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.

© Sheila Creighton 2018

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

Lamb’s Ear 2

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Gardens • Tagged Civic Garden Complex, copyright, gray, grey, leaves, perennial, photography, purple, summer • Leave a comment

This is where it’s name comes from!

© Sheila Creighton 2018

Light and Dark Leaves

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged copyright, false Solomon's seal, green, perennial, photography, plant, treacleberry, woodland, woods • 2 Comments

Shades of green fill the forest floor.

© sheila Creighton 2016

Sunny Coreopsis

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Flowers • Tagged bright, close up, copyright, garden, perennial, petals, photography, summer, sun, sunny, yellow • 3 Comments

A bright, bold flower soaks up the sun.

© Sheila Creighton 2016

Under the Sunny Flower

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Flowers • Tagged black-eyed Susan, copyright, flower, hairs, perennial, petals, photography, rudbeckia, stem, yellow • Leave a comment

A bit of a different angle on a Black-eyed Susan.

© Sheila Creighton 2015

Pink Lupine

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Gardens • Tagged copyright, flower, green, leaves, lupin, Lupinus, perennial, photography, pink, pretty • 4 Comments

Morning light on lupines, gives them a glow.

© Sheila Creighton 2015

Barrenwort

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Gardens • Tagged close up, copyright, flower, macro, native, Nature, perennial, photography, spring, white, yellow • 2 Comments

A pretty native perennial in my garden, Barrenwort, is quite hardy and has the sweetest little flowers. It’s also known as Fairy Wings, a name I like better! 🙂

© Sheila Creighton 2015

Pretty Pokeweed

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Flowers • Tagged close up, copyright, macro, perennial, photography, pink, Pokeweed • 10 Comments

Pretty Pokeweed

The delicate, tiny flowers of Pokeweed stand out with their pink stalks. A perennial plant native to Eastern North America, it was used by Native Americans as a food and for various ailments and by settlers as a folk medicine.

© Sheila Creighton 2013

Japanese Anemones

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Flowers • Tagged buds, copyright, garden, perennial, petals, photography, pink, soft filter • 12 Comments

Japanese Anemones

Dreamy pink flowers dominate the September garden.

© Sheila Creighton 2013