FlowerGarden

Spring is my favorite season! I love to be outside after the long, cold, colorless winter, and I've developed a real need to "dig in the dirt" each year when the weather starts to get warm. I enjoy taking digital photographs of my flowers and flowering trees, and I invite you to take a "virtual tour" of my gardens!

Many of the images on this page are available in a larger size for publication purposes. Please email me if you're interested in using my photographs or if you have any questions. Unfortunately I'm finding that many of them are being used on Myspace and other sites without my permission, and they're being "hotlinked," which uses my bandwidth! Please ASK first and don't assume it's okay to use these or other copyrighted photographs without permission.

Hoverfly on Coreopsis "Moonbeam"

Azaleas

The shady Hosta garden in early morning light

Cica's Garden

This is a memorial garden for my soulmate kitty, Cica, who died in April 2002 at the age of 20. Blueberry bushes, a bleeding heart and impatiens are planted here. In 2005 three astilbes, Cranesbill "Brookside", an azalea, Anemone "Honorine Jobert" and a columbine were added.

Blueberries
Copyrighted Image

I think this picture of ripe blueberries is the most popular image on my website! It's been used by a magazine in New England, by Kohr Bros.Ž, by www.americanmeadows.com and in the book Practical Horticulture.

Cranesbill "Brookside"

Beautiful, but deadly to cats!

Daylilies

July 2004: Blackeyed Susans

June 2005: Daylilies, Blackeyed Susans, Coreopsis,
Pentsemon, Monarda and Zinnias are in my "Yellow Garden."

July 2005: Phlox, Balloon Flowers, Dianthus, Verbena, Daisies,
Daylilies, Chrysanthemums & Zinnias grow in my "Mailbox Garden."

June 2006: Heuchera "Purple Palace," Hosta "Patriot," Liriope,
and Impatiens are in the new Birdbath-Shade Garden.

While it hovers and flies just like a tiny hummingbird,
a Hummingbird Clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) sips nectar from the phlox!

St. Francis, Impatiens & Bleeding Heart
Cica's Garden

St. Francis, Hostas & Bleeding Heart
East Shade Garden

Please click on the following images to see a larger view
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Southern Hawker Dragonfly	Great Leopard Moth	Frittillary on Blackeyed Susan
Swallowtails "Puddling"	Virginia Toad	Tiger Swallowtail on Butterfly Bush

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Too many pictures on this page!
Click on the links if you'd like to see more things in my gardens:

Cherry Blossoms   Ripe Cherries   Apple Blossoms   Dogwood Blossoms

Scabiosa     Dianthus     Dahlia    Iris   Chyrsanthemum

Daisy   Zinnia   Butterfly Bush (Pink Delight)   Blue Columbine

Gaura   Coreopsis   Dianthus   Phlox

Yellow Marigold   Red & Yellow Marigold   Daylilies   White Chrysanthemum   Blackeyed Susans

Periwinkle   Abelia   Wegelia   Crape Myrtle

Grapes   Blackberries

ADVENTURES IN POND BUILDING...

The Big Hole in the Ground
Saga of the Preformed Pond
"An Accursed Piece of Ground"

RESOURCES

Weather Forecast | Weather Maps

This is the camera I use--a Fujifilm Finepix S5200.
I am VERY impressed!!

I previously owned a Nikon Coolpix 3100, which was great for garden close-ups.
It's very reasonably priced, too!

Shutterfly is the best place to get high-quality prints from your digital camera delivered home.
You can order prints 24 hours a day and have them mailed to friends and family anywhere worldwide.
Sign up is free, prices are very reasonable, plus you'll get 15 FREE 4x6 prints to try them out!

Recommended Gardening Books:

Got questions about flowers and gardens? Check out these websites!
GardenWeb
The Garden Forums

sharon@art-rageous.net

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