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Crinum Lily
his may turn out to be an all-lily month for my Friday Floral pics. I nearly waited too long for this weeks gem, but I knew I had a very narrow window on the Lycoris last week, and decided to … Continue reading
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Tagged amaryllis, crinum, Ellen Bosanquet
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Surprise, Surprise
he surprise lily is just that; a surprise. The other day I was scratching around the front gate, trying to get a handle on some low-growing weeds near the Don Juan climbing roses. It was mostly spurge, Oxalis, and that … Continue reading
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Tagged Euphorbia, Lycoris, Oxalis, resurrection lily, spurge, surprise lily
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Fun in the Desert
his summer has been anything but dry. Usually after the spring rains, summer showers in Oklahoma—even here in northeastern Oklahoma— are few and far between. This year has been different, with soaking rains about every ten days or so. Now … Continue reading
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Crepes and Crape Myrtles
ne meaning of crepe being defined as “a light, thin fabric with a wrinkled surface,” crape myrtle is aptly named. The petals of the blossom are anything but flat and/or thick, not that you can identify an individual petal of … Continue reading
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Nip It in the Bud
o this is not a post about Barney Fife. Magnolia ‘Jane’ is a lovely small tree, one that fits well in the residential landscape. Topping out at around twenty-five feet it will not dwarf a single-story dwelling. The leaves are … Continue reading
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Hot and Dry
he spring rains are past, and the later rains have failed to come. I haven’t watered the front yard border as I should have, leaving the floral show a bit puny here lately. I decided to focus in on a … Continue reading
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The Golden Hour
he golden hour, sometimes referred to as the magic hour, is the first and last hours of sunlight of the day. In it you have a more narrow light range, one that your camera can cope with much better. Here … Continue reading
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Sentinels of Summer
ell, it isn’t the summer solstice yet, but it might as well be here in northeastern Oklahoma. The days are hot and muggy, and the grass has to be cut at least every ten days. So it’s summer whether the … Continue reading
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Tagged daylily, return bloomer, summer, yellow
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Complete and Incomplete
f that grouping of plants known as monoecious, there is a further division into two sub-groups: complete and incomplete, which refers to the nature of a plant’s reproductive parts; what we commonly call flowers. One each of these two sub-group … Continue reading
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Big Bloom
(Click on each of the thumbnails to get a larger picture.) That’s what the species name means: Magnolia grandiflora has one big bloom. Well, it has more than one. The “one” was used for emphasis. Southern magnolia, or bull bay, … Continue reading
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