Spring Flowers at JC Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, NC

Posted on June 13, 2015 by dannscraftingwhims

Hello and welcome!

It’s time to switch gears and get back to nature today. I have just a few pictures of the oodles I took at the last of the gardens we got to visit in May – the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC.

The quality of these isn’t great as I made them low res so the page will load quickly, but I think you will still enjoy them. If you missed the other posts, you can go to the home page and, in the right-hand column – under ‘categories’, click ‘garden.’

You can click on any picture to enlarge it.

Enjoy your tour!

^ Salvia ‘Cardona’ (They have GREAT signage at this arboretum! I didn’t catch them all, but will let you know the ones I did.)

^ Gerbera (Garvinea ‘Sweet Dreams’)

^ Dichelostemma multiflorum (wild hyacinth)

^ Iris ‘Tea Service’

^ Dianthus – hybrid Sweet William

^ Magnolia… The flower is as big as my head!

Hydrangeaceae Deutzia xhybrida “Tourbillon Rouge’

Dicentra “Amore Pink’ (bleeding heart)

^ Dichelostemma venustum… a cross between the Dichelostemma multiflorum (wild hyacinth), above, and the Dichelostemma ida-maia (‘firecracker flower’) you saw in my pictures from Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens (HERE).

^Lilium ‘Sunny Morning’

^ Kniphofia uvaria – Red Hot Poker/Torch Lily (a favorite of hummingbirds)

If you click on the next one to enlarge it, you might see who photo-bombed my picture in the upper left. : )

I meditate on all your activity;
I eagerly ponder over the work of your hands….

The works of Jehovah are great;
They are studied by all those finding pleasure in them.
His activity is glorious and splendid,
And his righteousness endures forever.

– Psalm 143:5 & 111:2,3

I hope you enjoyed your tour – feel free to stop by any time!

– D.Ann

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Spring Flowers at Duke Gardens, Durham, NC

Posted on May 31, 2015 by dannscraftingwhims

Welcome back for another garden tour. These pictures were taken two weeks ago at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens in Durham, North Carolina. I especially love the riot of springtime colors in the historic terraces section of the gardens! Oodles of poppies, foxglove, allium, pansies, columbine and more. Enjoy your tour!

“For his invisible qualities are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made, even his eternal power and Godship” – Romans 1:20

Thanks for stopping by… Have a lovely day!!

-D.Ann

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Spring Flowers at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens near Charlotte, NC

Posted on May 26, 2015 by dannscraftingwhims

Ready for some more gorgeous flowers?

A couple of weeks ago we were at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens near Charlotte, NC. (You can find more info at www.dsbg.org) If you’re an American Horticultural Society member, you can tour the garden for free. If you’re going to tour more than a couple of gardens, you more than recover your membership fees. (More info at ahs.org)

I’ve been getting questions about what camera I use. I just upgraded and was comparing my old phone with my new one, so these are a mixture from both the Samsung Galaxy S4 and S6. Because the files run about 9MB each, I have saved them as low res images to load faster. Thus they are not as crisp as the originals, but I think they’re still lovely. As always, you can click on any picture to see it larger.

This garden isn’t as meticulous about signage, so it will mostly be a self-guided tour this time… If it’s uncommon and I didn’t write anything, your guess is as good as mine!

Enjoy your tour!

They had a small aviary with some Golden-Manteles Rosellas (Platycercus eximius). They are members of the parakeet family and native to Australia.

These were called Firecracker flowers (Dichelostemma ida-maia):

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has even put eternity in their heart; yet mankind will never find out the work that the true God has made from start to finish.

– Eccl. 3:11

‘Paprika’ Yarrow (Achillea millefolium):

Now we come to my favorite part of the garden… the orchid conservatory!

It’s packed with an amazing array of orchids in all sizes, shapes and colors. It always tickles me when I see faces, noses, lips, dogs, dancing ladies, babies, aliens and more in these flowers! Here are just a few of these lovelies… what fun things do you see?