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.

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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!

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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.

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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!

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Moonbeam Coreopsis

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Flowers • Tagged art, close up, colorful, colourful, copyright, Flowers, green, light, Pentax KP, perennial, petals, photography, summer, Tickseed, yellow • 2 Comments

Pretty little flowers catch the light.

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September Sunflower

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Flowers • Tagged colorful, copyright, flower, Flowers, green, native, perennial, petals, photography, summer, sun, yellow • Leave a comment

Woodland Sunflowers add some pop to the late summer garden.

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Wow Flowers

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Flowers • Tagged colorful, colourful, copyright, garden, green, perennial, petals, photography, summer, yellow • 2 Comments

Beautiful Brown-eyed Susan’s make a statement.

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Wood Geranium

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Flowers • Tagged buds, copyright, gardens, green, mauve, native, perennial, petals, photography, purple, spring, wildflower • Leave a comment

Lovely little wildflowers in my garden are late to bloom but still just as sweet.

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Love That Phlox

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Art • Tagged blossoms, copyright, flower, Flowers, gardens, intense, perennial, petals, photography, pink, summer, Whistling Gardens • Leave a comment

The Phlox at Whistling Gardens is one of the nicest displays of this pink lovely I’ve ever seen.

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White Liatris

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Gardens • Tagged copyright, Flowers, green, Norfolk County, perennial, photography, summer, Whistling Gardens, white • 2 Comments

A bit closer on some lovely Blazing Star.

© Sheila Creighton 2018