Photos of flowers … Lots, and lots of flowers.
You have to look close to see the whole world inside a flower. Looks like a common garden rose, and tucked into the petals is a small crab spider, waiting patiently.
This is a great close-up of a pink zinnia. You're right in the center, looking at the tiny yellow florets and stigmas. Those big pink 'petals' are actually ray flowers, designed to attract bees.
This is a close-up view of a tea rose, showing its warm yellow heart blending out to salmon-pink petals.
This is what's left when the flower falls of the hibiscus plant. The showy pink petals are gone, and this is what remains.
I bought a beat-up rosebush on discount from the garden center of a big box store. I took it home and was amazed at the beautiful roses it produces. You'll have seen pictures from this plant elsewhere in this photostream.
This close-up on a hybrid tea rose captures the color shift from yellow at the base to a soft peach-pink.
I thought the underside structure was as interesting as the more showy parts of this hibiscus flower.
This is a Southern Magnolia, past its peak but still showing its structure. The central cone is where the seeds develop. Notice how the stamens have started to drop onto the petals. This is a bloom at the end of its life.
I like this picture because the very center kind of looks like a heavy eyelid belonging to a giant pink owl.
This is Nicotiana alata, or flowering tobacco. They have a fantastic jasmine-like scent that really comes out in the evening to attract moths. I planted them a couple years ago from seed and they luckily keep coming back.
Asiatic lily, captured right after a rain. You may also see the tiny jumping spider hiding in plain sight on a petal.
Spiderwort, or Tradescantia. I get entranced by the deep purple flower against the light green foliage.
Southern Magnolia. The thick, creamy white petals just as they're opening almost look like porcelain.
That's a Japanese Spirea, 'Goldflame' cultivar. Those small white flower clusters are just starting their show.
The common orange daylily, tough as nails. Each blossom only gets about a day in the sun. A good reminder.














































































































