The Beautiful Color of the Orange Milkwort Can Be Enhanced Artistically explains the motivation for tonight’s featured photo. It also explains what was done to make this a unique image.
The Southern Magnolia is Another Great Iconic Tree introduces readers to this beautiful southern tree. It gives readers some basic information like range and preferred habitats. Finally, it talks about uses for the wood.
Mimosas Produce a Beautiful, Fluffy Spring Flower reminds readers of the beauty of the late spring flowers of the mimosa tree. It also tells readers about the bright green seed pods that will arrive in fall and are the end stage of these lovely flowers.
Butterfly Weed is an Unusual, Useful Type of Milkweed discusses butterfly weed, both as an attractor of pollinators and as a medicinal plant. It also tells how the author found this particular bunch of butterfly weed on her way home from work.
The Quest to Capture the Incredibly Beautiful, Perfect Gardenia discusses the author’s quest to photograph a gardenia flower each year that is in perfect condition and in it’s prime.
The Lantana Bush has Some Unusually Colorful Spring Flowers shows readers an artistically modified photograph of a bunch of colorful, spring Lantana flowers.
Garden Valerian is a Useful but Invasive Herb discusses garden valerian both as a potentially invasive weed escaped from gardens and as an edible, medicinal herb. Like many other things in nature it can be both good and bad.
This Beautiful, Colorful Hibiscus is a Glorious Sight gives readers the story of this extremely colorful hibiscus flower and how the author came across it.
Perennial Peanuts Can Make a Beautiful Ground Cover tells the story of how the author spotted and later identified peanut flowers after wondering if peanut plants did flower. It also gives some interesting information about using these nonfruitbearing plants as a ground cover.
Gardenia in Blue I have always loved gardenia flowers. Their powerful fragrance and the beautiful ways the petals fold on...
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