Not much aurora happening here at the moment, so here's one more terrestrial purple and green photo, this time my rhododendron bush.

#florespondece #bloomscrolling

todays garden blooms in the cottage studio

#bloomscrolling #florespondece

One of the easiest plants to spot on the prairie - Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa). This showy plant is native to open and dry grasslands of much of North America, but is now popular in flower gardens worldwide. Like other members of its genus - and true to its common name - it is an insect favorite.

#Florespondece #FloweringFriday #Prairies #NativePlants

Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden #Florespondece #Peonies #Flowers #Michigan #AnnArbor I highly recommend visiting in the first two weeks of June. Just glorious here! Alt text: multiple beds of white, purple, pink and yellow peonies.
#Catasetum fimbriatum var. morrenianum 'SVO'

Only one
#bud made it to #flower due to my more neglectful than normal treatment of my #orchids recently.

#Plant #Plants #PlantPorn #Catasetums #orchid #flowers #florespondece #plantsofthefediverse #orchidsofthefediverse #ilikeplantsmorethanpeople

Tired

Symphytum officinale (common comfrey)

#Bloomscrolling #nature #florespondece #wildflowers #NaturePhotograhy

Later than most of the state, a couple of individual California poppies just emerged on the hill in our back yard.

#florespondece @plants

A dark red sunflower opens #Sunflowers #Flowers #florespondece