Flowers

Thistle

Thistle

Thistle

Thistle

Wisteria

Growing to the top of a maple tree in my back yard.

Wisteria

Growing to the top of a maple tree in my back yard.

Wildflowers

They are sharing the same part of the yard with my wild buttercups, but they are larger and what an exquisite color!

Yew

'Wisteria Tree'

Several years ago I completely eradicated an aborted attempt to train a 'Wisteria Tree' ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheneworth/2708636840/ ) like Mom's on the front lawn as it had quickly overtaken the surrounding trees. I planted a small start on the back fence at the edge of the woods and forgot about it . . . until a few minutes ago as I came up the driveway and wondered why the maple tree in the woods had lavender blossoms about fifteen feet above the ground.

Wildflowers in the Woods

I photographed these yesterday but only had the cell phone cam with me so I headed back to the woods today. I have no idea what these are but they don't care. They have found a little patch of soil on these big rocks and are happily blooming where my brother and I had our pretend fortress back in the 1950s.

Wildflowers in the Woods

I photographed these yesterday but only had the cell phone cam with me so I headed back to the woods today. I have no idea what these are but they don't care. They have found a little patch of soil on these big rocks and are happily blooming where my brother and I had our pretend fortress back in the 1950s.

Wildflowers

They are sharing the same part of the yard with my wild buttercups, but they are larger and what an exquisite color!

Wildflowers in the Woods

I photographed these yesterday but only had the cell phone cam with me so I headed back to the woods today. I have no idea what these are but they don't care. They have found a little patch of soil on these big rocks and are happily blooming where my brother and I had our pretend fortress back in the 1950s.

Wildflowers in the Woods

I photographed these yesterday but only had the cell phone cam with me so I headed back to the woods today. I have no idea what these are but they don't care. They have found a little patch of soil on these big rocks and are happily blooming where my brother and I had our pretend fortress back in the 1950s.

Wildflowers in the Woods

I photographed these yesterday but only had the cell phone cam with me so I headed back to the woods today. I have no idea what these are but they don't care. They have found a little patch of soil on these big rocks and are happily blooming where my brother and I had our pretend fortress back in the 1950s.

Wildflowers in the Woods

I photographed these yesterday but only had the cell phone cam with me so I headed back to the woods today. I have no idea what these are but they don't care. They have found a little patch of soil on these big rocks and are happily blooming where my brother and I had our pretend fortress back in the 1950s.

Wildflowers in the Woods

I photographed these yesterday but only had the cell phone cam with me so I headed back to the woods today. I have no idea what these are but they don't care. They have found a little patch of soil on these big rocks and are happily blooming where my brother and I had our pretend fortress back in the 1950s.

Wildflowers in the Woods

I photographed these yesterday but only had the cell phone cam with me so I headed back to the woods today. I have no idea what these are but they don't care. They have found a little patch of soil on these big rocks and are happily blooming where my brother and I had our pretend fortress back in the 1950s.

Wildflowers in the Woods

I photographed these yesterday but only had the cell phone cam with me so I headed back to the woods today. I have no idea what these are but they don't care. They have found a little patch of soil on these big rocks and are happily blooming where my brother and I had our pretend fortress back in the 1950s.

Wild Roses over Lulu's Creek

in Ashe Park

Pale Violet

Even Tinier Wildflower

Tiny Wildflower

White Rose

My friend Kimberly has been adding roses to her garden

Waterlily

Waterlily

Wood Anemone, I Think

Water Lily

Water Lily

Water Lily

Vinca Minor

This beautiful ground cover has vastly multiplied in the last few years. I have it growing on a slope that used to be extremely difficult to mow. Now there is no need .

Water Lily

Water Lily

Water Lily

Water Lily

Water Lilies

When I examined this photo closely I wondered about the two dark lines just above the blossom. I had been scanning prints lately and the first thing that came to mind was a dog hair from Gino on the flatbed. But that doesn't happen to images fresh out of the digital camera. Dummy me, it's a pair of antennae.

Water Lily

Vinca Minor

or is it Vinca Major?

Water Lilies

When I examined this photo closely I wondered about the two dark lines just above the blossom. I had been scanning prints lately and the first thing that came to mind was a dog hair from Gino on the flatbed. But that doesn't happen to images fresh out of the digital camera. Dummy me, it's a pair of antennae.

Vinca Minor

This beautiful ground cover has vastly multiplied in the last few years. I have it growing on a slope that used to be extremely difficult to mow. Now there is no need .

Violets

Violets

Violets

Vinca Minor

or is it Vinca Major?

Vinca Minor

About five years ago I set out two or three plants on this difficult to mow slope. Now they are thriving and there is no need to mow here. They bloom the most in Spring but there are a few scattered blossoms year round.

Vinca Minor

About five years ago I set out two or three plants on this difficult to mow slope. Now they are thriving and there is no need to mow here. They bloom the most in Spring but there are a few scattered blossoms year round.