Archive for the 'Flowers' tag

Yellow lilies

Monday, July 6th, 2009

The surprise perennials at my house just keep blooming. These lilies are about the last of the blooms for this year.

lily

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Purple clematis

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Yet another surprise perennial in the front of my house.

clematis flower

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Peonies as metaphor

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Yet another surprise perennial at the house I bought a few months ago.

peony flowers and buds

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Purple columbine

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Another surprise perennial from the front of my house. Does anyone know what it is?
Update: It’s a columbine. Thanks Chris!

purple columbine

The flower is small — about an inch and a half in diameter.

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Bleeding hearts

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

The perennials that have been springing up in front of my house have been a nice surprise. So far the only thing that has grown enough for me to identify are the bleeding hearts.

bleeding hearts

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Tiger lilies

Monday, July 28th, 2008

tiger lily

I came upon these gorgeous tiger lilies while biking Madison’s southwest bike trail yesterday.

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Rhododendrons and rushing water

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Mountains aren’t the only things to look at in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. Dad and I didn’t see a big variety of flowers, but in the lower elevations there seemed to be rhododendrons everywhere.

Rhododendron

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