Morning Glories brighten the dikes at Donnelley Wildlife Management Area.
Here’s a nostalgic take on another vine with some intertwined grasses.
Morning Glory
Category Archives: Flowers
The Buttonbush Flower
I’ve had a few posts recently featuring butterflies on a Buttonbush flower head. Here are a few images of just the flower cluster. And yes, it looks a bit like all those virus graphics we’ve been seeing.
The orbs visible in the background are flower heads that have dropped all the individual flowers and are drying out.
And I couldn’t resist another image with a Swallowtail butterfly working over a cluster that is past its prime.
Red Spider Lily
Singles
Doubles
Groups
A Hibiscus Blooms
Late one gloomy afternoon the sole bloom on a hibiscus plant on my patio started to open.
About 2 1/2 hours later, the sun was down but the blossom continued to unfurl.
Evidently the spider didn’t care for the changes to his hideaway and he moved on.
The next morning it was raining and even after sunrise I needed to use flash to get a good image.
Raindrops made a nice visual addition.
A few hours later the “star” was fully open.
The next morning, about 40 hours after it started to open, the bloom had completely curled up, done with its show, and promptly fell off.
Black-eyed Susan Trio
A cheery trio
Waving as I wandered by
Summer’s finery
Giant Lily
These are the tallest Lily plants I have ever seen, at least 5 feet (1.5 M). These two plants were in a border of low annuals, drawing all of the attention with those proportionately large blooms.
Here is a bloom from another stand of these magnificent lilies, that surprisingly had thrived in a more shaded glen.
Weighted Down
By water drops
A slightly bedraggled rose, showing off its underside.
Pink Hibiscus
Another outstanding Hibiscus, with delicate pinks leading into a burst of magenta.
The side view hides the boldness of the middle.
Water Lily and Greenery
There was a nice reflection of the water lily and the surrounding foliage, if a bit far out into the pond.
Silent Sunday: White Hydrangea
