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Another glorious set of blooms for #RoseWednesday.

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Two peachy/pale yellow roses with pink picotee showing off thickly layered petals.
November 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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Fading fall flowers for a cloudy #MagentaMonday #PinkMon.

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Medium pink flowers with darker magenta tips, some missing petals.
November 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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We are having such an amazing season for fall color here in the Midwest. 🍁🍂🌈

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A beautiful tall tree covered in a mix of orange, red, gold & burgundy brightened against a clear blue sky and water.
November 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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Another ancient waterside sentinel.

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A knobby trunk that branches into seemingly endless canopy directions arches over a pond so green with algae it is almost difficult to distinguish from the grassy edges in places
November 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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A very happy #RoseWednesday to everyone who gets up every morning and chooses kindness over cruelty, joy over hate, and cooperation over greed.

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A beautiful purple-pink rose with paler petal tips and a white center next to a bright magenta bud.
November 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Final throws of #NativePlants late Eupatorium. Season is definitely slowing now.

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Fluffy white flowers against dark green leaves.
October 31, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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We made it through with mild enough temperatures to get blooms from Aster ‘Jindai’ this year as part of our #February2Frost bloom for #pollinators project.

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Bright purple rays with big golden composite cetnters.
October 31, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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First Rosa ‘Perfume Factory’ since relocating to Main Garden in 2024, covered in rain drops for #MagentaMonday #PinkMon. My goodness, she lives up to her name! 🥰

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A striking deep magenta rose with two white streaked outer petals showing drops from morning drizzle.
November 2, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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This beautiful old survivor tree is giving swamp octopus!

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A pond of still water with green algae floating on the surface interrupted at the far end by a series of tangled leaning tree trunks that look like they may come from the same base—or not.
November 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Someone got a new harness with flowers and #bees on it and then instantly found matching flowers on our walk this morning.

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A small grey and brown Caytle dog in a pale blue harness with white flowers with yellow centers and happy little bees printed on it stands next to a sea of similar looking white and yellow blooms in front of an apartment building nearby.
November 4, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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More beautiful reproduction from majestic prairie #NativePlants Asclepias syriaca sparkling on a sunny day & proving it’s certainly exceeds being called common #MilkweedForMonarchs.

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Beautiful fall grasses in the background while golden dried seedheads torn open and spilling out dark brown seeds each attached to a silvery metallic white sail of fluff to carry it to its new home.
November 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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November stroll and our front gardens still have multiple Symphyotrichums, Solidagos, Heliopsis helianthoides, Ageratina altissima, & annuals still blooming.

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Fluffy white Ageratina altissima (White Snakeroot), golden yellow Heliopsis helianthoides, large purple Symphyotrichum oblongifolium ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ still blooming. Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ruby Slippers’ with large leaves going from dark green to burgundy and papery blooms. Smaller clusters of purple Symphyotrichum oolentangiense Bright yellow Solidago caesia, golden yellow Heliopsis helianthoides, large purple Symphyotrichum oblongifolium ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ still blooming on Parkway.
November 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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This year we hosted 1st fledgling Robins from an unknown nest, followed by another successful nest in our yard. We have permanent bunnies, regular raptor sightings, & tonight we saw groundhog for 1st time walking #WeAreAllZoey down the block. 🙌

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A very hungry little Robin out of the nest and calling for room service to his hideout among our #NativePlants Aquilegia canopy while perching on one of our stick fences.
November 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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Still getting #butterflies and other #pollinators visiting as the Tithonia is still blooming.

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A bright yellow Clouded Sulphur butterfly feeds on a fiery orange Tithonia bloom.
October 29, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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Calendula perfection for #FlowersOnFriday!

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A fully open cream and butter bloom with a dark center, a semi-open bloom showinf white to soft pink on top and deep pink reverses and another bud.
October 30, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Be yourself. Age with grace. Smell the roses. Make the most of your time with the people you love. Get your hands in the dirt this weekend.

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A perfect golden cream and bi-tone pink rose bloom. More open, more uneven color, just as gorgeous.
October 30, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Ready for Halloween with these incredible dark Nicotiana giving big #GothGardening energy for #FlowersOnFriday.

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Deep brown almost black flowers with glowing hairs on the exterior of the trumpets jumping out at you from a background of blurred pale white blooms.
October 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Start your day with a peaceful moment watching Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed) releasing its silky white fluff-fueled seeds to the wind against a beautiful background of colorful fall grasses.

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October 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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I spy a little green guy visiting my roses… do you?

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A soft blousy full rose in peach and pink with a well camoflauged green Katydid standing atop it.
October 29, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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On Halloween, sidewalks were crowded so we had to bring our dog reactive #GardenDogs #WeAreAllZoey in from walkies through garage. Since it was after dark, we finally experienced Nicotiana alata in its true moth-attracting super-scented glory! 🥰

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Hard to shoot at night, so here is a cloudy day picture of an army of white Nicotiana blooms dancing beneath one of our most enthusiastic still blooming roses. I know they hold great appeal for night flying #pollinators which is why we plant it but I don’t get into the garden often after dark so I never knew what a wall of perfume they create until Halloween. Wow!
November 4, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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Another late #RoseWednesday submission currently reblooming—‘Double Delight’ glowing like backlit milk glass in cream and hot pink.

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A side view of a cream ans magenta tea rose cupped like a handmade bowl and looking like delicate handblown semi-opaque glass in the sunlight.
October 29, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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Oh no, my busy day meant I almost missed #RoseWednesday. Fragrant beauty ‘Midnight Blue’ just opened a new perfect deep purple bloom. 🥰

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A deep purple bloom (that looks even darker in the shade) with a boldly contrasting yellow center maintaining access for #pollinators galore.
October 29, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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Snagged this adorable sparkly beaded bag on super clearance so now I can take the garden with me to holiday events even when my plants are covered in snow. 🤪

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A white beaded small hadbag with beaded and embroidered veggies, garden tools, and plants on the front. A white beaded small hadbag with beaded and embroidered wellies & watering can on the back.
October 29, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Amazing the difference a week makes during this transition season! Same pair of blooms after many nights of cool dewy conditions and warm temps just in time for #RoseWednesday.

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Two pale butter yellow/peachy blooms still shapely and full but now marked at their petal edges with uneven dark pink that looks like a toddler applying makeup to a doll for the first time. 🤭
October 29, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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You can never have too much #MilkweedForMonarchs.

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Faded red stems support a chandelier of round green-tan buds. Closeup of the delicate folds of white and purple with white wings that make up each bloom. Closeup of the delicate folds of white and purple with white wings that make up each bloom. A group of fadinf mostly white blooms with white wings showing their complex undersides.
October 29, 2026 at 3:41 PM