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Deep purple (and gold): iris in a garden.
DeKalb County (Northlake), Georgia, USA.
21 April 2024.
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Wild native trumpet creeper vine, blooming on a CSX-railroad chain-link fence.
Atlanta (Kirkwood), Georgia, USA.
4 June 2025.
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▶ “Campsis radicans — commonly known as trumpet creeper, trumpet vine, cow-itch — is a woody, deciduous, perennial vine in the trumpet vine family (Bignoniacea), native to the central and eastern United States. In nature, it can be found in swamps, forests, thickets, and on roadside telephone poles.
Growing to 33 feet (10 m), Campsis radicans attaches itself to natural and artificial structures and climbs by aerial rootlets [a plant known as a liana]. Its showy trumpet-shaped flowers come in 2 to 8 terminal cymes [where each floral axis terminates in a single flower]. Each flower is up to 3½ inches long (9 cm), orange to reddish-orange with a yellowish throat, and 5 shallow lobes bending backward.”
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
— Wikipedia.
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Early-spring flora. These tiny, ruderal, white/purple striated violets are bustin' out all over.
Here, seen (getting down low!) just off of a sidewalk, in...
Avondale Estates (DeKalb County), Georgia, USA.
22 March 2022.
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On 26 May 2022, Flickr's editors selected this image for inclusion in Flickr's Explore feature.
▶ This is a closeup. The flower (at most 2 centimeters in diameter) appears much larger in the image than it did in 'real' life. I'm guessing that it is a Viola sororia. Could a fellow Flickr-er corroborate/correct?
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A native eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea pupurea) blooms in a wild garden.
Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA.
17 June 2025.
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Hello Flickr people!!!
Apparently, it is Friday but honestly, I lost track of time way before last Monday (at least I think it was a Monday…). I lost track of days because strangely enough I have very accurate biological clock for meals and "happy hour" (which can happen at ANY hour right now!! There is no restriction! And we are allowed to drink anywhere in the house also!! We extended our alcohol permit during this difficult time ...) in our personal bar.
So, if today is Friday it is a blue day at Color my World Daily Group. And “spring flora” is the theme at Looking Close on Friday…
Spring flora is a difficult theme for me… I live in Montreal and right now we still have snow, not very much and you can see some last year grass here and there but nothing very exciting …. Also, my backyard is still covered in snow since it is not on the sunny side, so no spring flora there yet…
I had to improvise with some fake props… I hope my picture will be accepted and if not, well I still love this group and I will try better next week.
When I think about spring, I always think about apple trees in flowers…. We have a lot of those in my neighborhood and it looks beautiful. I love the combination of pink and green. And guess what? That is exactly a color of a tiny tree I have in my props ! And what is a perfect sign of spring? Birds and eggs (that is where the birds come from, you see the connection there ???). We have a blooming apple tree in an egg, which is cracking because of the pressure of the tree growing so fast!! And we have a tiny bird flying around like usual… Can you smell the flowers my friends? Spring will come very soon, and let’s hope it will bring a new and better time for everybody…
In meantime, who else lost track of days??? Is it normal for your or is it because you work from home like us?
Stay safe and healthy my friends !!!!
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts / positive vibes!! It is truly appreciated! Have a great day and see you soon!!
On a recent trip to London, I went to Chiswick House gardens for a wander round. William Kent’s designs for the gardens were part of The English Landscape Movement, one of the UK’s greatest influences on European art and architecture. With his mentor, Lord Burlington, Kent broke down the rigid formality of the early 18th century garden to create a revolutionary, natural-looking landscape. (chiswickhouseandgardens.org.uk).
It was a day when it rained endlessly, which spoilt my enjoyment of the gardens. I did pore over a portrait of William Kent to see if I could spot any family resemblance. I thought both of us looked a bit gloomy. Here is a combination of faded snowdrops, camellias and lichen. Taken with the Apple iPhone.
Pink wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea), blooming wild on the banks of Cecilia Creek, in...
Trailhead Community Park, of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
14 April 2022.
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A splash of lavender color on the forest floor.
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
22 March 2024.
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▶ "Phlox divaricata — commonly known as wild blue phlox, woodland phlox, or wild sweet william— is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae), native to forests and fields in eastern North America, growing in moist, deciduous woods, on bluffs, and in moist fields.
Phlox divaricata is a semi-evergreen perennial growing 10 to 20 inches tall (25–50 cm). Flowers appear in late spring and early summer, blooming in a variety of pastel colors: blue-lavender, light purple, pink, or white. They are ¾ to 1½ inches in diameter (2–4 cm), with five petals fused at the base into a thin tube."
— Wikipedia.
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▶ Seen alongside the purple-blazed Three Creeks Trail: one in a "labyrinth of soft-surfaced trails" in and around a 120-acre suburban-Atlanta Piedmont forest. The trail connects Ira B. Melton Park to the larger Mason Mill Park. The three creeks of the trail's name are Glenn Creek, Burnt Fork Creek, and South Fork Peachtree Creek; the first two are tributaries of the third.
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An early azalea native wildflower blooms in the...
Trailhead Community Park, of East Decatur Greenway
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
5 April 2024.
▶ See another early azalea, budding before opening: here.
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▶ Photographer's note:
On 7 May 2024, the administrator for the Flickr group "Flickr Best compositions" rejected this image, writing: "your floral shot just isn't a real good composition, there are no dynamics, nice shot but kinda blase." [their misspelling]. I left the group, but I carry the memory of that nonsense as a badge of honor.
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Native (to North America), blue flag iris wildflowers blooming on the side of a holding pond, in..
Trailhead Community Park of the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
17 May 2023.
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▶"Iris versicolor —commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blueflag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag— is a flowering herbaceous perennial Iris (in the Iridaceae family), native to eastern North America. Iris versicolor grows 4 to 31 inches high (10–80 cm). The six-petaled flowers are light to deep blue (purple and violet are not uncommon), blooming during May to July. The plant is common in sedge meadows, marshes, and along streambanks and shores."
— Wikipedia.
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Invasive but colorful., a mimosa tree blooms alongside the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
10 June 2023.
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▶ "Albizia julibrissin —commonly known as the Persian silk tree, pink silk tree, or mimosa tree— is a small deciduous tree in the legume family Fabaceae, native to southwestern Asia and eastern Asia. In the United States, the species has become invasive, spreading from the east coast to the midwest.
In the wild, Albizia julibrissin tends to favor dry plains, sandy valleys, and uplands, growing 16 to 52 feet tall (5–16 m). Its bark is dark greenish grey, becoming vertically striped with age. Its leaves are large and frond-like; they close during the night and during periods of rain, the leaflets bowing downward.
The flowers bloom throughout the summer in dense inflorescences, which resemble starbursts of pink silky threads, with a tight cluster of prominent stamens, 2–3 cm long and white or pink with a white base."
— Wikipedia.
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Spring flora frames the graffit'd support column of a railroad bridge.
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
29 April 2025.
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▶ Geographic note:
The railroad bridge spans the South Fork Peachtree Creek where it is joined by smaller Glenn Creek.
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Purple tufted vetch wildflowers bloom in a field, in...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
12 May 2023.
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▶ "Vicia cracca —commonly known as tufted vetch, cow vetch— is a species of flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae, native to Europe and Asia. It occurs on other continents as an introduced species, including North America. It often occurs in disturbed habitats, including old fields and roadside ditches.
Vicia cracca has climbing stems growing to 5 feet tall (150 cm). The plant flowers prolifically, sending out 10 to 40 flowered one-sided racemes [short floral stalks], cascading pea-shaped purple to violet flowers during late spring to late summer. Vicia cracca is widely used as a forage crop for cattle and is also much appreciated by bees and butterflies as a source of nectar. It enriches the soil in which it grows by its nitrogen-fixing properties."
— Wikipedia.
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Don't call it a weed! The small wildflower Trifolium repens is a nitrogen-fixer, enriching the soil.
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
7 April 2025.
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📷 Photographer's note:
This is a close-up. The white clover appears much larger in the image than it did in 'real' life.
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Native wildflowers bringing color to an early spring day.
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
22 March 2024.
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▶ Stylophorum is a small genus of only three species in the relatively small poppy family (Papaveraceae). Two Stylophorum species are native to China, and one, Stylophorum diphyllum —the wood poppy or celandine poppy— is found in eastern North America, on slopes of moist woods and thickets. The common name is derived from greater celandine (Chelidonium majus), a closely related European plant with similar flowers and leaves.
The yellow blossoms —four bright yellow petals, less than an inch wide— are surrounded by examples of another trait of Stylophorum diphyllum — its hairiness. Notice the hairs on the stem, the underside of the leaves, and on the bud. There are numerous yellow stamens surrounding the pale greenish-yellow pistil.
After fertilization, a bristly blue-green pod hangs below the leaves. The pod has four chambers containing seeds with white elaiosomes [fleshy structures attached to seeds that attract ants], that ripen in midsummer.
— Wikipedia.
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Blue anise sage, blooming in a pollinator garden.
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve
DeKalb County (Medlock Park), Georgia, USA.
5 June 2025.
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❀ "Salvia guaranitica — commonly known as anise sage, anise-scented sage, blue anise sage, or hummingbird sage — is a species of perennial flowering plant in the sage/mint family (Lamiaceae), native to a wide area of South America. However, it is cultivated all over the world.
Salvia guaranitica is a small shrub growing 4 to 5 feet tall (1.2 to 1.5 m), spreading into a large patch via its spreading roots. The leaves are ovate, measuring 1.6 inches long (4 cm) and nearly as wide, with a fresh, mint-green color and an anise scent when crushed. The inflorescences are up to 10 inches long (25 cm) with flowers in various shades of blue."
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
— Wikipedia.
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📷 Photographer's note:
The blue hue captured on camera was so intense that I reduced the saturation during the editing process. Nevertheless, it's still vivid!
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Leaves of a 'Rising Sun' Eastern Redbud, in morning light.
Trailhead Community Park of the East Decatur Greenway
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
6 June 2021.
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▶ "Cercis canadensis —the eastern redbud— is a small deciduous tree, native to eastern North America. It typically grows to 20–30 feet tall (6–9 m) with a 26–33 foot spread (8–10 m). The leaves are heart-shaped or broadly ovate, two to five inches long. They come out of the bud folded along the line of the midrib, tawny green; when they are full-grown, they become smooth, dark green above, paler beneath. In autumn, they turn bright clear yellow."
— Wikipedia.
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Some call it a weed.
Feh!
Clover envy.
Red clover (Trifolium pratense) blooms in spring, along the...
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
18 May 2019.
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▶ It's a 'macro' close-up. The wildflower appears much larger in the image than it did in 'real' life.
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A Carolina silverbell tree, blooming on creek's edge.
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve
DeKalb County (Medlock Park), Georgia, USA.
2 April 2025.
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▶Halesia carolina —commonly called Carolina silverbell or little silverbell— is a small, flowering tree in the storax family (Styracaceae), native to the southeastern United States, growing on moist slopes and creek-banks, coves, and bottomlands.
In spring, Carolina silverbell trees bear masses of pendant [downward-pointing] white bell-shaped flowers (tinged with pink), 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch long (1.25 - 2 cm), in drooping clusters of 2 to 5 blooms. Four sepals form a cup with four prominent ribs, and the four petals are fused at the base.
Over its lifespan of 100 years, the small tree will grow no more than 80 feet in height (25 m), with a trunk diameter of 2 feet (0.6 m). The taller trees can have very dramatic leaning, twisting trunks.
— North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
— Wikipedia.
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A colony of New York ferns...in Georgia.
DeKalb County (Forrest Hills), Georgia, USA.
14 April 2023.
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▶ "Thelypteris noveboracensis or Amauropelta noveboracensis — commonly known as the New York fern— is a perennial species of fern found throughout the eastern United States and Canada, from Louisiana to Newfoundland, but most concentrated within Appalachia and the Atlantic Northeast. New York fern is common in sunny patches caused by canopy gaps in mixed woodlands, bottomland forests, at the edge of swamps, bogs in wooded ravines, and along streams, forming spreading colonies. The double cut pinnae [feather-shaped leaflets] give the fern a wispy texture."
— Wikipedia.
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Early-spring vantage point.
DeKalb County (Clairmont Heights), Georgia, USA.
26 March 2025.
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▶ The view from an elevated wooden boardwalk along the South Peachtree Creek Trail, as it winds high above a ravine and rail trestle within the park.
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