White Bleeding heart

White Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’)–this is the first time I’ve seen this flower in white!

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Iris versicolor

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Peonies

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Blooming in my garden: Bearded iris ‘Bewilderbeast’

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Siberian iris

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Siberian iris ‘Blue Moon’

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iPhoneography: Anthurium

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+2 in macro mode

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iPhoneography: Zinnias

Zinnias (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border applied)

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iPhoneography: Flower fly on Rudbeckia

Flower fly (also known as Hover fly) on Rudbeckia bloom, against a backdrop of caladium leaves (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode)

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iPhoneography: Bumblebee on Coneflower ‘Cheyenne Spirit’

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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iPhonegraphy: Coneflower ‘Cheyenne Spirit’

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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iPhonegraphy: Lantana

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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iPhonegraphy: Mandevilla

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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iPhonegraphy: ‘Oriental Ruby’ daylily

Hemerocallis ‘Oriental Ruby’ (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode)

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Cosmos

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro; 1/125, f/22, ISO 400

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iPhoneography: ‘After Eight’ Oriental lily

iPhone 7Plus, Camera+ app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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iPhoneography: Lupine

iPhone 7Plus, Camera+ app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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iPhoneography: Cucumber beetle on Gerbera daisy

iPhone 7Plus, Camera+ app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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iPhoneography: Gerbera daisy

iPhone 7Plus, Camera+ app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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iPhoneography: Poppy

iPhone 7Plus, Camera+ app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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iPhoneography: Asiatic lily

iPhone 7Plus, Camera+ app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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iPhoneography: Japanese iris

Surprise Japanese iris blooms! I saw two purple buds a few days ago and thought maybe it was a straggler from the purple and white ones that finished blooming weeks ago, but when the buds opened this morning, I knew it wasn’t. I honestly don’t remember planting this (which sounds like something I might do!). iPhone 7Plus, Camera+ app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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Skipper butterfly on chive bloom

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Siberian iris

Iris siberica (Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro lens, 1/80, f/11, ISO 250)

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Crab spider on Columbine bloom

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, 1/100, f/18, ISO 500

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In my garden: Bearded iris ‘Superstition’

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In my garden: Bearded iris ‘Superstition’

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Bearded iris

Bearded iris (unknown cultivar), photographed at Green Spring Gardens

Nikon D850 / Nikkor 105mm micro

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Japanese Roof iris

Japanese Roof iris, photographed at Green Spring Gardens

Nikon D850 / Nikkor 105mm micro

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In my garden: Bearded iris

Bearded iris (Nikon D850 / Nikkor 105mm micro lens)

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Bearded iris ‘Megabucks’

Bearded iris ‘Megabucks’, photographed at Green Spring Gardens (Nikon D850 / Nikkor 105mm micro lens)

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Shooting Star

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia)

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‘Sombrero Adobe Orange’ coneflowers

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Geranium ‘Roxanne’

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Larkspur blooms

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Poppy

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Mark your calendars for Garden Muse 2016 photography exhibit at Green Spring Gardens!

I’ll be having my second solo photography exhibit at the Green Spring Gardens Horticulture Center in Alexandria, VA from August 30 to October 23, 2016.

The reception is Sunday, October 9, 1-3 p.m. I’ll have some new images as well as old favorites. All images are for sale and a percentage of sales goes to FROGS (Friends of Green Spring Gardens). During the reception I will have a store set up with lots of inventory: matted prints, framed prints, greeting cards, gallery wrap canvases and photo jewelry. And of course, there will be ample food and beverages! The Horticulture Center is open Monday-Saturday, 9-4:30 and Sunday, noon-4:30. Green Spring Gardens is located at 4603 Green Spring Road in Alexandria, just off Little River Turnpike. There is ample free parking and entrance is free as well. The show will be up for two months, so you have plenty of time to see it!

 

Japanese iris

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Blooming in my garden: Bearded iris ‘Poem of Ecstasy’

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Asters

Tiny Aster blooms photographed this morning at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia

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‘Disco Red’ French Marigolds

I think I finally have the i.d. correct on these tiny red and gold blooms I photographed at Green Spring Gardens a few weeks ago—French Marigold ‘Disco Red’ (Tagetes patula ‘Disco Red’). Correct me if I’m wrong!

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Japanese Lantern

Japanese Lantern (Physalis alkekengi), also called Chinese Lantern, Bladder cherry and Winter cherry; an herbaceous perennial; photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

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Fairy Roses ‘Pink Fairy’

These aptly-named blooms are barely one inch in diameter; photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Orange Tiger Lily

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) on Orange Tiger Lily (Tigrinum Splendens), photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

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Silver-spotted skipper

Silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus) on chives (I think it is chives); photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

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Tropical Water Lily ‘Blue Beauty’

Tropical Water Lily (Nymphaea) ‘Blue Beauty’, photographed at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD

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Blooming in my garden today: Pincushion flower (Scabiosa)

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White Rain Lily (Zephyranthes candida)

White Rain Lily (Zephyranthes candida), growing in the rock garden at Green Spring Gardens; also known as White Fairy Lily or White Zephyr Lily

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Eric’s Asiatic lily ‘Cancun’

Several of these Asiatic lilies were blooming in my neighbor Eric’s garden today. I’m fairly confident that this one is called “Cancun.”

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Stephanotis

Stephanotis (Stephanotis floribunda), photographed at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD

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