Spring Garden Pictures - contest
If you're looking for the spring garden picture contest for 2009, this is it.The Contest Is Now Closed
The "rules" are simple:
Prizes
Two Prizes of Hard Copy Books
"City Gardens" by P. Nessmann
"The Gardener's Palette" by P. Nessman
Three Prizes of Your Choice of an E-book I've written.
Deadline
Friday May 29 at 8am
All decisions of the judge are final.
Winners
First Prize #1
First Prize#2
Runner's Up
Most Comments Award
Another Most Comments Award
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Just the Leaves Beautiful texture of the sweet potato vine
Irises in the morning This beautiful row of irises was acquired from different sources, all as exchanges. They were supposed to be dark purple and lavender. But in the 3rd year,...
rock garden pond at night The undulating motion from the reflections of the light fixtures directed into the pond adds an extra excitement to the night time landscape.
Darn Dandelions!!
Okay it's Not a Flower, but the picture turned out nice.
One of the pesky dandelions my husband didn't spray yet. I think it's the only one he missed
rose bud Taken May 15th. The very fragrant pink roses are stalling this year but are always a welcome sight. Not a very artistic picture but I like it because ...
Bleeding Hearts For so long, I wanted a bleeding heart. I planted one and it died about August so I pulled it out of the ground and planted another one the following Spring....
Endless Summer Hydrangea This was taken at Fran's on 59 Foley, Al.
Lotus These just bloomed. I couldn't pass this picture up. How beautiful is this.
Pretty and Pink Dianthus, a favorite in a bed of mixed annuals each spring.
Color Riot Bed of mixed tulips in the Appalachian Mountains.
Dark and Light From a bag of mixed tulip bulbs, this one yellow one came up--a perfect yellow.
Inside The Tulip III I was experimenting with the closeup setting on my camera, and thought what better closeup than the inside of a tulip?
Inside The Tulip... I was experimenting with the closeup setting on my camera, and thought what better closeup than the inside of a tulip?
I am so wild and so lovely Wild buttercups in the woods behind my house
Cactus Bloom (4) This is a picture of a Cactus Bloom. It only lasts two days at the most. Has a heavenly smell.
Creeping Phlox This is creeping phlox, "Candystripe"...the first winter I had it, half of it was killed off, but now its started to come back and it had beautiful blooms ...
Pink Tulip This tulip came from a parking lot that used to be a house and beautiful flowerbeds. When the house was demolished, people were told to take what they ...
Granny's Purple Tulip My grandmother passed away many years ago, and from her I inherited a purple clematis, a red peony, and several purple tulip bulbs. This is one of those ...
Bee on Centaurea I happened to catch this little guy buzzing around my bachelor's buttons, and he landed in time for me to take this picture.
Tulip Tree in the Evening Light Just one of the many blooms covering my Tulip Tree...
Pretty In Pink A beautiful blaze of Azalea. It's been damaged numerous times by the weight of winter which has kept it quite small but it still comes back, bravely, to ...
The Joy of First Bloom Up close to the house, warmed by the sun, my crocus flowers wake up and assure me Spring has begun.
Double Daisy What a surprise when this Gerber Daisy bloomed with two flowers on one stem a yellow and orange together!
Two color double jonquil This is in my flower bed at the entrance to my driveway.
Pyracantha and Spirea These red berries are on a Pyracantha bush and while blooms on a Spirea bush next to my front window.
Dogwoods in bloom I took this picuture of the dogwood blossoms in my back yard. E. TN is known for its dogwoods. We have a dogwood festival each year in April.
Rain Drops and Azalea's It rained for 3 days, I was so afraid all the blooms would be gone, but they were more beautiful than ever, all hanging full of rain drops
Upclose and personal with Hibiscus This is a hibiscus tree that my husband and I acquired this year for our garden. It is quite the addition to our floral garden.
The Beauty of Cacti My husband and I have come to love Cacti for the unusual look and amazing flowers. This is one we've had for a couple of years and this is it's second ...
Fiddling in the Garden Close up of an early spring fiddle head. This is an Ostrich fern located in my hosta garden. Chaska, Minnesota
Unknown Spring Favorite This is my absolute favorite plant in the spring! I have it bordering my yard and the color just makes me smile when I look at it. Does anyone know what ...
pink white peony I have always wanted a peony. The finally got one and it was beautiful plant the first year but I knew it would not bloom and it didn't. Oh but this year ...
Yellow Magnolia This is the first year I have had blooms on the Yellow Magnolia I planted...they were stunning and smelled wonderful.
Momy's Garden The tree was planted about two years ago. It was only 36" tall.We pick this tree to be the center focal for our garden because of the large flowers and ...
Bleeding Heart Bleeding Heart in Ann Arbor, MI area.
Red Trillium
A lone red trillium growing in the forest behind my home.
Mother Nature gets credit for this one!
NIGHTTIME TULIPS I LOVE TRYING PHOTOGRAPHING FLOWERS JUST AS THE SUN IS GOING DOWN. THIS IS NOW ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
a single flower Don't know what it's called, but it flowers every year, left over from the former owner of my house & garden.....I did divide the plant and now I have ...
SMALL BUT MIGHTY These little irises did not mind the snow--unusual in this part of the country in spring.
Last man standing One of the last Siberian Iris blooms left on a very dewy morning.
Black Tulips These tulips did not present themselves last year. Thank goodness that they have enough energy this year.
Brugmansia Blooms This brug is outside my kitchen door, where I can enjoy its gorgeous fragrance in the evenings. It is around 8' tall and 6' wide, and blooms on and off ...
An Iris After the Rain I took this picture of an iris bloom shortly after an afternoon rain shower.
Cuphea 'Totally Tempted' This is a new plant for me this year, and is doing great. This is a close up of one of the blooms.
Cuphea 'Totally Tempted' This is a new flower for me this year, and it is doing great!
After a Rain - Hydrangea Bloom This is a newly formed bloom on one of my hydrangeas.
Here Comes the Sun This lily grew in my "Frog Pond" The orange colors are spectacular. Enjoy!
Spring Beauty yellow spring blooming flower
Pink Patio A view of the patio with fallen blossoms just after the rain today.
Determination This picture was taken at Longwood Gardens in April 2009. The one lone red tulip caught my eye as it was obviously not planned or planted for this Spring ...
Ahh Spring Foxgloves in full bloom this past weekend.
Woodland Blooms While walking through Longwood Gardens on Mother's Day weekend I cam upon this lovely scene. It was like a sea of frothy white flowers. I had never seen ...
Aquilegia canadensis - Columbine
What can I say it is beautiful. Columbine comes in many colors, it grows about 1-3 ft tall,
It blooms from Spring to Summer.
This beautiful flower attracts ...
Rhody Beauty Enhanced A lovely Rhody blossom enhanced.
Japanese Wisteria in Bloom This is a picture of our rear deck being smothered with our 18 year old Japanese Wisteria. It is well worth all the pruning required to maintain one of ...
Froggy on Rhody I was focusing on a blossom on this Rhodadendron when this little green frog jumped onto another bloom beside it. So, I took the little guy's picture....
DogWoods in Bloom These dogwood trees are in my back yard
April Sanctuary This garden is starting its third year and is intended to have multi season interest. Plants that can be seen in the photo include dogwood, boxwood, honeysuckle,...
Wildflower Garden This self-sustaining wildflower garden has been fun to watch for the 37 years we have lived in our home in Northeast Indiana. The garden is very old and ...
Trillium When we moved to our house here in Northeast Indiana, there was this lovely bed of lilies of the valley. In the center was a vast clump of trillium and ...
My rainbow of colour The johnny jump ups are like weeds except in the spring under the tulips. Wish the colour vibrance could stay all summer!
Wild Azaleas We live on a 3 acre wooded lot in NW Georgia. Right at the edge of the yard and the woods there is a beautiful stand of Wild Azaleas. One bush only produced ...
Lilly of the Incas It has taken me almost two years to identify this plant and the same amont of time to see it bloom again. It is also called " the Peruvian Lilly", the ...
Viola Rebecca Happy little faces brighten a spot in my early spring garden. Determined to flower even in the rain, perhaps because of it!
Yellow Trout Lily I have many Native plants in the Garden, This being one of my Favorites
Sweet Dreams... Daffodil, nodding off for the night
Who am I? We recently moved into our new place with a garden, this tree has fascinated me whatching it this past month. I don't know what it is, I was thinking ...
Spring's first beautiful face I just love to look at my first daffodils that spring up. It is so calming.
"Buds Of Spring" Ever since childhood...this was my First Sign Of Spring
Gardenia I have four Gardenia Bushes in the beds on both sides of the walk-way leading to the front door. This time of year the fragrance is intoxicating from these ...
City Vegetables Four years ago, my husband and I moved into a promising but very rundown older townhouse that we thought had great potential. Today we are proud owners ...
Boys In Bloom Brothers take a break from the usual sibling rivalery to strike a pose in front of the family tree on Mothers Day. We call it the "family tree" because ...
Lupin Catching Spring Rain I try to complete my garden with plants that are native to Montana. Here's the third year of my lovely lupines beginning to grow. Growing season is almost ...
Earliest garden This primula was so surprising, I had to make it my facebook profile picture.
Pretty in Pink The tree peonies this year have been spectacular, this one is Paeonia 'Shimanishiki'.
Ichiban Eggplant Flower As you probably know, these plants grow very close to the ground and the leaves hang everywhere. In order to take an unobscured photo of the flower, I ...
Spring PIctures 2 Pictures of spring in garden backyards
Perfect Purple I love these beautiful purple allium globes that rise high over the winter mess. Even the dried heads look good late into June.
Fresh Allium This little guy is just starting to form the globe shaped cluster of flowers.
A pink so delicate The light pink azalea blooms stand out on the carpet of pine needles
Red Red Red These red beauties bloom for weeks in the spring. They were planted about 6 years ago and come back strong every year.
Morning Mixture The morning sun brightens the garden, showing off the tulips and the fading magnolia
Orange Popsicle Something about the light shing through this tulip made me yearn for an orange popsicle.
Here comes the sun For a few moments the sun filled the backyard and lit up the colours.
Perfect petals The petals dropped over the course of two days, creating a small patch of winter snow.
Just Simple Chives Fabulous color on a little plant we don't usually grow for its blooms.
Yellow Lady's Slipper The three sepals slowly twist when the flower opens.
Red Trillium This is a woodland photo of a trillium taken against a rotting log.
Evening Primrose I love the detail in this little flower. Nature is amazing!
Mutated Painted Trillium This trillium has four leaves and four flower petals although it is supposed to have three of each. This makes a square of red in the center of the flower...
Flame Azalea A natural wild azalea.
Giant Allium A little past peak bloom, but I love the detail
The Evening Primrose The primrose is a Texas wildflower and part of our wildflower section.
Bearded Iris These Iris are my mother's favorite.
Contrasting Iris I like the way these Iris compliment each other
Blossoms Growing Leaves This is a clump of a Comfrey seedling with the flowers pointing upward instead of the usual downward position, most of the blossoms are followed by growing ...
The Shasta Daisy This particular daisy is three years old.
The Shasta Daisy This particular daisy is 3 years old.
Mutated Comfrey This plant's bloom has two leaves growing upwards from the blossom and also five leaves separated from the bloom instead of attached as sepals. The blossoms ...
Sun kissed Irises The evening sun highlights the sheer elegance of the lavender irises. But the sun can't touch the strength of the dark purple.
Sign of Spring
These Tulips have shown their colour when others were still
trying to emerge from a long
winter's nap.
Water Droplets On Nest Spruce
After the rain, these droplets
seem to look like crystals - scattered among the spring growth
Calla Lily - close-up
This is a close-up of the plant
I received as a Mother's Day
Present three years ego. It finally re-bloomed this year.
Calla Lily
Three years ago my daughter gave me this beautiful plant for
Mother's Day.
It re-bloomed for the first time
this year.
Blossom of Christmas Cactus
This is one of many blossoms
which showed their beauty
well in to the new year.
Chrysler Tea Rose This is now blooming in our Rose Garden
Bee Nice, Share your Pollen... This is the second Bee Submission from this month. My Digital Sony Camera has limitations. Its been a very "real" experience seeing just whats going on ...
BABY Cucumber Blossom This was of the cucumber image of the initial set for submission. I'm sorry, but we ate the cucumber from this blossom last night. Since this contest was ...
Early Red Rose This rose bush was a baby this year, its finally starting to share its beauty. The roses are actually a multi colour and will likely be at its finest a ...
Yellow Rose II This rose bush was a baby this year, its finally starting to share its beauty. The roses are actually a multi colour and will likely be at its finest a ...
Yellow Rose This rose bush was a baby this year, its finally starting to share its beauty. The roses are actually a multi colour and will likely be at its finest a ...
Close Up Taken today, the last day for submission. I finally had a moment to share a few more images of our spring visitors. The images submissions for today are ...
Praying Mantis Before Prayer Taken today, the last day for submission. I finally had a moment to share a few more images of our spring visitors. The images submissions for today are ...
Bee Good Taken today, the last day for submission. I finally had a moment to share a few more images of our spring visitors. The images submissions for today are ...
A Spring Butterfly for Doug Taken today, the last day for submission. I finally had a moment to share a few more images of our spring visitors. So, I've named this one, my favorite ...
The Rain Lilly A few days after a spring rain, the bulb sprouted and bloomed within a 3 day period.
Here comes the bride! The queen of springtime
Shy Climber One of my favorites!
Wild Volunteer Look what I found growing amongst the weeds near my pond!
Me too! While trying to capture a good shot of these gorgeous begonias, this little pansey face tried to butt in!
A Butterfly on Rose Campion It would appear I'm not the only one enjoying the flowers...
My Lovely Catmint This is my beautiful catmint. It has bloomed faithfully for me over many years, all summer long, and when it gets to looking a little ratty later in the ...
Spider on Columbine Okay, so my columbine isn't quite ready to bloom yet, but I caught sight of this little guy trying to escape and hide. Guess he's shy and didn't want ...
Iris in the Rain II This purple iris came originally from my grandmother, whose favourite colour was purple. She gave a piece to my mother, and within a few years all the ...
Iris in the Rain This purple iris came originally from my grandmother, whose favourite colour was purple. She gave a piece to my mother, and within a few years all the ...
Bee the Crocus After a long winter, Spring arrived! It was delightful to see the bees enjoying the first signs of spring, buzzing from crocus to crocus.
Dahlia Cactus Dahlia after a shower
blue wisteria It's taken several years to get the wisteria to go where I want it to.....
Purple Dahlia Caught this just after a shower..
Pin Wheels at the Fair ;-) Yellow daisies enmasse..
Phlox The start of last years Phlox bloom..
Old Rose This beauty was just a very thick root with little growth when I bought my house. I moved it to a better spot and gave it some TLC and it has rewarded ...
Trilliums These are some of the trilliums growing under our Apple tree.
Wind don't blow yet Dandelion ready to spread it's nasty seeds
Beautiful Greens Don't know what this is, but love the colors.
About to Bloom Achillea flower about to bloom. The texture is very interesting, don't you think?
Pink Passion Just planted the flowerbed in early May. Here is the FIRST bloom of the season.
Primroses ,,,truly a Spring delight! I'd transplanted some primoses late in the fall to another location and totally frogotten until I saw them from my kitchen window this spring and than ...
Bee on Dandelion One of the most successful plants in my yard is the dandelion. I was out taking pictures of my REAL flowers and snapped this shot of a bee on a dandelion....
The View From Upstairs Border and deck from a bedroom window
Phlox in the Rocks My favorite Springtime flkower!
Daycare in the Back Pond 3 frogs sitting amongst 100's of little tadpoles! Love the Springtime when all the frogs and toads come out to sing and sun themselves. I leave the back ...
Japnese Maple Seedling I discovered this seedling last year when it had 1 leaf. I moved it to a more sheltered location in the fall and hoped for the best. This was taken May ...
Trilliums. Bluebells & Sweet Woodruff This Trillium snuck in with the Bluebells - A real bonus!
Red Trillium Next year I will have to divide the Solomon Seal or it will completely hide the Trillium but this year it makes a great backdrop.
Pansies....Lookin' Up In Central Illinois, its hard to keep pansies going. They usually sucumb to the summer heat here. These pansies have just been drenched by a heavy spring ...
parrot tulip I found this bloom hidden dy the daffodiles and I just sanpped a picture
Deciduous Azalea This is one of the 'Lights' series of deciduous azalea, and is wonderfully fragrant.
Gargoyle and Virginia Bluebells One of the few true blues in the garden and a well-behaved wildflower. I grow these along with daylily, hosta, dicentra, and european ginger.
Pink Columbine Nature's seeds, a garden's jewels.
Beauteous Baptisia My yellow baptisia, year three. The soft yellow flowers glow against a dark evergreen background. Harder to find but so worth the hunt.
Nature's Finest Flowers in my garden - Columbine
PURPLE COLUMBINE-Trying to stand out in the crowd This Columbine has a 3-D look.
dandelion My daughter Brooke loves dandelions, this one is for her.
Spring Blooming Heather This spring blooming heather has beautiful warm colors against the green foliage accented with cream colored tips.
Bluebells These bluebells come up in early spring near our back yard gate and are naturalizing quite nicely.
Pink Rose This was taken at Fran's on 59 Foley, Al.
Lantana All colors
White Hydrangea Just Beautiful
Red Canna Lily It's just beautiful.
Double Bloom Knock Out Roses This rose won't stop blooming. I love it. Almost all year round.
Orange Canna Lily Once you put this in your garden, it will come back even more every year. The color is awesome.
Bloodgood Japanese Maple Tree I Just love this.
Chaste Tree I just think this the most beautiful. It will bloom threw out the summer.
Century Plant This is about 4 feet tall and the same for width. It's suppost to live 100 years. When it blooms, a huge chute comes out of the middle that can get like ...
On the inside The inside of a tulip,has a wee world of its own.
Rose of Sharon This is wonderful. This was taken at Fran's on 59 Foley, Al.
White Althena We have turned this one into a tree. I love it.
Pink Hybiscus Beautiful. Picture taken at Fran's on 59 Foley, Al.
Red Hybiscus Just Beautiful. This was taken at Fran's on 59, Foley, Al.
Magnolia They are so beautiful and the scent is even better
Oak Leaf Hydrangea It's just beautiful :)
Poinciana Tree This is a Texas Bird of Paradise. It is yellow flowers that have like a red firework bloom that comes out of it. It loves the heat.
Sunburst I thought this was so pretty. I do not know what the name of it is. Sorry
Just Buzzin Around I took this picture because of the bee. He made the flower even prettier.
Red Lantana This picture was taken at Fran's on 59, Foley, Alabama
Sunburst Coreopsis in the flower garden is like a burst of sunshine.
PEONEY IT AMAZING WATCHING THE ANTS GO IN AND OUT OF THE BUDS UNTILL THEY BLOOM, NATURE'S WONDER
CLEMITIS NELLIE MOSER SPRING OPENS THE PINK BUDS OF THIS BEAUTY
Heart of a Tulip Close up of the inside of a yellow and red tulip.
Tulip Closeup A close up showing the veins and blending of colors in an especially beautiful flower.
Pretty Tulips This picture turned out particularly well! I love the colour of these beautiful tulips.
"Professor Rontgen" Tulips These tulips are almost at the end of their season, so I thought I had better take a picture of them while I still could!
Tulip, top view This tulip (like many of the ones I have now) came from a parking lot that used to be a flowerbed. Its bright orange with white borders on the petals,...
Inside The Tulip II I was experimenting with the closeup setting on my camera, and thought what better closeup than the inside of a tulip?
Tulip Border Patio edging bordering family patio
Bountiful Honeysuckle This plant was given to me as a 'garden warming' gift 3 years ago. It was only 18 inches tall! It loves my sandy soil and it's eastern perch.
Azaleas 3 year old Azalea planted in my east side garden.
William's Blooming Chives My 4 year old grandson, William, loves to pull up a handfull of chives from these clumps and eat them. Yesterday, when he saw that they had bloomed he ...
Look deep into my soul! My apple tree bloomed it's heart out!!
Onions Did you know onions could be so lovely!!
Spring Colors I love lgreens and red, and it doesn't say Christmas either!
Up Close and Personal with a Clematis This clematis was hiding in amongst the Lupines in my spring garden.
plentiful dianthus multiple colors from seed
Sweet - Sweet Woodruff This is a little flower that catches your attention. Well, at least they do when in numbers! This is the third year I've grown this, and I truly enjoy ...
Close Up & Personal ~ A Bouquet of Forget Me Not's I have an area in my back yard filled with native plants and I picked a small bouquet of Forget Me Not's to bring inside. I found a very tiny vase they ...
Spiderwort at twilight Just taking pictures after sunset. I liked the contrast of this one.
Bee in Crabapple The crabapple was beautiful this year. This bee thinks so too!
Springs Primula Cowslips
beauty in vermont I saw this beatiful flower at a gas station in the area of Montpelier Vermont on May 16th, this gas staion was selling container plantings and this particular ...
CLEMATIS THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR FOR THIS NEW VINE, CLEMITIS ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITES
IRIS YELLOW LOVELY
SPRING IN MOTION THE RUFFLES SAY IT ALL A BEAUTY
IRIS I LOVE THE IRIS, IT'S A SURE SIGN OF WHATS TO COME
A Touch of Color This bush is in my front yard, full of color. I has red and yellow blooms, and has combined the two colors to make a beautiful color.
Homegrown Sunshine This bush is in my front yard, full of colr. I has re and yellow blooms, and has combined the two colors to make a beautiful orange colr.
Rhubarb Flowers I never thought of Rhubarb as anything but edible. Then it bloomed and I saw the beautiful flowers for the first time.
Alliums
They are planted next to my Asparagus Fern. The fern makes a nice backdrop for the blooms.
Clematis x chipmunk Found the chipmunk up in the clematis after seeing out cat sitting looking up into the clematis
Colour at last It is taken on our deck. We live at the edge of a forest and is difficult to get anything to grow due to the shade from all the tress. Window boxes and ...
Cactus Bloom (3) This is a picture of a Cactus Bloom. It only lasts two days at the most. Has a heavenly smell.
Cactus Bloom (2) This is a picture of a Cactus Bloom. It only lasts two days at the most. Has a heavenly smell.
Cactus Bloom (1) This is a picture of a Cactus Bloom. It only lasts two days at the most. Has a heavenly smell.
Rabbit Ears Plant This is a new plant for me. Supposed to group into a small shrub. Humming Birds are to love it.
Splash of Pink This tulip came from a flowerbed that was being plowed under to build a parking lot. It starts out almost pure white with a touch of pink along the edges,...
Leopard's Bane I always look forward to the Leopard's Bane (Doronicum) coming up in the spring, because it is one of the first non-bulb plants that blooms in my flowerbeds ...
Tulip in Black and White This tulip is orange and red, but I thought the black and white really brought out the contrast of the colours.
Pink Tulip This tulip came from a parking lot that used to be a house and beautiful flowerbeds. When the house was demolished, people were told to take what they ...
White lilac This lilac was here when we bought the place and its been a heavy bloomer since I pruned it up the year after we moved in. This year is no exception, and ...
Primrose in Sepia My yellow and brown primrose was almost done and the colours had faded a little, so I decided to try a picture in sepia, and this is how it turned out....
Yellow Lady's Slipper Yellow lady's slipper...I didn't know it was there till I started taking pictures of my flowers for this contest!!
Variegated Jacob's Ladder This beautiful plant came home as a four inch pot last year and its spread out to about a foot across this year and its covered in pretty blue blooms. It'...
White Bleeding Hearts My white bleeding hearts made a beautiful showing this year. They are in my front flowerbed in a shady corner along with my pink bleeding heart, fringed ...
Solomon's Seal Flowers My solomon's seal is planted beside an old stump and its decided on world domination...well, maybe not world domination, but it sure spreads out farther ...
Solomon's Seal Flowers I was playing around with the colour settings on my camera, and captured this photo of my Solomon's Seal in sepia.
Yellow Lady's Slipper I didn't realize there were lady's slippers amongst my bluebells until I was taking pictures of them for this contest. (Thanks, Doug! :D) Here's a closeup ...
Bluebells and Yellow Lady's Slipper I didn't realize there were lady's slippers amongst my bluebells until I was taking pictures of them for this contest. (Thanks, Doug! :D)
Bluebells and Birdhouse... I was lying on the ground underneath our pine tree, trying to take a picture of my bluebells, and I happened to get the birdhouse in one of the shots, so ...
Peek-A-Boo!! Well, as I was looking for pretty pictures, I happened to notice this ant looking at me from my newly opening bachelor's buttons. He obligingly posed ...
White Bleeding Heart This white bleeding heart came from a plant sale and was labeled simply "Bleeding Heart." Imagine my surprise when it came up the following spring and ...
Jack-in-the-pulpit and Forget-me-nots I dug this jack-in-the-pulpit out of our bush on the farm where I grew up many years ago and its moved around with me ever since. This year I thought ...
White Spiderwort After a Morning Rain This little treasure I found in an old discarded pot...
Lily In the Rain This lily opened just in time to enjoy some rainy days in Georgia!
Marching Tulips Spring in the 2 year old side garden
River of Tulips
I planted these bulbs 2 years ago. Last spring they gave me a good show, but this year I was even more impressed!
Texas Bluebonnets I took this picture around Brenham Texas. The fields and pastures were just covered in Bluebonnets. So many people had pulled off the road to take pictures ...
Can I Join You? This picture was taken in my backyard
What's My Name? This variety of Iris, an old standard, I believe, was one I was given by a neighbor, but I don't know the name of this variety.
Bleeding Heart, Big and Healthy Always an eyeful, this variety never seems to have any pest that eats at it.... always pleasing visually, here in May.
Lily-Of-The-Valley, Sweet and Pretty One of my favorite scents and such a beautiful perfect flower.
Crabapple by the River The blooms have been full, plentiful this Spring. The weather through the Winter and Spring has been just right for a beautiful display.
Sweet Little White Violets..... .... scattered around the property.
Ta-Daaaaaaa even as beautiful and brilliant in full bloom.
Lovely Japanese Quince, A Promise of Things To Come The buds, so bright and promising, tell us Spring is here and the Baltimore Oriole will be back to visit.
Pink Suprise A pink suprise in my flower garden
Natures little helper Really love how you can see the pollen all over the bee.....
Have you seen my tiger lily
This picture was taken in the front of our house. Each year I look forward to these
blooming. They are so pretty when they are at their finest.
Bleeding Hearts This plant was begging to have its picture taken.
Unknown Beauty I love Iris....especially the old-fashioned Iris...they are so easy to grow and smell divine!! This is one variety of many that I have blooming in a ...
Opening Up... My husband took this picture of one of my red tulips opening up. This shot was actually taken late in the season.
Tiger tulips I love the red stripes on these yellow tulips! For some reason it reminds me of a tiger... not sure why! Regardless, these were still my favorites of the ...
Tulips: For the Cure I bought these tulips last fall, with a portion of the proceeds going towards breast cancer awareness. That being said, of course all of the bulbs were ...
Iris and Poppy This year was the best year for my poppies...I have scattered seed for years in this spot to no avail until now!
Scillia Blooms in early spring on a south exposure.Always the first color of spring.
Pink Lady Slipper
I am fortunate to have woods behind my house that are hospitable to lady slippers.
Pulmonaria One of the fun blue bloomers in the shade garden.
Jack in the Pulpit This is the secret plant. It hides under a large hosta leaf.
Columbine Columbines overlooking the hosta garden.
Black Columbine Black Columbine contrasted with hosta Fragrant Bouquet.
iris What could be any prettier than a iris blooming? Well lots of flowers but this ranks right up there.
Parrot Beak This is a lotus vine parrot beak blooming away this spring in Mesa, AZ
blackeye susan vine This is a close-up of my vine before I let it get dry. But in spite of me it has come back and is beautiful again. There are so many blooms. How could ...
spring Rhodos I have over forty rhododendrons in my front yard. This is a picture looking in the area I have a creek running through the yard and the marvelous splash ...
blackeye susan vine I have had this vine once before but have trouble finding it locally but after many searches I found it again this year. I love this plant the little ...
Black Columbine Black Columbine contrasted against hosta Fragrant Bouquet.
pink rose buds Looked out my bedroom door after an all night rain and see my beautiful pink rose bush blooming away. This bud had barely opened with more to come. Brings ...
mother's day rose This is a single bloom of many on what I call a Mother's day rose (don't know the name as it was here when we moved here) It blooms around Mother's day....
Chive Blossoms My chives have doubled in size from last year! There are so many blossoms, they make a pretty, tasty addition to the garden. :)
My Lilac One of 3 big bushes in my back yard.
Moutain Laurel is ablaze ... We are in Southern Maryland, the wild mountain laurel once again ablaze this spring. We feed with azalea-food and they reward us for our care.
The woods are ablaze with Mountain Laurel We are in Southern Maryland, currently surrounded by these beautiful trees. We feed them azalea food, and they love us ;)
Yellow Daffodil I always enjoy spring daffodils. I think of them as having happy faces and they never fail to bring a smile to my face! This one was just planted last ...
spring Bulbs 2009 I always enjoy my mixture of tulips, especially when the early iris join them. These iris are low growing and spread quite quickly but I love 'em!
Standing Ovation We have a little public greenhouse where I live. I go there often to enjoy the plants and flowers. I have captured many nice photos there but the close-...
Pink on Pink The tulips and magnolia always compete for attention in the spring.
Evening Blush The setting sun sets the tulips and barrenwort on fire in this view of the centre garden.
Bumble Bee Buzzing through the Azalea's This was the biggest Bumble Bee and the Azalea's were in full bloom!
FINNEGAN and the RED TULIPS Another in the 'Finnegan' Series.
A New Leaf on Life Yesterday I noticed that one of my Paperbark Maples, Acer griseum, had a lot of new leaves growing off the main trunk. The new leaves had such a bright ...
Lilacs Lilacs make my spring.
Tulips Reborn! The tulip bulbs were salvaged by my son-in-law from a municipal dumping area in Ottawa after the annual tulip fest and brought up north for me to plant ...
Front Yard Blooms Our Thunderchild Crabapple has bloomed for a week now.The bumble bees have dined heavily on it's blooms.If frost stays away,the birds will have gourmet ...
Violets in Forest Perfect Clump of Violet Beauties
On The Rocks These faithful volunteers came out of a grab bag years ago when White Rose were going out of business.Every year they present themselves ,numbering a few ...
STAR OF MY GARDEN My tree peony sports four luxurious blooms at present--the most it has ever had.
On the rocks These faithful volunteers came out of a grab bag years ago when White Rose were going out of business.Every year they present themselves ,numbering a few ...
ALLIUM-TULIP BED One of my favorite beds- it overlooks the apple orchard.
morning dew This is a tiny borage flower that lives on a beautiful plant in my garden. The plant feeds me all year round and the flowers are a true delight to the ...
Naked Remnants These sturdy naked remnants of last summer's cone flowers await the warm sun and spring rains to bring on their new growth.
BLEEDING HEART- ROAD BED ONE OF THE BEDS ON MY MILE LONG DRIVEWAY
TULIPS in the HAZE TAKEN SHORTLY AFTER A STORM WHEN THINGS WERE STARTING TO DRY OUT. I REALLY LIKE THE HAZY EFFECT THIS CREATED.
ALLIUM & TULIP BED... lOVE THIS BED TOO- it looks out over the apple orchard
AFTER THE STORM TULIPS -TAKEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER A SPRINGTIME STORM.
yellow tulip Stunningly beautiful tulips - I love this bed.
SPRINGTIME SWING I just love the old fashion look of the TULIPS, DAFFODILS and the tree swing!
STAR MAGNOLIA Taken at the Dr. Sun Yat Sen garden in Vancouver. Not a picture from my garden, but you can visit this small and exquisite traditional Chinese garden as ...
Parrot tulip in bud A beautifully shaped bud I think. It conceals the colours of the tulip to come.
Apple Blossoms There are few things prettier than close-ups of apple blossoms.
FULL BLOWN This parrot tulip has exceptionallly rich colours and has lasted very well.
CHERRIES AGAINST A WELCOME BLUE SKY Vancouver has a cherry blossom festival each spring. This year all the trees came into bloom at about the same time due to the prolonged cold spring.
FERN SHOOTS These caterpillar-like shoots were emerging in the woods of the UBC Botanical Garden.
Tulips that Support a Cure This is a picture of my friends Tulips, Photo was taken on May 17, 2009. She is a Breast Cancer Survivor and these are her tulips from her garden down ...
pink rose on rainy morning
This beautiful pink rose bush is outside my bedroom door.
It is full of blooms every spring. Brightens the day
Drooping Cherry Tree Drooping Cherry Tree blooming in spring in the front yard.
Goodwin Creek Grey Lavender Found this lavender variety at the local nursery, the lavender is originally from Oregon. Taken cuttings which are rooting easily. Does well in partial ...
The pasque flower In this cold, miserably late spring the pasque flower has managed to raise it's happy face to the weather's adversity.............a joy to behold in a ...
Night Time In the Garden This night-blooming water lily opens around 9PM and closes around noon, when the day-bloomers take over. It blooms when the pond water is at least 70 ...
Variegated Weigela
I planted this Weigela (I think it is Wine & Roses) in my Mailbox Garden 3 years ago.
First year that it has flowered! I am excited , thought it never ...
Up through the Blossoms I was taken pictures of the progress of the vegetable garden and happened to look at the single pear tree that we have for shade in the garden area and ...
First Rugosa Blooms My Rosa Rugosa was winter sown from seed I harvested from hips about 4 years ago. It only began to bloom last year, and is vigorous and lovely - no fuss ...
Fothergilla blue A gentle contrast with the white Fothergilla.
Old Orange The blazing orange tulips are on their way out. Taken following a break in the rain today.
Rock painting The ever reliable rock cress returns each spring
Perfect Blue The stunning blue flowers of Jack Frost Brunnera
Painted Hosta Hosta Halcyon painted with crabapple blossoms.
Petal Carpet I know this is only the evidence of blooms, but I do love the pattern the fallen crabapple blossoms make on the patio stones.
Spring Tulip I took this picture at Longwood Gardens, PA, in April 2009. Since it was a rainy day, I was able to capture the water droplets on the tulips petals. ...
my mother's day rose My daughter planted this rose bush when she lived here and I moved it several years later away from the fence to the wall you see in the pic. Name unknown ...
new lilly New sun loving plant for my 3 year old backyard.
WILD BEAUTY What is not to like about nature!! Taking a close look and I mean close look, and see the bueaty in all those little surpises spring brings and fall bounty...
Spring Garden
At the Suhr Home in Mt. Kisco, NY on 5/3/09
Pretty Daisies
At Wave Hill on 4/19/09, I don't know what kind of daisies, but I thought they were so beautiful!
Cherry Blossoms At Wave Hill on 4/19/09
Barn in field of forget-me-nots This bright red barn atop this hill of blue forget-me-nots was just stunning... Suhr Garden, Mt Kisco, 5/3/09
Lilac in Bloom
This pic was taken at the Suhr Garden in Mt. Kisco, NY at a Garden Conservancy Open Day.
Wave Hill 2009
The Cherry Blossoms on the tree behind these chairs (Wave Hill exclusive) is just an exquisite invitation to sit and relax.
Voodoo Lilly It`s pollinated by flies. The fragrance is maloderous (smells like rotting flesh,) Hence , flies really love it.
Violets in the west pasture The violets were blooming everywhere in the pasture, but this was a particularly pretty clump of them. Shot with a Canon Rebel XT.
MOther Natures Beauty
This picture was taken in our front yard. It
comes from one of our azelea bushes. They are beautiful at this time of the year. Enjoy!
My Fire Lily This is, what I just found out a month ago, a "Fire Lily"... an African native. I didn't plant it, it just showed up one year. But this year I have about ...
Snow Queen Clematis This White Clematis was added to the Iron railling trellis last fall. It is doing very well and makes a nice contrast to the Purple Victor Hugo.
Victor Hugo Clematis This Clematis is growing on an Iron porch railings made into a trellis.
Bronze Iris This is an Iris that has been in my garden for years. It had not bloomed in a long time. This is the second year now that I have had the privilege of its ...
Southern Azaleas These wonderful Red Azaleas are at the front of my home. I love them.
Southern Azaleas These wonderful Red Azaleas are at the front of my home. I love them.
Rhody Beauty This is one of our favorite Rhodadendron plants. It blooms after most of the others are done so we get an extension of color.
Wisteria's Embrace This Japanese Wisteria is 18 years old and never fails to provide several weeks of beautiful bloom on the face of our deck over looking the yard. The ...
Apple Blossoms in April This photo was taken in Langley, BC, Canada in my father's garden. I was experimenting with my new Nikon D60 camera which I love by the way!
Tulip after hail storm This was taken the morning after a hail storm. Most of my tulips survived and I assume it was because the storm occurred in the evening and the tulips ...
Princess Irene A special tulip to me as it's one of my favorites. The purple orange mix is so romantic.
Falling In Love On A Rainy Evening The first blooms from my Falling in Love rose.
My Yellow Baby Of all of the Iris that I have, this is the only light yellow Iris I have. Love it!!
RAIN KIST A picture after the rain.
Mello Yello Havin fun taking pics
Sunset on the Tulips Just a shot I snapped as the sun was going down.
Beautiful Betty (Magnolia) Taken a few days ago just as the blooms on the magnolia fully opened. This is the first year the tree has been covered uniformly with blooms. The tree ...
Spring Tulip Second Tulip that came up this spring.
Spring Tulip This one of two tulips that came up this spring.
Sedum Autumn Joy... ...pretending to be a lady's mantle.
Shades of Pink and Yellow Springing to life I do not have a green thumb but I love viewing my had work. I had bought some tulip bulbs last fall but didn't know the colors, so I would go out often ...
Lunaria - Silver Dollar Plant in bloom Many think of this beauty as an invasive weed. However I enjoy both the blossoms and dried seed pods so much I actually spread the seeds to encourage ...
Persistant beauties We had taken down 5years ago an old shed and put up a steel building. Where the old shed was I had planted lovely tulips, but had to put them somewhere ...
Clianthus puniceus This plant is a native of New Zealand and has unusual red flowers that resemble a lobster's claw. It can be grown as a trailing evergreen or climbing ...
Tenderling Dutchmans Britches, A woodland Beauty
Forget me not A sea of blue every spring,helps us Forget the past and start Anew
Unwinding I thing the Fern is one of the most Amazing plants in the garden, From fiddlehead to statuesque.
First Drink This is the most exciting time for me in the Spring, when the hummingbirds return to feed. They bring such joy every year!
Rhodo Rhodo bud starting to show itself, the plant doesn't look healthy, but is huge. Was very happy to see all fo the buds.
Trillium One of My favs in the spring garden.
Chives Healthy crop this spring.
Here I come! I have two little lilac bushes and one is bearing one flower for me this spring, can't wait for next spring.
Spring Bulbs 2009 Soil is quickly filled with tree roots here and it is quite dry. Blanket flowers, marigolds, pansies and a variety of bulbs do well though. I added Orange ...
Bleeding Hearts These came with the house, and provide a lovely show every spring without me having to do anything. Interestingly, they move around and emerge from different ...
Wisteria This was taken in my back yard, on the north side of the house, March 24th of this year. I was trying to get pictures of the bees that were gathering pollen....
Mountain Bluet Survives the First Storm We had our first seasonal storm here in East Central Indiana last night. I lost a couple of trees; seeds I planted earlier this week were washed away; no ...
Early May Clematis This is the 2nd year for Ms Bateman (I think it's Ms Bateman!). A beautiful Clematis with those lite green stripes and dark center.
The First Bloom is the Sweetest My dear husband knew how anxious I was to see the first bloom from my Austin rose. I had received it last year for my birthday, but it had not had ...
Your Majesty This was just a suprise iris that was given to me last year and I planted it not knowing the colors
Young Hydranga starting to bloom This is my first attempt at growing one of my favorite flowers, Hydrangeas. I have found the perfect spot in my garden for this young beauty to thrive....
simply stated Although this is my single iris, it's elegant demeanor needs no other companion in order to be breathtaking.
hyacinth one of the very first this spring
crocus; birds eye view i like to document the changing of the seasons with pictures of the first "signs" this crocus was one of the first to peek through the cold, cold ground ...
Exotic Hellebore What's not to love about Hellebores?
Garden jewellry My 11 year old friend called this a heart necklace.
Bee MY Worker A Bee pollinating a meyer lemon blossom
Leaving Winter Behind in Northwest Pennsylvania A surviving Redbud tree hovers above spring Phlox.
Harbenger of Spring I have many different hellebores throughout my yard but the oldest clumps are the helleborus orientalis. They faithfully bloom every year anywhere from ...
Cosmos I planted these last week and I'm glad I did; they're so Spring-y and really make my garden look happy.
Tulips of the Valley Tulip Festival in Agassiz, BC. I was amazed at this place and as always mesmerized by the bright colours and formation of the tulips.
Spirea spring Spirea shrub in bloom
Another rainy day
There's been alot of rain this spring which is a good thing.
Greener greens!
Carpet of Blooms This is in our front yard, and the tree this year was full of blooms, when they started falling it was so gorgeous reminded me of a beautiful natural carpet...
Pat Austin in Bloom! I had bought this wonderful rose still in bare root during winter time and had been watching it grows its first leaves slowly and extremely excited to ...
Pat Austin in Bloom! I had bought this wonderful rose still in bare root during winter time and had been watching it grows its first leaves slowly and extremely excited to ...
Rainy Day Frits The first blooms in this bed are the checkered fritillaria, surrounded by daylily greenery.
From Garden Decoteau 09 Taken the day before mothers day to include in an album that was set to music for Mothers Day. My mothers passed in 1992 at the end of my first semester ...
Baby Bean - from Garden Decoteau 09 Taken the day before mothers day to include in an album that was set to music for Mothers Day. My mothers passed in 1992 at the end of my first semester ...
Spring Garden PIctures 1 A series of photographs from gardeners about important things in their spring gardens
