Feed me, Seymour!

This one is, well, um, interesting. It’s got a Little Shop of Horrors “Feed me, Seymour” vibe. I’ll capture it fully unfurled and see if its demeanor changes.

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Iris fulva (Copper iris)

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Iris versicolor

Iris versicolor (Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro)

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Daffodils

Daffodils (missed this one from a series I shot back in April) Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Iris versicolor

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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: Bearded iris

Bearded iris (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed2 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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iPhoneography: ‘After Eight’ Oriental lily

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: Asiatic lily

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

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Japanese water iris ‘Silverband’

Japanese water iris (Iris ensata ‘Silverband’) Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Iris versicolor ‘John Wood’

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, f/14, 1/80 sec, ISO 400

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Peony ‘Cora Louise’

This one’s for you, Lisa Russell Jackson! ITOH (intersectional hybrid) Peony ‘Cora Louise’, photographed at Green Spring Gardens this afternoon. Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, 1/80, f/22, ISO 250

If you visit Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA, check out Lisa’s wonderful gift store. She has my greeting cards available, and one of the newest cards has two of these beautiful blooms on it.

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Siberian iris

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

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In my garden: Bearded iris ‘Superstition’

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Blooming in my garden: Gladiolas

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Parrot tulip

Parrot tulip (unknown cultivar), photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, VA

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Pink tiger lily

Unidentified insect inside a pink tiger lily; photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens; it looks like he’s wearing a tuxedo!

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Mediterranean Bells

Allium Bulgaricum (Nectaroscordum siculum), photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

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Japanese iris

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Bearded iris

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Siberian iris

Siberian iris (Iris siberica), photographed at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA

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

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White Muscari (Muscari argaei ‘Album’)

I photographed this pair of Muscari, taking a siesta on a nearby tulip leaf, in the conservatory at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden this afternoon.

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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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Blooming in my garden today: Asiatic lilies

Asiatic lilies (unknown hybrid name)

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Blooming in my garden: Bearded iris

Bearded iris (Iris germanica sp.)

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Star-of-Bethlehem

Star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)

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Bearded iris, unknown variety

Bearded iris (Iris germanica), photographed at Green Spring Gardens. The parking lot was my background (and I couldn’t have that!), so I improvised by using my white tri-grip diffuser as a background. Voila!

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Blooming in my garden today: Dutch iris

Dutch iris (Iris hollandica); these are a new addition to my garden and I think the combination of royal purple, bronze-chocolate and that pop of Big Bird yellow is stunning! There are just two in bloom today, with about 15 more awaiting their chance to turn heads. I’m looking for the bag I saved so that I can identify the exact cultivar; info to come!

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Grape Hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum)

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Crinum

Crinum (unknown variety), photographed at Green Spring Gardens this morning

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Gladiola tunnel

A Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) emerges from a gladiola tunnel in the late afternoon light

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Blooming in my garden: Asiatic lilies

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Blooming in my garden: Lilium ‘Casa Blanca’

Most of the time I photograph flowers with diffused lighting, but the sidelighting/backlighting on this group of lilies was too striking to not  photograph. Sigh…I just love lilies!

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Blooming in my garden: ‘Casa Blanca’ lily, kissed by the morning sun

It’s no secret that I love, love, love growing and photographing different types of lilies. My favorite one is blooming in my garden now—Lilium ‘Casa Blanca’, a prizewinning Oriental lily from Holland. The blooms are huge—measuring 10-12″—and they are incredibly fragrant. Mine are growing in a large pot outside my patio doors and they return every year.

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Lily

Lily (Lilium), photographed at Green Spring Gardens

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(Spoonin’) Siberian iris and Foxglove

Siberian iris (Iris siberica) and Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), photographed at Green Spring Gardens

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Siberian iris

Siberian iris (Iris siberica), photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

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Siberian iris

Siberian iris (Iris siberica) © Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.

Siberian iris

Siberian iris (Iris siberica, unknown variety); photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

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Close Ranks, MARCH!

Siberian iris (Iris siberica), photographed (in formation, no less!) at Green Spring Gardens

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Bearded iris ‘Megabucks’

Bearded iris (Iris germanica), photographed at Green Spring Gardens; I think this is the ‘Megabucks’ cultivar, and it’s one of the most unexpected, gaudiest (and prettiest) color combinations I’ve seen to date in a Bearded iris!

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Siberian iris

I think this might be the Siberian iris ‘Snow Queen’ (Iris siberica ‘Snow Queen’) variety; photographed at Green Spring Gardens this afternoon

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Bearded iris

Bearded iris (Iris germanica), photographed at Green Spring Gardens

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Tropic Night Iris

Tropic Night Iris (Iris sibirica ‘Tropic Night’), photographed at Green Spring Gardens

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Allium Bulgaricum

Allium Bulgaricum (Nectaroscordum siculum), photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, VA. This ornamental allium is easy to grow, deer-resistant, and hardy to zone 4. They thrive in sunlight and bloom in May and June. Also known as Mediterranean Bells, Sicilian Honey Lily, Ornamental Onion and Sicilian Garlic; native to the Mediterranean.

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