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Took this pic a few yrs back in a friend's garden. Coneflowers are bumble magnets. Looks like I'm gonna have a nice blooming patch amid all the other 2nd yr native prairie plants in my newer beds.

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Cardinal and morning blue sky.

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Wild blue phlox (likely Phlox divaricata) aka woodland phlox popping up along Clear Creek Tail.

Sowed some seeds in my garden this spring but you can't beat that undergrowth 📷 framing on the trail.

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Blooming spirea just outside Coralville's historic one-room schoolhouse.

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A friend of mine donated this clump of dianthus to help me fill in my garden when I 1st started flower gardening ~4 yrs ago.

It's putting on a nice show this year 👍.

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Canada anemone in my garden yesterday.

Been in my garden for 4 yrs now. Had some plants go kaput over the yrs but Canada anemone is resilient & requires constant vigilance. It really wants to spread/form a monoculture.

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Headed east.

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American robin with wild turkey aspirations.

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Red-winged blackbird on a clear morning.

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(tree)Top of the morning to you!

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