Tulip ‘Best White’, photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, VA
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Tulip ‘Best White’, photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, VA
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The Globe Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) is a perennial thistle. If the buds or “globes” aren’t harvested, six-inch bluish-purple thistle-like flowers will form. This is an abstract closeup shot of two unopened buds and one flowering bud. Bees are especially drawn to the flowers.
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