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Phil Boiko
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I'm a transplant from the Big Apple into Florida's sandy soil. That's me having fun posing with a plastic alligator outside a Florida restaurant. The rainbow photo I took in my backyard; it was the best rainbow I've ever seen. 🦩 🌴 🌷 🌱 🦜
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Who dropped bright yellow paint 🎨 all over my nice green plant 🌱?

No one! Its called a "Painters Croton". Happy #Gardening

#Shrubs #Florida #Landscape #Crotons
A Painters Croton shrub, with light green leaves having yellow spects, in a mulched bed with grass as background.
August 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Just can't get enough of this! #Flowers #FlowerReport #Florida #Gardening #Hibiscus #Nature
August 7, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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Good morning!

This buttercup is for you!

#Flowers #FlowersOnFriday #FlowerReport #Gardening

Oh, stay cool and hydrated in this heat wave.
A stunning yellow buttercup bloom surrounded by green leaves.
July 10, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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"My kind of fireworks"
#Flowers
July 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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"My kind of fireworks"
#Flowers
A flaming red Hibiscus potted in a pink pot surrounded by green grass and blue sky with white cotton clouds.
July 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Yesterday, I ate right from the tree my first figs of the summer. Today, Friday, I shooded away a Blue Jay and picked these! #FigsOnFriday #Florida #Gardening
Brown Turkey Figs picked today in front. A stainless tea kettle in the background.
July 3, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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I found your Fig Leaves On Friday photo because I thought to use #FigsOnFriday for my figs. Thanks for starting this hastag; I second the motion and shall keep it going. 🙂🌱
July 3, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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Do you like it warm and sweet? Oh, yes! We both do! The rays of the summer sun warmed this sweet juicy one just for you. #Figs #Gardening #Florida
Maybe a "brown turkey fig".
July 3, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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This Copper Leaf plant froze to the ground this past winter in #Florida. After cutting, at ground level, the dead stalks, it's rejuvenation is a welcome sight. #Fowers #FlowerReport #Shrubs #Gardening
Copper Leaf plant.
July 1, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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#Sunflowers - I planted this one I purchased from the Home Depot garden center. #Gardening #Flowers #FlowerReport

Take care when doing work outdoors! Very hot in #Florida, also in #Europe.
June 26, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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#Hibiscus steals the show in the garden. #Flowers #FlowerReport #Florida #Gardening
A flashy pink Hibiscus shows off in the garden with a birdbath in the background.
June 22, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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It's just a guess... maybe an eagle? This #bird, surveying the surrounding area for prey, is perched on the limb of a huge pine tree. #Nature #Florida
A large bird with a whitish breast a darkish feathers sits atop a huge pine tree.
June 18, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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The "Sunset Yellow" Hibiscus is happy in its pot! Happy #Gardening #Flowers #FlowerReport #Florida
A beaming yellow Hibiscus with a reddish yellowish center atop some green leaves growing out of a flower pot.
June 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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This Jatropha tree came in a 4 inch pot via Amazon Prime; I just transplanted it to a 7 inch pot. Behind the Jatropha is a Poinsettia. Happy #Gardening #Trees #Flowers #FlowerReport #Florida
A Jatropha tree, just transferred from a 4" pot to a 7" pot, having light green leaves and a red five star bloom. Behind the Jatropha is a Poinsettia with dark red and green leaves.
June 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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I know it's Rose Wednesday, and I gave out my "likes" on 3 roses, but I had to show off my European Fan Palm because I pruned, weeded and munched it this morning. It's a slow grower and can get to 8 feet tall. Happy #Gardening #Palms #Florida
With shiney green lilies at its feet, the multi trunked European Fan Palm reaches up its fonds to the sky from a bed of red mulch.
June 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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This Jatropha froze during winter but now is on the rebound. #Flowers #FlowerReport #Florida #Gardening
Jatropha plant - a sea of green with flashes of red in a brownish munched bed.
June 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Finished getting the 3 #Hibiscus in repainted planters. This one is called "Yellow Sunset." #Florida #Flowers #FlowerReport
Yellow Hibiscus in a planter.
June 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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My #Hibiscus didn't do well in the cold weather this winter. So, I just purchased 3 from Lowe's garden center. This is called Yellow Sunset. #Flowers #Florida #FlowerReport
A "yellow sunset" Hibiscus bloom reaching out from its container.
May 27, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Monday, May 18th, 2026, 6:31 A.M.

East Coast of Central #Florida.

#Sunrise.
A blazing yellow red sunrise barely highlights a ship's silhouette on the horizon line where a dark ocean meets a a red cloudy sky and sounds of ocean waves fill the air.
May 18, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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#Florida loves it's #Flamingos!
Two flamingo wine 🥂 flues center stage on a shelf with other drinking glasses.
May 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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So fascinating! A single Magnolia Blossom is worth raking up it's tree leaves from the grass below. #Florida #Flowers #FlowerReport #Trees #Spring
White Magnolia Blossom in a greenish backyard setting.
May 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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This Woodpecker sits atop my chimney every morning and pecks up a racket, #birds #aircraft
A Woodpecker on a wire and below it's perch far in the distance is a small plane.
May 8, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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The tilt of our earth's axis as it rotates around our sun produces amazing effects. #Flowers #FlowerReport #Florida #Spring
A pure white six petaled lily with a yellow pollen sprinkle in it's center.
May 4, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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Sometimes your backyard can turn into a "Jurassic Park"! #Nature #Florida #Rabbits #Ligustrum #hedges #Spring
A small rabbit with ears listening, sheltered under a green Ligustrum hedge.
April 28, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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Oh yes! One can say, "Spring has Sprung!" Nature's creatures like this black garden snake are "on the prowl." #Spring #Snake #Florida #Nature
A black garden snake, on the prowl, somewhat obscured by a paurotis palm. Two white arrows are pointing to this one snake.
April 28, 2026 at 1:11 PM