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🌱 Good morning, brought to you by luminous Morning glories inTokyo…still in full bloom in November!

#flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGardening #gardening #FlowerPower #Japan #blue
#FlowerPhotography

Sky-blue morning glory flowers, with delicate white centers. Surrounded by lime-green foliage and flowerbuds, the vines will continue blooming through November.

In densely packed Tokyo, very few homes have any back or front yard garden space. But wandering through streets, one finds pots lining the narrow curbs, growing everything from herbs, perennials, shrubs, trees and here, in November, a magnificent morning glory vine growing from a small terracotta planter box.

November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM

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To see a thing
One must see it
In the light

物の見えたるひかり
Mono no mietaru hikari
— Matsuo Basho

#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright #LandscapePhotography #oceans
#EastCoastKin #haiku 🌱

Shortly after sunrise on a winter morning along the Atlantic Ocean shore…swirls of white clouds in a pale blue sky. The sunlight illuminates the c calm ocean surface…reflecting a silvery opalescence.

November 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM

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Another rose I saw in bloom on a recent trip to Japan. The variety name is ‘Peace’…developed by French horticulturist Francis Meilland, in the years 1935 to 1939.
See alt text for more of its history.
#roses #flowers #BloomScrolling #gardening #Japan #Peace
#FlowerPhotography

A rose variety, ‘Peace’. Lushly layered petals in tones of butter-cream, with a pale pink blush.
It was developed by French horticulturist Francis Meilland, in the years 1935 to 1939. When Meilland foresaw the German invasion of France, he sent cuttings to friends in Italy, Turkey, Germany, and the United States to protect the new rose. It is said that it was sent to the US on the last plane available before the German invasion, where it was safely propagated by the Conard Pyle Co. during the war.

November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM

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the garden has over 3000 rose plants in a lovely setting…🌱

November 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM

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an enchanting November surprise…finding a rose garden in Osaka, Japan in full bloom! 🌱

#flowers #roses #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography #Japan #Osaka

A luscious rose with layered petals in shades watermelon-pink surrounded by dark-green foliage. The variety name is ‘Kaorkazari’

November 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM

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Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. -Albert Camus
🍂
#MyJoyfulPlace #foliage #autumn #BloomScrolling #gardening
#LandscapePhotography 🌱

layers of plant foliage in shades tangerine, warm reds, olive and vibrant greens

October 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM

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rainy, windy, watery #BlueSkyMomday
…dreaming of the springtime sweet peas…🌱

#MyJoyfulPlace #flowers #BloomScrolling #gardening #blue
#FlowerPhotography #dream

a single sweet pea blossom, in shades of amethyst-purple and navy blue…behind is a slender green stem with a deep midnight-blue flower bud

October 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM

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They took until *October* to bloom…but now the ethereal flowers of Morning Glory ‘Pearly Gates’ are delighting me on chilly autumn morns. 🌱

#MyJoyfulPlace #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGardening #gardening #FlowerPower #seeds
#FlowerPhotography

Three flowers on a Morning Glory ‘Pearly Gate’ vine…the pure white blossoms are round saucer shaped, and have a tiny golden yellow-center. On the left are some lime-green flower buds, and behind is a brick wall.

October 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM

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#BlueskyMonday
#PayingAttention #wandering
#KurtVonnegut #gardens 🌱

Author Kurt Vonnegut, wearing cream colored trousers and white shoes, sits in front of a turquoise painted door. Mounted on the door is a garden gnome atop a red heart. On either side of him are hydrangea shrubs with large globular shaped flowers in shades of sky blue and violet. Emerald green grass frames the bottom of the photo, and a quote reads…”Life is a garden, not a road. We enter and exit through the same gate. Wondering, where we go matters less than what we notice.”

October 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM

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#stunday at the Conservatory Garden in Central Park 🌱

#flowers #BloomScrolling #CentralPark #UrbanGardening
#FlowerPhotography #FlowerReport

Three zinnia flowers in shades of saturated raspberry rosy pink, surrounded by green foliage.

The Conservatory garden in New York City. Layers green foliage of trees and shrubs, flowers in shades of scarlet, pink, and lavender. The garden is an urban oasis in the northern area of Central Park and Fifth Avenue.

September 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM

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The process of seeds into flowers and then flowers into seeds is always wondrous to me…🌱

#MyJoyfulPlace #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGardening #gardening #seeds
#FlowerPhotography #FlowerReport

Here, the flowers and lacquered-purple seed pods of Hyacinth Bean Vine 🌱

Seed pods of Hyacinth Bean vine. They are purple-grape in color and look like lacquer.

Purple hyacinth bean flowers on a slender, deep burgundy stem, surrounded by bright green foliage.

September 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM

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🌱 more cookies~biscuits

September 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM

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happy #blueskymonday …brought to you by a bee and beautiful blue Caryopteris blooms…💙

#MyJoyfulPlace #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGardening #gardening #FlowerPower
#FlowerPhotography #blue #bees 🌱

A bee visiting the violet-blue flowers of Caryopteris…the buds and blossoms are like like tiny jewels and the foliage is silver-green. In the background are the rich purple flowers of Angelina, a truly remarkable annual that blooms from late spring to frost, no deadheading needed.

September 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM

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just now, two moonvine flowers, reaching toward the setting sun…

🌱🤍🌱

#MyJoyfulPlace #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGardening #gardening #sunset
#FlowerPhotography #breathe

Grateful for this moment of quiet beauty in my small late summer garden.
Two white Moonflowers turn toward the sunset…warm soft rosy-orange light behind the dark-olive silhouettes of Ginkgo trees. 🤍

September 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM

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definitely a day to pause doomscrolling and immerse myself in #BloomScrolling
💚thanks to all who share the beauty of your gardens 🌱

from the late-summer garden, a bit scruffy, but the white illuminates…

#MyJoyfulPlace #flowers #breathe #UrbanGardening #gardening #FlowerPower #FlowerPhotography

Garden vignette…a tapestry of annuals and perennials in shades of lilac-pink, rose, silver and white, and lots of green foliage.

The glowing freshness of white flowers. In the center is dainty Diascia, surrounded with the glossy green foliage white blossoms of Vinca.

September 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM

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September 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM

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🌱 What a delight to come upon in mid-town Manhattan, a small public greenspace…with a 25’ waterfall!

#UrbanGardens #NYC #Manhattan #gardens #bloomscrolling #waterfall #surprise

A 25’ waterfall over brownstone walls in the morning sun, green foliage surrounds the water and stone. This surprise of an urban garden is one of many public green spaces in New York City.

September 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM

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after the rain, morning tea in my mini-meadow garden 🌱

#MyJoyfulPlace #BloomScrolling #UrbanGardening #gardening #tea
#FlowerPhotography #FlowerReport

Tea in my favorite mug w blue circles and sage green glaze. Surrounding is what I refer to as my mini-meadow garden—blue Sal via, white Echinacea, white Cleome and vinca flowers, deep purple Lavender. In the foreground sky-blue blossoms of Evolvulus. Lots of green and gold foliage. On a glass tiled table sits a tiny rusted iron birdbath w two birds.

September 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM

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🌱 Good afternoon, brought to you by my climbing “Jack in the Beanstalk” Moonvines…🤍

#MyJoyfulPlace #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGardening #gardening #FlowerPower #fragrance
#FlowerPhotography #FlowerReport

Bright green Moonvine foliage climbing up against a deep brown brick wall. Three large fragrant white flowers are opening in the late afternoon light.

Three exquisite pure white Moonvine blossoms, against deep green foliage. Wish you could inhale the sublime fragrance!

September 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM

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🌱 I post this every time there is a school shooting because it’s true.

August 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM

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this is some masterful pruning 🌱

Abbazia Santa Maria del Bosco, Sicilia Italy
-photo via mariannamerisi IG
#gardening #foliage #LandscapePhotography
#Italy