April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.. T. S. Eliot, The Wasteland
Category Archives: flora
remains of the day
boston ivy
flotilla
bare trees
autumn leaves
a perennial jazz standard
pond in november
modus vivendi
madonna delle grazie
raindrops
blossom time
flame lily
latin name: Gloriosa superba
yellow bike
backyard tomatoes
aloe plant
phoenix lake
Plymouth Township, MI
holiday bloom
ivy and rust
ref: Dylan Thomas, The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower, 1934
phoenix lake
Plymouth Township, MI
lily pads in autumn
monarch butterfly
russian sage
native to central Asia
Latin name: Perovskia atriplicifolia
agave in bloom
80 year old Agave americana variegata imported from the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico in 1934; blooms one time, sets seed, and dies; a window pane was removed from the conservatory roof to allow the stalk to continue growing
Matthaei Botanical Gardens; Ann Arbor, MI
rhododendrons in bloom
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Blue Ridge Parkway at Craggy Gardens, NC
eternal spring
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Spring Grove Cemetery; Cincinnati
ripe for picking
xeriscape
an abstracted image; detail and color gradations are reduced, giving a painted effect
conservatory cacti
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and succulents
Matthaei Botanical Gardens; Ann Arbor, MI
hothouse flower
Matthaei Botanical Gardens; Ann Arbor, MI
wild berries
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