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Good evening. I take comfort in my roses. This started blooming again a few days ago.
#backyard #sheilasperfumerose #gardening #bloomingnow

September 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM Everybody can reply

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Ginny Stibolt

@ginnystibolt.bsky.social

#BloomingNow! The beautiful southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) is native to the SE states from MD to TX including most of FL. The huge blooms, both beautiful and fragrant, are pollinated by beetles. Here's its FNPS plant profile with more details: www.fnps.org/plant/magnol...

Photo of a large flower with an upright center with buff-colored strap-like structures growing from the center stem and with more than 10 white petals that curl inward to form bowls. The petal at the bottom of the photo is filled with a collection of those strap-like structures. Dark green leaves and pale blue sky are in the background.
Text says, "Magnolia grandiflora"

June 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM Everybody can reply

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th0m

@thomrs7.bsky.social

Perfectly timed for spring! ☀️ This Cattleya orchid decided it was time to shine. The colors are just incredible.
#springorchid #cattleya #bloomingnow #orchidgram #plantlover #photography #flowersofinstagram #orchidbeauty #plantlife

April 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM Everybody can reply

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Ginny Stibolt

@ginnystibolt.bsky.social

Southern arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum) is #BloomingNow. It’s a medium-sized shrub that attracts pollinators with its flowers and feeds birds with its blue berries in the fall. It’s native to most of eastern North America. It should be planted more often.
Plant profile: www.fnps.org/plant/viburn...

Photo of a white flower head in the bright sunlight surrounded by large green leaves with wavy edges. Text says, "Southern arrowood Viburnum dentatum"

June 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM Everybody can reply

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Julie the ok gardener

@juliejam.bsky.social

Good morning, everyone! You might have noticed I haven't been posting much lately. I've been under the weather, but now I am infused with prednisone and ready to work again. Luckily, my plants go on without me. #bloomingnow #nativeplants #oknativeplants #gardening 🌱

A red columbine flower that hasn't finished opening. Aquilegia canadensis. The flower opens facing downward. It is a soft faded red color with five petals that are shaped like curved hanging tubes, ending up as little knobs at the top.

Dark blue spikes of Salvia farinacea in front of the more rounded white flower spikes of an Oakleaf hydrangea in the front east-facing bed.

The Asclepias tuberosa, or Butterfly milkweed, covered in packed round orange buds in the back garden.

Magenta winecups and red Murray's penstemon. Callirhoe leiocarpa and Penstemon murrayanus. Surrounded by a sea of Monarda citriodora, a big aster lurks in back.

May 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM Everybody can reply

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Timothy P Wright

@timothypwright.bsky.social

A lace cap hydrangea in the driveway garden— #hydrangea #lacecaphydrangea #speingflowers #bloomingnow

May 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM Everybody can reply

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Andy 🐝 🏳️‍🌈 🌺 🥀

@andyc-b.bsky.social

#Cattlianthe Gold Digger ‘Buttercup’ HCC/AOS #BloomingNow #Orchid #Orchids

March 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM Everybody can reply

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Ginger the garden witch

@mkkraemer.bsky.social

This rose is the antique variety Perle d'Or. It gets high marks for health and fragrance in my garden. #RoseWednesday #BloomingNow

A soft apricot pink blend old fashioned rose with loosely arranged petals. It is pictured on the push in a garden setting with older more faded bloom also visible.

A cluster of rose buds and blooms in various states of opening. They range in color from an apricot pink to a creamy white and are pictured on the bush in a garden setting.

October 30, 2024 at 10:32 PM Everybody can reply

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Smartphone Photographer

@averagesphotos.bsky.social

Happiness. #hydrangea #flowerphotography #gardenlife #naturelovers #macrophotography #floralphotography #bloomingnow #horticulture #botanicalgarden #flowerpower #smartphonephotography #photography

A close-up, macro shot of a blue and green hydrangea flower. The focus is on the intricate petals and small blue buds at the centre of the flower. The background is a soft, out-of-focus mix of warm orange, yellow, and green bokeh, suggesting a sunny, natural outdoor setting.

August 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM Everybody can reply

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Ginny Stibolt

@ginnystibolt.bsky.social

#PlantMoreNatives The bluejackets or Ohio spiderworts (Tradescantia ohiensis) are #BloomingNow in North Florida
It attracts pollinators, especially bees. Each day, one or two flowers bloom in each flower head. There is a long blooming season.
Read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2024/01/ohio...

"Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)" A pale purple 3-petaled flower with dark purple thread-like mass with 6 yellow stamens extending above the threads. A dark fly is on the threads.

March 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM Everybody can reply

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Cynthia Slate -Create Bird Habitat

@thebirdsnest.bsky.social

#Seattle #Garden #BloomingNow Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill' (Nepalese paper plant 'Jacqueline Postill'). Love this very fragrant,tall, narrow Daphne -mine is 6 feet now by about 2 feet wide.

November 22, 2024 at 2:54 AM Everybody can reply

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Ginny Stibolt

@ginnystibolt.bsky.social

#PlantMoreNatives There are 9 species of hibiscus native to Florida. Scarlet rosemallow (Hibiscus coccineus), with its huge blooms (about 9" across), is my favorite and it's #BloomingNow.
Learn more about this and related species here: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2023/05/hibi...

Photo of a large, bright red 5-petaled flower growing from a plant with deeply lobed leaves and more flower buds. A pond and other plants are in the background.

June 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM Everybody can reply

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Andy 🐝 🏳️‍🌈 🌺 🥀

@andyc-b.bsky.social

Brassocattleya Binosa ‘Key Lime’ #BloomingNow #Orchid #Orchids

January 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM Everybody can reply

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Ola Nueva

@olanueva.bsky.social

Weekend wandering led me to white water lilies 🌱 #gardenSky #bloomingnow

Two beautiful white water lilies shine in the sun, surrounded by bright green leaves and dark mysterious waters.

July 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM Everybody can reply

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Cynthia Slate -Create Bird Habitat

@thebirdsnest.bsky.social

#Fuchsia Golden Gate still going strong in #November in #Seattle #BloomingNow

November 22, 2024 at 3:28 AM Everybody can reply

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Jacky Kapadia

@jacky1986.bsky.social

Witnessing the ephemeral beauty of the Queen of the Night, a magical moment.

#QueenoftheNight, #EpiphyllumOxypetalum, #NightBloom, #CactusFlower, #EphemeralBeauty, #RareFlower, #BotanicalPhotography, #FlowerPhotography, #NatureisAmazing, #BloomingNow

May 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM Everybody can reply

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Ginny Stibolt

@ginnystibolt.bsky.social

#BloomingNow Lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata) is native to eastern North America. It's a member of the mint family with a square stem & 2-lipped, pale-blue flowers. It volunteers in our freedom lawn. We mow after it blooms. Pollinators love it. Read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2024/02/lyre...