Grape hyacinth (Muscari) blooming in my garden

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Orange Jessamine (Orange Jasmine)

Orange Jessamine (Murraya paniculata)

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Stargazer lilies

My huge cluster of stargazer lilies put on quite a show a few weeks ago! 18 blooms across four plants, and so fragrant that I could smell them from the front porch! 

Shot with my iPhone 8Plus

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Mums

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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Vinca

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Stack ‘o butterflies

I think the top and bottom ones might be Clouded Sulphurs, middle one is a Variegated Fritillary; feasting on Purple coneflowers (with purple Lantana in the background)

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro lens, 1/250 sec, f/14, ISO 400

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Just another day in paradise

Meet Moo, one of several cats living in the garden paradise of my friends Ed and Joni in Kentucky.

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iPhoneography: Anthurium

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+2 in macro mode

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iPhoneography: Carolyn’s paperwhites

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode

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iPhoneography: Zinnias

Zinnias (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border applied)

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Love-in-a-Mist

Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella damascena)

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, 1/80, f/14, ISO 125

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In my garden: Bearded iris ‘Superstition’

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In my garden: Bearded iris ‘Poem of Ecstasy’

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In my garden: Bearded iris ‘Poem of Ecstasy’

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Bearded iris

Bearded iris (unknown cultivar), photographed at Green Spring Gardens

Nikon D850 / Nikkor 105mm micro

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Japanese Roof iris

Japanese Roof iris, photographed at Green Spring Gardens

Nikon D850 / Nikkor 105mm micro

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In my garden: Bearded iris

Bearded iris (Nikon D850 / Nikkor 105mm micro lens)

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Bearded iris ‘Megabucks’

Bearded iris ‘Megabucks’, photographed at Green Spring Gardens (Nikon D850 / Nikkor 105mm micro lens)

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Bearded iris

Bearded iris (unknown cultivar), Green Spring Gardens (Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro)

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In my garden: Bearded iris ‘Edith Wolford’

Bearded iris ‘Edith Wolford’; Nikon D850 with Nikkor 105mm micro lens

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In my garden: Bearded iris

Bearded iris (unknown cultivar name); Nikon D850 with Nikkor 105mm micro lens

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In my garden: Bearded iris

Bearded iris (unknown cultivar name); Nikon D850 with Nikkor 105mm micro lens

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Osteospermum (Cape daisy)

Osteospermum (Cape daisy), Nikon D850 with Nikkor 105mm micro lens

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Double Late Tulip ‘Orange Princess’

Nikon D850 with Nikkor 105mm micro lens

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iPhoneography: Orchids

iPhone 7+ with the Camera+ app in macro mode / Snapseed app border

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iPhoneography: Spring starflowers

These star-shaped, pale blue flowers with grass-like foliage are Spring starflowers (Ipheion uniflorum). This perennial is grown from bulbs and blooms in mid-spring for 3-5 weeks. Originating from Argentina and Uruguay, this plant naturalizes very swiftly, spreading by self-seeding and from bulb offsets. Often used in rock gardens and woodland gardens, they grow just 4-5 inches tall, and are perennials in Zones 6 to 7 (with mulching to protect from frost) and in Zones 8 to 9 without mulching. They can be grown in full sun to part shade, require medium watering, are low maintenance, and tolerate a wide range of soil types.

This image was captured with my iPhone 7+ with the Camera+ app in macro mode. Grunge border was added in the Snapseed app.

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Genie in a bottle

Some of the tulips yesterday had missing petals, so I was able to photograph an angle that I wouldn’t normally see with a flower. This tulip had one petal missing and the wind blew the other petals together, forming this “genie in a bottle” effect.

This image was shot with my iPhone 7+, and I used the Camera+ app in macro mode. The wind made captures hit or miss at the beginning of the session, so I’m happy I was able to get some shots like this one. I also got some shots with my new D850 and Nikkor 105mm micro lens.

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Bearded iris

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Bearded iris

I think this is a dwarf or intermediate bearded iris (hybrid name unknown).

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Daffodil and tulips

My first photo with a friend’s new Nikon D850 and my Nikkor 105mm micro lens

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