Fall Joe Pye Weed

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Flowers • Tagged close up, copyright, light, London, native, Ontario, perennial, photography, white • Leave a comment

A bit of the pink bloom remains of this wildflower native to central and eastern North America.

Little Bud

Posted on July 23, 2022 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Flowers • Tagged art, close up, copyright, green, light, macro, native, perennial, photography • 4 Comments

Grey-headed coneflower with its tiny yellow petals, starts in the garden.

Red Hot Poker Buds

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Art • Tagged buds, copyright, flower, garden, light, orange, perennial, photography, Whistling Gardens • 4 Comments

A macro view of a pretty intense flower ready to bloom.

May Yellow and Green

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Flowers • Tagged copyright, Flowers, garden, invader, perennial, petals, photography, wild • 2 Comments

Greater Celandine is an invasive perennial in the poppy family. It does add colour but I should weed it out of the garden!

Stonecrop

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Gardens • Tagged art, Civic Garden Complex, close up, copyright, flower, green, perennial, photography, pink, purple, Sedum, white • 3 Comments

A pretty little group of fall buds.

Turtlehead

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Flowers • Tagged close up, copyright, flower, garden, green, native, native plant, perennial, photography, pink, summer • 4 Comments

Close on a native perennial in my garden, Turtlehead or Chelone obliqua. The common name is because the bloom looks like a turtle’s head and the genus name is after a nymph in Greek mythology, Chelone (kee-LO-nay) who refused an invitation to Zeus and Hara’s wedding so the God Hermes changed her into a turtle!