder crop, valued for its nitrogen fixation, which increases soil fertility. For these reasons, it is used as a green manure crop.

Macro Monday

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Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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FOTD: Verbena rigida

Verbena rigida
Common Names:
Purple Verbena
Rigid Verbena
Sandpaper Verbena
Slender Vervain
Tuberous Vervain


Slender Vervain is a perennial that spreads by rhizomes and is native to South America. Is an annual north of zone 7 but needs winter protection in that zone. It has naturalized from southeastern North Carolina to Florida and is very tolerant of heat and drought.

These Verbena rigida are in the garden in front of The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Gastonia, North Carolina.

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Photo Credit :©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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FOTD: A Child’s Gift

Leucanthemum vulgare,
commonly known as
oxeye daisy
Coleman’s
Floral Gift
to his Mom

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Macro Lens for Canon EF-S18-55mm f/5.6 ISO 200 55mm 1/100s

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Macro Monday: Petunia axillaris

Petunia axillaris,
the large white petunia,
AKA: wild white petunia
or white moon petunia,
is an annual herbaceous plant
in the family Solanaceae, genus Petunia.

Macro Monday

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Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 FOTD: Garden Roses

Roses located
along the side of
The Schiele Museum
The Schiele Museum
In
Gastonia, North Carolina

Floral Friday

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Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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FOTD: 2023 June_Rubus idaeus ‘Caroline’

Caroline Raspberry Bush
Rubus idaeus ‘Caroline’

Rubus idaeus ‘Caroline’ (Everbearing Raspberry) is a fall-fruit big cultivar producing high yields of large, highly flavored, red raspberries which are perfect for eating or preserves.

Raspberry plants can fruit on different types of canes, and these are categorized into primocane and floricane. Both primocane (first year) fruiting and floricane (second year) fruiting raspberries have both primocanes and floricanes growing from the plant after the first year.

Primocane fruiting raspberries, commonly called Everbearing raspberries, produce flowers and fruit on first year canes. Primocane varieties will produce a moderate crop in June and a much larger crop from late August until frost.

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Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with a Canon EF-S18-55mm lens f/8 1/160 55mm ISO100

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2023 FOTD: June 6_Erigeron annuus

Erigeron annuus (formerly Aster annuus),
AKA the annual fleabane, daisy fleabane
Eastern Daisy fleabane is a species of herbaceous, annual or biennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

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Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max Ultra Wide Angle f/2.2 13mm

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FOTD: 2023 June 5 – Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora, montbretia

Crocosmia aurea, common names falling stars, Valentine flower, or montbretia, is a perennial flowering plant belonging to the family Iridaceae.

Crocosmia’s flowers are brilliantly colored and showy, making them a wonderful choice for flower arrangements. Sometimes called Montbretia, the tubular-shaped flowers are extremely attractive to hummingbirds. The brilliant red yellow or orange blooms appear in May or June with sword-shaped foliage.

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Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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FOTD: Canna indica

Commonly
known as
Indian Shot

It is also known by African Arrowroot, Arrowroot, Canna, Edible Canna, and Wild Canna Lily among a few other names.

The rhizomes of cannas are rich in starch, and have many uses in agriculture. All of the plant material has commercial value, rhizomes for starch (consumption by humans and livestock), stems and foliage for animal fodder, young shoots as a vegetable, and young seeds as an addition to tortillas.

Other interesting uses include the hard black seeds of the Arrowroot having been used in the 19th century as bullets when ammunition was limited. The seeds are also used for making jewelry and musical instruments such as rattles.

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Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 May: Whatsoever Is Lovely — Week 21

Catawba River –
Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies
Landsford Canal State Park
Catawba, South Carolina
Spider Lilies
Landsford Canal
Catawba, South Carolina

WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 17

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Photo Credit: ©️Mischelle Oyko (Shared with me from friend in hiking club)

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2023 OWS: RED Knockouts

Floribunda Garden
Rose Bush

Cherry Red
Knockout
Rosebuds
Red Knockout
Rose Bud

Debbies One Word Sunday: Red

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Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max 24mm f1.78

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FOTD: Simpson’s grasspink

(Calopogon tuberosus var. simpsonii)
This gorgeous wildflower is called grass pink
and it is in the Orchid family (Orchidaceae).
The genus name “Calopogon” is Greek
and means “beautiful beard.”
It refers to the hairlike structures
on the upper petal.
It has a bulb-like corm
that resembles a tuber,
hence the name “tuberosus.”
The slender grass-like leaves
give rise to the name “grass pink.”
It is a stunning wildflower.

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Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens with Altura Wide Angle Fisheye Lens.

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Floral Friday: Yellow Bearded Iris

Bearded Iris
Califora Pleasant Peasant
(Reblooming) Bud

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Floral Friday

WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 20

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm Super Macro and Altura for Canon Wide-Angle Fisheye Lenses

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FOTD: Scilla peruviana

Scilla peruviana

The Scilla Peruviana is also known as the Portuguese Squill. It is a spring-blooming bulb with striking, lavender-blue flowers. The flower heads can be as large as a softball, with star-like florets that open gradually over a period of 3 weeks or more. The plants have long, strappy leaves similar to a hyacinth, and grow 12-20” tall.

Information from www.longfield-gardens.com/article/all-about-scilla-peruviana.

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm Super Macro Lens

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WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 19

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Colorful Flower Trios

Guzmania Bromeliad
Guzmania Bromeliads –
Scarlet-star – Drooped tufted airplant
Calla Lily Peter’s Pride
Pink Calla Lily

Thursday Trios

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC): 2023 April – Close Up or Macro

Viburnum: Old Fashion Snowball
Viburnum Opulus Roseum
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Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Alura Fisheye Macro Lens for Canon

Also posting as part of Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Wordless Wednesday

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Macro Monday: Anthuriums

Anthurium
the largest genus
of the arum family, Araceae.
General common names include anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower, and laceleaf.

Macro Monday

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Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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FOTD: Crassulaceae kalanchoe

Aka
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
Orange Kalanchoe
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina

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Silent Sunday 

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Shot on Canon. Canon EOS Rebel T3i with a Canon 75-300 mm lens

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Twice as Nice

Phalaenopsis – Moth Orchid – Double Spike
Orchid (Cymbidium)

Neoregelia carolinae,
the blushing bromeliad,
is a species
of flowering plant
in the genus Neoregelia.
Orchid Cambria
Odontoglossum ‘Francine’ Pink

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Two

Cee‘s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm

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NPC #5/CPC: First Hints/Signs of Spring in The South-Central Piedmont Region of North Carolina

Eastern Tree Caterpillar
nests are commonly found on
wild cherry, apple, and crab apple,
but may be found on hawthorn, maple,
cherry, peach, pear and plum as well.
There is one generation of the
Eastern tent caterpillar per year.
The insects overwinter
as egg masses on twigs,
and they hatch in April.
They turn into moths
which are reddish-brown
with two pale stripes running
diagonally across each forewing.
Photinia ‘ Red Robin ‘ P x fraseri
also known as the Christmas Berry
makes an attractive hedging plant
with its glossy red new growth.
Wisteria sinensis ‘Cooke’s Purple’
Hally Jolivette Cherry (Prunus)
is one of the best
flower ornamental
cherry trees available.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: First hints of spring

Nature Photo Challenge #5: Signs of Spring

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Cell Pic Sunday: 2023 March 26_Ti Plant

Cordyline Fruticosa Ti Plant
Cordyline fruticosa
is an evergreen flowering plant
in the family Asparagaceae.
It is identified by a wide
variety of common names,
including ti plant,
palm lily, cabbage palm.

My grandson and myself saw many beautiful plant and flowers while we had a short visit (short due to rain) to Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, North Carolina. This photo was taken with my iPhone 14 Pro Max at f/1.8 • 1/57 • 6.86mm • ISO 250.

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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FOTD: 2023 – Prunus Serotina

Prunus serotina var. serotina
COMMON NAME:
Black Cherry,
Eastern Wild Black Cherry,
Bird Cherry

Cee‘s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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FOTD: Be Respectful _Garden Flowers

Be Respectful
No Poop & Pee
Neighborhood Garden Flowers
Gastonia, North Carolina

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Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 Nature Photo Challenge: PINK

Pink Carnations

Loropetalum chinense
is commonly known
loropetalum,
Chinese Fringe Flower
and Strap Flower
Flowers on an
Eastern Redbud
(Cercis canadensis)
Pink Rose
Pink for Breast Cancer
No one should
FIGHT ALONE
Til Valhalla Project
No Hero Left Behind

Denzil Nature Photo Challenge:Pink

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Bren’s Floral Friday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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Macro Monday: Pansy

Purple Pansy
Shot on Canon
at Martha Rivers Park

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Macro Monday

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CBWC: Camellia

Camellia,
a genus of flowering plants
in the family of Theaceae.
Located in Gardner Park,
Gastonia, NC

Cee’s Black and White Challenge

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Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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Floral Friday: Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifera)

Cherry 🍒
Plum
Prunus
Cerasifera

Posted for Bren’s Floral Friday and Cee’s Flower of the Day

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Taken with my iPhone 13 Pro on Tuesday, February 28 @ 3:26 pm.

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Floral Friday: 2023 February 24 – Yellow Garden Pansies

Viola × wittrockiana
Yellow Garden Pansy
Container Garden Pansies

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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FOTD: 2023 Tuesday February 21 – Daffodils

Large-Cupped Daffodils
(Narcissus’Ice Follies’)
White and Yellow
Daffodils
Close up view
of a
Large-cupped
Daffodil

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 13 Pro

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FOTD: 2023 February 17 – Viola Garden Pansy

Purple Violet Pansy

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Floral Friday

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Wordless Wednesday: Phalaenopsis Jillion | Orchid flower

Phalaenopsis Jillion |
Orchid flower,
Orchid tree,
Orchid

Wordless Wednesday

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A Rose Bouquet: A Beauty for your day.

Rose Orange Crush

John’s Cell Pic Sunday

FOTD

Floral Friday

CFFC

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FOTD: 2023 – Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia L.)

Buds of Sorbus aucuparia Fastigiata

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CMMC: Macro or Close-Up_Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica
‘Moire Variegata’
Japanese camellia
Japanese camellia
Japanese camellia

These were take at Glencairn Gardens in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Most of the plants and flowers are not in bloom. It appeared as if the had been trimmed way down for winter. Best time to visit the Gardens is in the springtime.

The next entry isn’t a flower and is added just for kicks. The photo was taken with my iPhone by my three year old grandson. All other photos were taken by me with my Canon Rebel EOS T3i.

Coleman’s foot & sippy cup

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

CMMC

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Macro Monday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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Sunny Sunday! #6 – Helianthus

Helianthus

Helianthus annuus is the taxon name for this flower. Most people would recognize the common name for it though. The common name is Common Sunflower.

Sunny Sunday!

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FOTD: 2023 – Floral Arrangements @ Doc Watson Statue

Floral Arrangements
Arthel “Doc” Watson Statue
Boone, North Carolina

Arthel “Doc” Watson (1923-2012), an 8-time Grammy winner, was born down the road in Deep Gap and always remained “Just One of The People,” as this sculpture states. [As a side note: “Doc” is my maternal 4th cousin.]

Doc became part of the Folk Revival and is known worldwide for his flat-picking style of guitar playing. The Town of Boone celebrates Doc Watson Day every year with a concert at the Jones House. This bronze statue of Doc Watson was dedicated on June 24, 2011, and sculpted by Alexander M. Hallmark.

Sitting by my cousin,
Arthel “Doc” Watson’s Bronze Statue
Boone, North Carolina

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Floral Friday

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FOTD: 2023 – Christmas Star

Euphorbia pulcherrima (Stelle di Natale)
Christmas Star, Poinsettia

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Jim Elder

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FOTD: 2023 – Gazania rigens


Gazania rigens, Treasure Flower,
Histadrut flower/Union flower


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FOTD: 2023 – Geranium

Cardinal fuchsia
with nuanced leaf

Photo Credit: Jim Elder

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Silent Sunday: Black Chokeberry Aronia

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Silent Sunday

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Floral Friday #82: Aloe arborescens


Aloe arborescens, the krantz aloe or candelabra aloe

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Jim Elder

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FOTD: Plumeria

Plumeria (Plumeria rubra ‘Lani’)

Photo Credit: Mike Atkinson Atkinson Plumeria

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FOTD: 06 January 2023 – A Greenway Floral Garden

Floral Garden
Gibson House
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Horse Stables Entrance

Floral Friday

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Photo Credit: Deb L Waters

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Floral Friday: 12/30/2022

Small White Wildflowers
They grow everywhere around here.

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Floral Friday

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FOTD: Kalanchoe Provincial 2

Kalanchoe Provincial 2

Captured this plant with my iPhone 13 Pro at my local Aldi’s.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Cell Pic Sunday

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Floral Friday #83: December 23, 2022

Spotted this plant by the checkout counter at our local Aldi’s.

Christmas Kalanchoe

The Kalanchoe is a group of exotic succulents prized for their unusual foliage and flowers. The scientific name is Kalanchoe blossfeldiana. It is a herbaceous and is commonly cultivated as a house plant of the genus Kalanchoe native to Madagascar. A few of the English common names are flaming Katy, Christmas kalanchoe, florist kalanchoe and Madagascar widow’s thrill.

Floral Friday

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Floral Friday # 81: December 16, 2022 – Salvia lyrata

Salvia lyrata

It is sometimes grown in gardens for its attractive foliage and flowers, though it can prolifically seed, easily becoming a lawn weed.

Photo taken @ Andrew Jackson State Park in April 2018 with an Apple iPhone X.

Photo Credit: ©️2018@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com

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Monday Window: Flower Box – Pearl Valley

Window Flower Box
Pearl Valley
Ohio

Photo Credit: ©️2022@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com

Monday Windows.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge.

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