A friend gave me a start of this perennial sunflower plant last spring. It flowers in September: YAY!

Brilliant yellow perennial sunflower blooms on a windy, sunny day

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Saw this pretty lacecap hydrangea while out and about. What should I call this color? Red violet?

Reddish purple lacecap hydrangea

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This yellow beauty is my new favorite rose, my David Austin rose Julia Child. Butter yellow, for sure!

Sunshine glows through the petals of this Julia Child rose, seen from the back. Even the sepals are graceful.

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I have a multi-graft plum tree, and the earliest section is blooming. Such a welcome sight. Happy Spring!

Early plum tree blossoms

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I admit this is from late October, but there are still pretty leaves out there, just not much sunshine lately.

Sunshine streaming through maple leaves in fall’s bright colors

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Looking through the archives for some sunshine, found this one of magnolia branches against the sky, taken one April day. You’re welcome.

Brilliant sunshine shines through early magnolia buds and flowers

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Day lilies decorate our blue July sky.

Burgundy hemerocallis (daylily or day lily) against a clear blue sky

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We had a brief sunbreak.

Old-fashioned golden yellow forsythia, happy in the sunshine

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Looking ahead to summer roses…

Camelot roses in tones of coral, orange, pink, and peach, in my summer garden

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At the local garden club district meeting recently, garden flowers (horticulture) were on display.

Simple and dramatic, this late-summer Japanese anemone is easy to grow in shade

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