Narcissus of various types bloom in late December and into January in the South Carolina low country.
I spotted several bunches of these petite yellow ones on a recent walk around Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.
They were in random spots with no other live vegetation around them which led me to a low key treatment.
This petite yellow wildflower stalk caught my eye, too.
These cheery Gerber Daisy blossoms reached for the sun on a cold January day.
I liked the color gradient of this one.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston
January 9. 2020
This gate into an alley way was propped open, giving a different view of both the iron work and the flower box than I often see.
Graveyard at the Unitarian Church in Charleston, SC
November 30, 2019
Two stalks of a purple wildflower were sticking up over the bank of a small pond.
A shifted a bit for another angle. Then I got distracted from taking additional images by a Great Blue Heron making his nest.
In downtown Charleston, SC on the last day of November many of the gardens had blooming roses despite the recent overnight freezing temps.
One lone bee was industriously working this large blossom.
There are several more buds in waiting to occupy the bee if they and he survive this week’s chill.
Spider Lilies, or Swamp Lilies–take your pick. I’ve heard them called both and a Google search finds an overwhelming number of variations on each name.
I do not know if these particular ones naturalized on their own around the swamp or if they were planted. The flowers are short lived, especially in the heat, and it is a delight to spot them in fresh bloom.
October 18, 2019
Swamp Sunflowers put on a great show this fall.
October 18, 2019.
Orange, the color of fall. Maybe the flower is more red, but it sure looks like a fall color scheme.
And a little purple thrown in to keep the butterfly happy.
South Carolina’s Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center is composed of 31 square miles on two barrier islands and include some open fields where these wildflowers were blooming earlier this month.
The field was surrounded by a wet ditch so I didn’t get real close, but a few plants were growing on edge of the dirt roadway.
It was very breezy that day and only a few tenacious insects were flying around. This was good for keeping mosquitoes away but not so good for photographing bouncing blossoms.
An unknown caterpillar was munching his way to the top of this plant.
