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Today's Explore at #84 on Fluidr
for Smile on Saturday! :-) theme: Flora in March
Voluminous in their foliage, Marvel of Peru wildflowers blooming, near the headwaters of Cecilia Creek, alongside the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
11 June 2021.
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▶These vibrant beauties pop up in June and can hang on even into late October. The aroma is heady, almost like the cinnamon of 'red-hot' candies. They close in the morning, opening in late afternoon, hence their other name: '4 o'clock flowers.' My favorite 'corner' of the Greenway.
▶ "Mirabilis jalapa —the marvel of Peru or four o'clock flower— is native to the dry tropical regions of North, Central, and South America — Mexico, Guatemala, Chile, and Peru— but is also currently naturalized in many countries in Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Europe, and in the United States, where it occurs in ruderal areas. Mirabilis in Latin means wonderful and Jalapa (or Xalapa) is the state capital of Veracruz in México."
— Wikipedia.
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Sweet fancy Moses! It's a sweet Betsy trillium, blooming in early spring!
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
22 March 2024.
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▶ "Trillium cuneatum —commonly known as little sweet betsy, whip-poor-will flower, large toadshade, purple toadshade, and bloody butcher— is a species of flowering trillium (in the butterwort or Melanthiaceae family), native to the southeastern United States.
Trillium cuneatum has three broad, mottled leaves surrounding a sessile [blossom without a stalk], banana-scented flower. The petals are erect and either maroon, bronze, green, or yellow in color, flowering from early March to late April. It is the largest of the eastern sessile-flowered trilliums."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ "Sweet fancy Moses" is a quotable quote (one of many) from the 1990s television sitcom, Seinfeld.
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A handful of dogwood trees (Cornus florida) were still in flower for the Atlanta Dogwood Festival.
Atlanta (Midtown), Georgia, USA.
13 April 2025.
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▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
▶ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
— Meike MK 25mm f/1.8
— Focal length: 25.0 mm
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Wild purple!
Trailhead Community Park
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
15 May 2022.
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▶"Iris versicolor is also commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blueflag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag, and poison flag. It is a species of iris native to the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada. It is common in sedge meadows, marshes, and along streambanks and shores. Iris versicolor is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant, growing 10–80 cm (4–31 in) high. Flowers are usually light to deep blue (purple and violet are not uncommon) and bloom during May to July, with 6 petals."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Photographer's notes.
1) I may not have pulled exact focus but the iris was too 'delicious' to not post the pic.
2) I returned a few days later to re-shoot. By then, the irises had begun to lose their luster but still were resplendent in their wabi-sabi. See those: here.
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Wild candytuft, in...
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
18 May 2022.
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▶ "Iberis—commonly called candytuft— is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It comprises annuals, evergreen perennials, and subshrubs. The natural range is in southern Europe and northern Africa. It is naturalised in the British Isles and North America."
— Wikipedia.
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An uninvited guest in a pollinator garden. Native but prickly (and poisonous!) Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense), blooming in...
Trailhead Community Park of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
1 June 2024.
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▶ Carolina horsenettle can be either white or purple. Note the furled blossom to the right.
▶ Photographer's note:
While capturing this image, YFGF's stalwart (eight-year-old) Velbon CX-300 tripod took a tumble and cracked, rendering it permanently out-of-service. I hope it was worth the loss!
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Not in a garden, but wild-growing Ornithogalum umbellatum (aka "garden star-of-Bethlehem").
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
6 April 2022.
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▶ In morning, only partially open (pictured); in afternoon, fully extended, like a star. Hence its common name.
▶ Not native to the U.S., but introduced into the wild; often considered invasive.
▶ This is a closeup. These blossoms — ~0.6-inch long (15 mm) and ~0.2-inch wide (5 mm) — appear much larger in the image than they did in 'real' life.
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Its Springtime: little flowers in my garden. I don´t know the name. Who has advice? Captured for "Looking clise on Friday"
Carolina desert-chicory. Some call it a weed. I call it lovely (and not quite a dandelion)!
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
14 June 2024.
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▶ "Pyrrhopappus carolinianus — commonly called Carolina desert-chicory, Texas dandelion, or Carolina false dandelion — is an annual or biennial weed in the genus Pyrrhopappus (desert-chicory) of the family Asteraceae. Native throughout eastern and southeastern United States, it is common in disturbed sites such as pastures, open grasslands, and wet roadsides.
The leaves are deeply lobed, 2-6 inches long (5-15 cm), and hairy. The flower stalk can grow up to 20 inches in length (50 cm) and can have many branches that end with yellow flowers (unlike the common dandelion). Because it is in the family Asteraceae, Pyrrhopappus carolinianus has both rays and disc flowers, that face the sun throughout the day."
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
— Wikipedia.
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A pollinator appreciates a spiderwort wildflower, in the...
Trailhead Community Park meadow garden, of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
25 April 2021.
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▶"Tradescantia virginiana, the Virginia spiderwort, is the type species of Tradescantia native to the eastern United States. Commonly grown in many gardens but also found growing wild along roadsides and railway lines.
It is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves on tubular stems. The flowers are blue, purple, or white, borne in summer."
— Wikipedia.
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Swaying stalks of wheat (Triticum), wild in the wind.
On the shores of Postal Pond in Legacy Park
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
3 May 2025.
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📷 Photographer's note:
It felt good to walk about again with my weathered Olympus Pen E-PL1. Even though the camera is fourteen years old and has a few quirks, it still captures good images.
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In early spring, small, non-native star of Bethlehem wildflowers pop up alongside the...
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
2 April 2024.
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▶ Ornithogalum umbellatum —aka garden star-of-Bethlehem, grass lily, nap-at-noon, or eleven-o'clock lady— is a perennial bulbous flowering plant in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). A native of most of Europe, North Africa, and western Asia, Ornithogalum umbellatum has become naturalized widely in North America.
A relatively short plant about 10–30 cm (4–12 in) in height, the inflorescence bears 6–20 flat star-shaped flowers, in mid to late spring, on ascending stems (pedicels), consisting of six tepals [combination petal/sepal] , white with a green stripe on the underside, 1⁄2 inches long (15 mm) and 1⁄4 inches wide (5 mm).
The flowers open late in the day (hence some of its common names). Folklore has suggested the flowers originally grew from fragments of the [Biblical] star of Bethlehem, hence another of its horticultural names."
— Wikipedia.
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I found this beauty in our garden.
Spring time is not the best time for this lampion flower, but even like this it's a beauty.
A small, native downy serviceberry tree blooms in...
Trailhead Community Park, of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
5 April 2024.
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▶ "Amelanchier arborea —commonly known as downy serviceberry, Juneberry, shadbush— is a shrub or small tree is in the rose family (Roseaceae), native to the eastern USA, from Maine south to northern Florida and west to Louisiana.
Downy serviceberry grows 15-25 feet tall (2-7 m) in cultivation but can reach 40 feet (12 m) in the wild. It has smooth bark when young and develops furrows and long, vertical splits with age. It is one of the first shrubs or trees to flower in the spring, just before the dogwoods, producing star-shaped white to pale pink flowers with 4-5 petals, 3-6 inches in diameter (7-15 cm).
Amelanchier arborea acquired the common name 'serviceberry' because it blooms as soon as the ground starts to thaw, historically allowing people to perform funeral services, digging graves. The common name of 'shadbush' arose because the tree was in bloom when the shad fish began their annual spawning run. The edible fruits, resembling blueberries, ripen in early summer, giving the shrub another of its common names, 'Juneberry.' "
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
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Native lanceleaf coreopsis wildflower, May-blooming in...
Trailhead Community Park, of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
5 May 2024.
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▶ "Coreopsis lanceolata —commonly known as lanceleaf coreopsis and lanceleaf tickseed— is a species of tickseed in the aster family (Asteraceae). It is native to the eastern and central parts of the United States, growing in open woodlands, prairies, plains, glades, meadows, and savannas.
Coreopsis lanceolata is a perennial plant sometimes attaining a height of over 2 feet (60 cm). April through June, it produces yellow flower heads singly at the top of a naked flowering stalk, each head containing both ray florets and disc florets. Each flower measures 2 to 3 inches across (5–8 cm).
The genus name 'Coreopsis' means 'bug-like'; it —as well as the common name, 'tickseed'— comes from the fact that the seeds are small and resemble ticks. The specific epithet 'lanceolata' refers to the shape of the leaves: narrow and lance-shaped."
— Wikipedia.
▶ "Sepals are the green leaf-like structures composing the outermost part of a flower. Sepals often enclose and protect the bud and may remain after the fruit forms."
— American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language.
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A dreamy sea of blooming purple geraniums captures the essence of spring in full bloom. A lone bumblebee dances through the vibrant flowers, adding movement and life to the soft, harmonious color palette of nature’s beauty.
Tiny, ruderal, late-winter wood violets are bustin' out all over!
Here, seen (getting down low!) just off of a sidewalk, in...
DeKalb County (Avondale Estates), Georgia, USA.
5 March 2022.
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▶ This is a closeup. These tiny flowers (2 centimeters in diameter) appear much larger in the image than they did in 'real' life.
▶ I'm guessing these are Viola odorata. Could a fellow Flickr-er corroborate/correct?
▶ Astronomical spring 2022 may begin on 20 March...but meteorological spring has already sprung (on 1 March). Thus, this tiny beauty can claim floral honors for both winter and spring.
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Don't discount the daisies!
Trailhead Community Park
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
24 March 2022.
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▶ "There are 191 species in the Erigeron genus, but Erigeron annuus — aka Eastern Daisy Fleabane— is one of the more widespread species, a native plant in both the continental United States and in Canada. Erigeron anuus is generally 2 to 3 feet tall, branching with many white-rayed [occasionally pale lavender] and yellow-centered blossoms, toothed leaves, and stems which are distinctly hairy. It blooms from mid- to late spring on through most of the summer months."
— Wildflowers of the United States.
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Native elderberry wildflowers (aka elderflowers) side-lit by morning sun, blooming wild in a riparian woodland.
Seminary Wood in Decatur Legacy Park
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
29 May 2024.
▶ Elderberries, two months later, in summer: here
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▶ "Sambucus canadensis —commonly known as the American black elderberry, Canada elderberry, or common elderberry— is a species of elderberry in the moschatel family Adoxaceae, native to a large area of North America east of the Rocky Mountains.
☞ Sambucus canadensis is a deciduous shrub growing to 20 feet tall (6 m). In summer, the shrub bears large corymbs, 8 to 12 inches in diameter (20 to 30 cm), of tiny white flowers, 3⁄16 to 1⁄4 inches in diameter (4.5 to 6.3 mm). The elderberry fruit is a berry, dark purple to black, 1 to 2 inches in diameter (3 to 5 mm), produced in drooping clusters in the fall.
☞ The flower — known as elderflower— is edible, as are the ripe berries. However, inedible parts of the plant, such as the leaves, stems, roots, seeds, and unripe fruits, can be toxic at lethal doses due to the presence of cyanogenic glycosides and alkaloids."
— Wikipedia.
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Vibrant yellow and green foliage of a Rising Sun redbud tree.
Trailhead Community Park of the East Decatur Greenway
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
7 May 2025.
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▶ About "The Rising Sun"
☞ "Cercis canadensis —commonly known as the eastern redbud tree— is a large deciduous shrub or small tree in the legume family (Fabaceae), native to eastern North America.
☞ The Rising Sun™ cultivar —Cercis canadensis (JN2)— was discovered in a Belvidere, Tennessee nursery in 2006. Of unknown parentage, it had been planted from collected seed and was growing in a row of nursery seedlings. Unlike the 'standard' Eastern Redbud tree, the Rising Sun grows only 8 to 12 feet tall (2½ - 3½ m) but is drought and heat-tolerant.
☞ Rising Sun's abundant pea-like, rosy pink flowers appear in early spring before the foliage. Its heart-shaped foliage emerges deep golden orange and matures through shades of orange, gold, and yellow to a speckled lime green. New leaves appear throughout the summer, resulting in a continual mix of colors. The fall foliage is yellow and orange."
— Wikipedia.
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Apple tree blooming...in winter!
Trailhead Community Park, of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
13 March 2024.
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▶ Can a fellow Flickr-er identify this particular apple tree species? (There was no identifying plaque, but I'm assuming the tree is native to the eastern or southeastern U.S. as only those species are planted in the park.)
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Spring flora grows on a stark granite monadnock.
DeKalb County (Stonecrest), Georgia, USA.
27 March 2024.
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▶ Native vegetation in image:
☞ Yellow ragwort
☞ Red diamorpha
☞ Spiky 'Adam’s needle' yucca
☞ Green haircap moss
☞ Evergreen loblolly pine trees
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The trees are blooming on Beaver Pond.
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve
DeKalb County (Medlock Park), Georgia, USA.
2 April 2025.
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▶ Photographer's note:
☞ As I was framing the shot, a bird photographer (aka 'birder') was standing nearby, wielding a 'bazooka-sized' lens. Unbeknownst to me, he had sidled extremely close to me, catching me off guard. "What did you spot?," he asked. "A tree!" I replied. "There are many of those," he said, as he strolled off.
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Yellow blossom of endangered green pitcher plant, growing in the wild, in...
Seminary Wood in Decatur Legacy Park
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
16 April 2022.
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▶ "Native to the southeast U.S., green pitcher plants are considered endangered and now only can be found in a handful of counties in northeast Georgia [including Decatur], southwest North Carolina, and northeast Alabama."
— U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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▶ "Sarracenia oreophila, also known as the green pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. It has highly modified leaves in the form of pitchers that act as pitfall traps for prey. The narrow pitcher leaves are tapered tubes that rise up to 30 inches (75 cm) from the ground, with a mouth 2 to 4 inches (6-10 cm) in circumference."
▶ "In spring, the plant produces large, yellow flowers with 5-fold symmetry. The yellow petals are long and strap-like, and dangle over the umbrella-like style of the flower, which is held upside down at the end of a 20-inch long (50 cm) scape. The stigma of the flower are found at the tips of the 'spokes' of this umbrella."
— Wikipedia.
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Daylilies —
They live but a day.
Mom always called them tiger lilies.
Who am I to disagree?
Decatur (Glennwood Estates), Georgia, USA.
29 May 2022.
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▶ "A daylily or 'day lily' (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus) is a flowering plant in the the family Asphodelaceae. Despite its common name, it is not in fact a lily. Daylilies are perennial plants, whose name alludes to its flowers, which typically last about a day. The flowers of most species open in early morning and wither during the following night, possibly replaced by another one on the same scape the next day. Hemerocallis is native to Asia, primarily eastern Asia, including China, Korea, and Japan. This genus is popular worldwide because of the showy flowers and hardiness of many kinds."
— Wikipedia.
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A splash of magenta!
Hawthorne Nature Trail
DeKalb County (Vista Grove), Georgia, USA.
15 May 2022.
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▶ "Verbena —also known as vervain or verveine— is a genus in the family Verbenaceae. It contains about 150 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody flowering plants. The majority of the species are native to the Americas and Asia; however, Verbena officinalis —common vervain— is native to Europe. The flowers are small, with five petals, and borne in dense spikes. Typically some shade of blue, they may also be white, pink, or purple, especially in cultivars."
— Wikipedia.
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Making their annual late spring/summer re-appearance, pink four o'clock flowers close daily the morning, reopening in late afternoon, hence their name. Another of their names is marvel of Peru. Yes, indeed!
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
14 June 2023 (9:04 am).
▶ Closeup of single blossom: here.
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▶ "Mirabilis jalapa —commonly known as marvel of Peru or four o'clock flower— is an herbaceous, bushy plant in the Nyctaginaceae family, native to the dry tropical regions of North, Central, and South America. It has been naturalized elsewhere, including the southern United States, where the plant grows in warm, coastal, and ruderal environments, particularly in USDA zones 7–10. [Decatur, Georgia, falls in zone 7b.]
Mirabilis jalapa grows 3 to 10 feet in height (1 to 2 m). Its flowers can be pink, magenta, red, white, or yellow, or combinations thereof (even on the same plant). The flowers exhale a sweet scent, attracting moths for pollination. They open in late afternoon (namely between 4 and 8 o'clock pm) and close in the morning. "
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Silky dogwood, blooming in a bioswale, along an unpaved portion of the...
DeKalb County (Forrest Hills), Georgia, USA.
28 April 2023.
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▶ "Cornus amomum —commonly known as silky dogwood, as well as red willow, silky cornel, kinnikinnick, or squawbush— is a deciduous shrub in the dogwood family (Cornaceae). It is native to the eastern United States, finding suitable habitat in wetland areas like swamps, marshes, and bogs.
Cornus amomum grows to 16½ feet tall (5 m). The leaves are opposite, up to 4 inches long (10 cm), oval with an acute apex. The shrub blooms between May and June, producing four-petaled showy yellowish white flowers. The fruit is a small blue drupe (stone fruit), produced in summer."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ "A bioswale is a drainage system that filters and contains [detains] storm water runoff via natural systems. Our neighborhood waterway is the East Fork Middle Branch of Shoal Creek [aka Cecilia Creek].
Every time it rains, storm-water from impervious surfaces such as roads, sidewalks, parking lots, and driveways —containing herbicides, pesticides, oil, household chemicals, and toxic metals— is washed into the flood plain and can harm aquatic life as it enters waterways.
Bioswales help filter these toxic substances by using detention ponds and native plants [such as silky dogwood] to slow the flow of water via natural barriers. They require little maintenance and are often less expensive than other storm-water management systems, such as piping."
— East Decatur Greenway Bioswale.
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In remembrance of mom - and for my brothers / In Erinnerung an Mutti - und für meine Brüder
Solveigs Sang (Norweg. Original)
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Kanske vil der gå både Vinter og Vår,
både Vinter og Vår;
Og næste Sommer med, og det hele År,
og det hele År,
Men engang vil du komme, det ved jeg vist,
det ved jeg vist;
og jeg skal nok vente, for det lovte jeg sidst,
det lovte jeg sidst.
Maybe the winter will pass and the spring,
Both the winter and the spring,
And the next summer, too, and the whole year,
Maybe the whole year, too.
But some day you will come, I am sure you will,
I am sure.
And so I wait, for I did promise that.
I promised.
Vielleicht wird der Winter vorbeigehen und der Frühling,
sowohl der Winter als auch der Frühling,
Und der nächste Sommer auch, und das ganze Jahr,
vielleicht auch das ganze Jahr.
Aber einmal wirst du kommen, das weiß ich gewiss,
das weiß ich.
Und so werde ich denn warten, denn das habe ich versprochen,
das habe ich versprochen..
(Eigene Übersetzungen)
Mock strawberries, fruiting in the woodland.
Seminary Wood of Legacy Park
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
1 May 2024.
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▶ "Potentilla indica — commonly as mock strawberry, false strawberry, and backyard strawberry— is a flowering plant in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to eastern and southern Asia, but introduced to many other areas. It is considered invasive in some regions of the United States and Canada.
Potentilla indica has foliage and an aggregate accessory fruit similar to that of a true strawberry. It has yellow flowers, unlike the white or slightly pink flowers of true strawberries; mock strawberries grow upwards while wild strawberries grow down; the fresh berries are edible but considered less palatable than proper strawberries."
— Wikipedia.
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Wild flowering dogwood trees, flowering in...
Seminary Wood
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
27 March 2021.
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▶ "Cornus florida —the flowering dogwood— is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae, native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. It attains its greatest size and growth potential in the Upper South, sometimes up to 40 feet in height. When in the wild, the trees are found at the forest edge and frequently on dry ridges.
The flower-heads are surrounded by four conspicuous large white, pink, or red 'petals' (actually, bracts), each bract 1.2-inches (3 cm) long and 1-inches (2.5 cm) broad, and rounded, often with a distinct notch at the apex."
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Blooming in spring, summer's yellow tickseed wildflowers (Coreopsis lanceolata), in the...
Trailhead Community Park, of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
8 May 2021.
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▶ "Coreopsis lanceolata, aka lanceleaf coreopsis, is a North American species of tickseed in the sunflower family, native to the eastern and central parts of the United States. Under natural conditions, it is found in open woodlands, prairies, plains, meadows, and savannas," such as here, in the native wildflower meadow garden of the Trailhead Community Park.
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Colorful wildflower blossoms observed @ Cape Foulweather State Park - Oregon central coast.
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Cow vetch (Vicia cracca) wildflowers, blooming on the shores of...
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
25 April 2025.
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Bee harvesting pollen from blossoms of wild sawtooth blackberies (Rubus argutus).
Trailhead Community Park
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
24 March 2022.
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A close-up macro shot of a delicate white flower, its golden stamens glowing in the gentle light of spring. The soft focus and warm tones evoke a sense of calm, purity, and the fleeting beauty of nature’s smallest wonders.
Green hellebore, at...
Atlanta (Midtown), Georgia, USA.
15 April 2022.
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▶ "Helleborus viridis, commonly called green hellebore, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to Central and Western Europe, including southern England. Growing to around 24 inches tall (60 cm), the green hellebore is a semi-evergreen perennial plant. The flowers appear in late winter/early spring (February to April). All parts of the plant are poisonous."
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