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HeatherHeather-clad hills are a lovely site. The specie of woody shrub has taken well to the climate of Northern California and the bright magenta patches on the hillsides are spreading each spring/
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Pink DahliasThese three tiny Dahlias remind me of three old men sitting on a park bench. One is intently watching a bird up in a tree, another is watching a pretty girl walk by, and the third is watching you watching...
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Thistle post-bloomThis is a thistle bloom about 4 days past the "sunburst" stage that another image here shows. The deep purples seem to bleed into the hard, green "leaves" that grow to enclose the fruit of the thistle,...
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Cinquefoil FlowerThis is known as the Rough-fruited Cinquefoil - Potentilla recta. Here you have a view of the blossom and a bud. The pale-yellow flower goes through a number of stages and is attractive and interesting...
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Cinquefoil Flower ProfileHere is a side view of the Rough-Fruited Cinquefoil. The lobes of the buds before they open are quite interesting and have tiny hairs all over them. The Cinquefoil flower grows all over the Ozarks.
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Milkweed with ButterflyThe Milkweed is not only a useful plant with is silky down and fibrous stem, its flowers are a favorite of butterflies, bees and other hungy insects. They are brimming with nectar and the bright orange...
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Soapwort FlowerThis lovely pink and white flower is known as Soapwort. The roots are saponacious and if you wished you could wash your hands with them... It is one of those self-fulfilling prophecies. If you dig up a...
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Soapwort BudHere is the bud of the Soapwort plant just before it opens up. It is hard to imagine the full and round flower emerging from this spindly bud, but it makes the amazing transformation every time. At this...
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Crimson DahliaDahlias are so interesting because their flowers come in so many shapes and sizes. From the giant dahlias that grow 12" and more across, to the tiny dahlias just and inch. This crimson dahlia with petals...
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Pink & Cream GladiolusWhat a lovely flower is the Gladiolus! This is one of the surviving bulbs planted from a few years ago. I had planted perhaps 50 down at the bottom of my drive; a place where I there is no water other...
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White AsterThis is the white aster that in late summer can blanked a field in three feet of snowy white. I call it a second and third-year plant. I have noticed that if you plow a field and then let it go fallow,...
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Clover blossomA camera allows you to examine things in ways different than you normally would. Laying on the grass on a warm summer evening you can take your time examining all of the clover blossoms on the lawn. Some...
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