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Ilena Gilbert-Mays
@ilenagm.bsky.social
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Horticulturist in coastal North Carolina🐚 🇺🇸who loves tropicals, gingers and exotic plants, oh who am I kidding! I am obsessed with all plants and please, be kind🙏🌎🌱🌸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · Nov 21
This cactus was the star and start of my cactus collection and addiction. I had to set an alarm to not miss this beautiful sight. It grew too large and was donated to a larger collection 🌵💘
#Cactus #Succulents #Flowers #FlowerReport #CactusAddict
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 6h
Salvia leucantha or Mexican brush sage really takes over the garden in autumn with big six foot tall clumps of purple spears with fuzzy white blooms calling the bees to visit 😃

#Flowers #Gardening #Plants #GulfOfMexico #Salvia #Autumn #FlowerReport
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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 4d
Japanese anemone and a hoverfly. #DailyBotanicalBeauty #photography #flowers
A close-up photo of a hoverfly feeding on the pollen of a pale pink Japanese anemone flower with a bright yellow centre, surrounded by other softly focused blooms and buds in the background.
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 17h
Beautiful shot💘
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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 1d
Tōtara bonsai forest
Yep beautiful. Landscape and moss work is top notch too.
Display stand & pot 👍

Tōtara is already my fav plus forests are my thing so this is my spirit display.

#Bonsai
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Tōtara bonsai forest with moss covered landscape and path through the left third. Planted in a shaped and contoured low profile pot. On a slab of dark glossy timber that matched the pot shape. To the right front the accent is a moss covered rock on a small thin round wood slab.
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 17h
My favorite so far🙌💘
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Stuart Bourne 🌷🌱 @stuartbourne.bsky.social · 1d
Good morning everyone, this week’s #SixOnSunday include Japanese Anemone, Virgina Creeper, Winter Jasmin, a fun fungus, and Rosa ‘Twiggy’s Rose’

Have a great weekend!

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
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debbifiggy.bsky.social @debbifiggy.bsky.social · 1d
Today’s #BloomScrolling is courtesy of my mother’s fuchsia bush which is enormous.
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 17h
Wow! It’s fabulous 🤩
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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you for posting this. Here’s one for you
Monarch butterfly on Milkweed
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 17h
Sweet 💘
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 17h
Thank you Joy, you and your family stay safe🙏💘
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SkyeMac @skyemac.bsky.social · 2d
Me too!
Monarch catapillers munching on milkweed
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 17h
Awe🥹
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 17h
They are so brittle unfortunately ☹️
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 18h
Thank you Ann, I absolutely love watching them 🧡
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 18h
My wet area didn’t have any so I introduced them. I love seeing them too 😍
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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 1d
#sixonsaturday 11-10-25 : hydrangea paniculata, eucalyptus, storm damage, alstroemeria, lemons, and autumn picking 🌱

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 1d
#SixOnSaturday this week is definitely #Autumn looking flowers and cattails. The flowers of one of my aloes looks like nature’s candy corn 😂 a drought busting nor’easter will arrive later today

#Flowers #Plants #GulfOfMexico #noreaster #FlowerReport #WildFlowers #Gardening
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 2d
I do welcome the rain but the wind is what will do damage. Hopefully we will have minimal wind 🙏
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Stuart Bourne 🌷🌱 @stuartbourne.bsky.social · 2d
Trump losing to someone fighting to protect democracy and end authoritarianism… oh the irony! 😂
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d
Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee
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Stuart Bourne 🌷🌱 @stuartbourne.bsky.social · 2d
The petals on this Japanese Anemone are almost translucent #FlowersOnFriday

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 2d
Petal perfection 🤍
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 2d
We now have sooo many human rights issues here I would be disgusted if they even thought about giving it to that 🤡
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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 6d
More Atala #butterflies on the way! (Eumaeus atala) I counted 18 #caterpillars on one small coontie plant (Zamia integrifolia) this morning. It’s almost totally defoliated now, but that’s why I grow them. More leaves will come out before too long. 🌱 #MyGarden #Insects #Cycads
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 2d
I love growing butterfly host plants 🌱
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