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Blossom Bliss

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Gaillardia is the ultimate pollinator-friendly flower! 🌼 Bright, beautiful, and perfect for attracting pollinators like bees and butterflies to your yard. 🦋🐝

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#Gaillardia #Pollinators #Flower #Flowers #Garden #Gardening

Sustainable Pollinator Gardens: How Gaillardia Makes a Difference

Pollinator gardens play a crucial role in maintaining the balance of ecosystems by attracting bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other essential pollinators. These gardens are filled with plants tha...

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October 1, 2024 at 5:40 AM

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Jodie Griffin

@jodiegriffin.bsky.social

We took a short hike yesterday while it was drizzly out. The morning glories liked the rain.
#photography #flowers

Bluish purple flower with raindrops on petals.

October 1, 2024 at 1:19 AM

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SarahB

@saugepsarahb.bsky.social

Lil frens♡ #FlowerPower #Flowers #Invertebrates #GardenForLife #Gardening

Two little green catapilars or inch worms (?) on a lovely pink & white Cosmo flower.

October 1, 2024 at 1:48 AM

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ES 🏳️‍🌈

@erichquick.bsky.social

There's one late-blooming flower cluster still in its prime on our hydrangea while the others have faded. #FlowerReport 🌱

October 1, 2024 at 2:00 AM

Blossom Bliss

@blossombliss.bsky.social

Looking to add some color to your garden? 🌸 Check out how Bougainvilleas, with their hardy nature and vibrant blooms, can transform any space into a stunning display of color! 🌿

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#Bougainvillea #Gardening #Flowers

October 1, 2024 at 5:16 AM

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John Murrell

@johnmurrell.bsky.social

Hibiscus
#photography #flowers #garden #nature 📷🌱

A red hibiscus blossom in soft focus; the background of leaves is close to monochrome.

October 1, 2024 at 2:14 AM

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amohr

@amohr.org

Dahlia focus. 🌼📷 #flowers #flowerreport

A pale purple flower with a tight cluster of overlapping petals around the center, spreading open to big broad ovals at the edge. The center cluster is in sharp focus, blurring with distance.

October 1, 2024 at 2:24 AM

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Coreyartus

@coreyartusimagery.com

Got this done on my livestream: another Buttercup image for my monthly greeting card subscription club for November.

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This phone wallpaper is a little sneak peek! Enjoy!

#art #illustration #patron #greetingcards #stationery #buttercup #flowers

A watercolor illustration of yellow flowers against a textured green background, featuring three open blooms and several buds.

October 1, 2024 at 2:52 AM

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Alex Wild

@alexwild.bsky.social

And the female.

Face/top view of a similar fuzzy fly, but with smaller eyes.

October 1, 2024 at 1:44 AM

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Alex Wild

@alexwild.bsky.social

A male woolly bee fly hovers at a mistflower, collecting nectar. Dripping Springs, Texas.

Close-up photograph of a robust, yellowish-white fuzzball of an insect with a black needle-like proboscis the length of its body stuck into a lavender-colored flower with threadlike petals. The background is a blurry natural green, and the insect is hovering.

October 1, 2024 at 1:42 AM

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FeistyEnglishTeacher

@flower-power.bsky.social

Some sunshine to brighten a rainy week. Nature at its finest! #Bees #Flowers #FlowerReport #Nature

A bright yellow flower(macro) and a bee at work.

October 1, 2024 at 4:17 AM

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Tom

@writer77.bsky.social

In the garden this morning.
🦋 Peacock pansy butterfly (Junonia almana).
💮 Hibiscus flower - haven't found the name of this one yet.
#Thailand #butterflies #insects #flowers #hibiscus

An orange butterfly with an eye marking on each of its four wings, small dark bars on the top edge of its wings and three lines running along its trailing esge in a series of small curves. It sits on the green leaves of a plant with small white flowers.

A white hibiscus flower with a red centre, seen from the side and slightly behind, showing the large white petals catching the full sun. The yellow stamen extends beyond the petals and the green leaves of the plant also catch the sun.

A white hibiscus flower with a red centre, seen from the front, showing the large white petals catching the full sun. The yellow stamen extends from the red centre and casts a crisp shadow on one of the petals. The green leaves of the plant also catch the sun behnd the flower.

September 29, 2024 at 2:54 AM

Blossom Bliss

@blossombliss.bsky.social

💛 Did you know Black-eyed Susans are a symbol of encouragement and optimism? Add a pop of sunshine to your garden today! 🌞

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#BlackEyedSusans #Flower #Flowers #Garden
#YellowBlooms

Black-eyed Susans: Symbolism, History, and Their Role in Nature

Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta), known for their vibrant yellow petals and dark brown centers, are a classic symbol of late summer and early fall. These cheerful flowers, reminiscent of the sun, b...

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September 29, 2024 at 3:16 AM

Blossom Bliss

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🌼 Did you know that some lobelia species produce a bitter taste to deter insects? This fascinating defense mechanism helps protect these stunning plants while adding to their unique charm!

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#Lobelia #PlantFacts #Flower #Flowers #Garden #Gardening

September 29, 2024 at 2:36 AM

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DCapTO

@dcapto.bsky.social

A wildflower I do recognize that is everywhere along the Humber River Trail right now is the pretty purple New England Aster. Such a pretty colour in combination with the various stages of green, yellow, and browning foliage. #Toronto #FlowerReport
#BikeTO Quotepost🧵👇

Two prominent purple aster flowers with popping yellow centres in a bush surrounded by other purple asters and browning buds out of focus. The Humber River with its tree-lined banks is out of focus in the background.

September 28, 2024 at 11:27 PM

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DCapTO

@dcapto.bsky.social

Went to my happy place today, bike ride on Humber River Trail & it was poppin’! Saw THREE Great Blue Herons, egret, falcons +more! Also happy to report the DEET alternative Icaridin mosquito repellent WORKED GREAT! It was humid, skeeters were out & I DIDN’T get bit! Best part, no odor, not greasy 🙌

A panoramic shot of my “black beauty” bike leaning up against a metal fence that is distorted and curved by the panoramic camera function to capture this beautiful curvy open section of the Humber River. There’s mostly green trees and foliage though it’s late September, some is starting to yellow, and there’s some purple flower bushes behind my bike and some yellow tipped tall plants that look like ragweed. The river looks greenish with some reflections of grey sky. The sky is overcast with a hint of blue showing in the distance on the right over the river. That’s the direction I saw 2 Great Blue Herons flying with their wide wing span over the river and land in some riverbank bushes obscured from sight.

September 28, 2024 at 9:33 PM

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DCapTO

@dcapto.bsky.social

Some of the birds I saw on my perfect weather bike ride on the Humber River Trail today. #Toronto

A fave spot I like to stop at when I ride this section of the north part of the Humber River Trail. There’s a tiny 1 foot waterfall across this wider part of the river, rocks along both banks, and lots of deciduous trees. The ones in the background are still dark green. A layer of shorter trees in front on them are turning yellow along with some bushes that give a range of different greens along the banks. The sky is blue with some white clouds. There’s a Great Blue Heron near the right side of the waterfall I only spotted after I took this pic.

Close up, zoomed in and slightly soft shot of the Great Blue Heron with its neck stretched out tall, head to the side to reveal its long beak, near the rocks and short waterfall. Trees and greenery in the background.

A blurry zoomed in shot of the river (same spot as the quote post pic I took of my bike) with two barely visible Great Blue Herons circled in white flying over the river. Green bushes and trees along the banks, overcast sky with some blue poking through.

What I think is a peregrine falcon circling overhead against a whitish grey overcast sky, its wings outstretched wide as it soars. Some bush branches poking up from the bottom of the shot.

September 28, 2024 at 9:49 PM

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DCapTO

@dcapto.bsky.social

And the cutest bird sighting of the day, a little bird I can’t identify eating purple flowers on long stems I also can’t identify. Maybe it’s a warbler or finch. Can’t believe it let me stretch my arm out close to take its pic without flying away. Humber Arboretum off Humber River Trail #Toronto

Close up of a little greenish yellow bird with a black beak I can’t identify, with a tiny purple flower in its beak, perched on a branch and surrounded by green leaves. Also can’t identify these purple flowers on long stems. Maybe it’s a warbler or finch, let me know in the replies if you know it.

September 28, 2024 at 10:26 PM

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Blackbird Spring Farm

@blackbirdspring.bsky.social

Daily Dahlias: Hurricane Edition (the arms, anyway)

#dahlias
#FlowerReport

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Gitt's Crazy. I wasn't convinced that this was right, but it seems to be a highly variable flower. And I love it! A lovely soft blend of magenta and yellow, with white tips, informal decorative. This one is a late bloomer and definitely needs plenty of sunlight. Last year, I had her in a place that was too shaded and didn't get any flowers, but did get several tubers to try again this year.

Vancouver. A large novelty with tons of thin petals, purple-burgendy and tipped in white. She's kinda like a firework, even with the tips chomped off.

AC Paint. Striped magenta and white petals, nibbled on the edges. Suddenly thete are a bunch opening up in the middle of a hurricane, which I guess is what you get when you start aggressively removing damaged buds.

Southern Belle. She's been protected by a bag, and now is about to be overblown, too wet to dry. So I'm gonna pollinate get and save and seeds. Now I gotta decide where I can get some interesting pollen in time.

September 29, 2024 at 12:34 AM

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mknb

@mknb.bsky.social

Even though it is autumn in Tokyo, cherry blossoms are in bloom.
桜さいとった。

#photography
#flowers #cherryblossoms
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September 29, 2024 at 1:16 AM

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Blommeblomst

@pramtree.bsky.social

I woke up early in the morning, so I took the bread dough to my mother's house, and then we baked bread, and ate it with fig jam made by my mom, and then I went home and prepared breakfast for my family......When I go for a morning bike ride, all the flowers along the river look beautiful♪
#flowers