Yellow bird takes a ride on the coneflowers
by Carol
(Cheektowaga, New York, USA)
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Lily
by Joanne
(Naperville il USA)
lily
Summer blooming bulb
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Lillies
by Karl
(Paris, Ontario, Canada)
I started these lillies that were scrapped by local garden center. A little patience and fertilizer and a couple of years....and here they are in all their glory.
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Mill Wheel
by Karl
(Paris, Ontario, Canada)
Mill Wheel
I built this as a backdrop for the garden. Love the sound of water in the gardens.
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A huge Orchid
by Carla
(Grand Rapids, Mi. USA)
Orchids, not just for corsages
I took this at Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park here in Grand Rapids, Mi. Orchids are my passion, I have eight plants now, only one in bloom
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This one is so big, I love its color and size!
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Lotus
by chewy
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Picture was taken in the morning on the 2nd day of the blomming.
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Almost there...
by Carla
(Grand Rapids, Mi.)
a flower in the making...
While looking at my sunflowers I noticed this one that's not quite open yet. I really like the interesting pattern inside the unopened flower. Usually I don't think buds as being anything special, but these are so neat I thought I'd share them with everyone!
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Bee Mine
by Dee
(Shady Cove, Oregon)
Bee Mine
Sunflowers planted by birds. They were really large and beautiful and evidently smelled very good at least the bee thought so.
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Is this your garden?
by John
(Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island)
Is this your garden?
Here in Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island these are the biggest drawback to growing a complete garden. We have daily visits from our "deer" friends, so our gardening is limited to what they don't eat.
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Raising Swallowtail Butterflies
by Linda
(SC)
Swallowtail Coccoon
These are pictures of the coccoons in my butterfly cage. A friend showed me how to make it and this is my first time using the cage. I am excited to actually watch the process from Butterfly to egg to caterpillar to coccoon and back again. Will be putting out milkweed this next year to attract the Monarch butterfly.
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Wild pansies
by Carla
(Grand Rapids, Mi. USA)
Who can resist this colorful bunch?
I have never planted these little colorful flowers, they just seem to come up all around my yard, even in the grass! These came up by a empty knot of wood I have near my back door.
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Beautiful Fungus?
by Elaine
(Woodland Beach, Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada )
Beautiful Fungus?
This strange fungus appeared once only in a rotting stump that we have in a small woodlot garden. The stump was an old white birch, if that means anything. We found it fascinating & never could find out what it was or what would cause it, although we researched as best we could. The one thing we did not do was ask Doug!
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Raku Place, almost at full flood
by Susan
(McKean, PA USA)
KOI ISLAND
Koi Island is one of twenty named gardens on 47 acres in northwestern Pennsylvania
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Butterflies Delight
by Dee
(Shady Cove, Oregon)
Just Checking this spot out!
Swallowtail butterfly with a hole in it's wing. I've wondered if it got caught on something.
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From clay to "Hey!"
by Sandy
(Swartz Creek, Michigan)
Asymmetrical raised bed
Having clay soil prompted me to build this raised garden, using cement bricks I got for free and 7 yards of top soil hauled in. A friend helped with the waterfall/pond, and 7 years later we have a beautiful garden to enjoy!
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Hydrangea Coming into Bloom
by Lisa
(Carp, Ontario, Canada)
This is the 3rd year for this Hydrangea and it is finally blooming. I planted this out 3 yrs ago and it was blue. It died off the first year and the second year it didn't do much of anything but I left it and this year it has amazed me. The flowers are purple, pink and some very light blue. It has tripled in size from last year.
Everyone that tells me their Hydrangea is dead I keep telling them give it another year or too and it will amaze you as mine did to me. :)
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Pink is Pretty
by Carla
(Grand Rapids, Mi. USA)
lovely pond lilies
I took this photo at the Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids Mi. Its one of my favorite places to spend carefree time at.
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Bee-utiful sunflowers in the sun
by Carla
(Grand Rapids, Mi. USA)
Sunny sunflowers catching some rays
A friend gave me some sunflower seeds for my birthday, so I planted them by the back door. they have grown to be 10 to 12 feet tall! And as you can see, the bees love them!
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Pretty Trumpet Lilies taking over the garden
by Joyce
(North Augusta, Ont)
This is something to Trumpet about
My Daughter gave me two trumpet lily plants and now they are taking over my small flower garden and now my vegetable garden. I love their smell after they have just opened, but under the lilies there is pepper plants, beets, and onions somewhere.
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first bloom of spring
by Elaine
(Woodland Beach, Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada)
hepatica
This is a tiny bit of Hepatica that grows on our woodlot. Most of our "garden" is woodlot as we are living in cottage country.
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