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One of our favorite fall blooms is the Japanese windflower because it sways so gracefully in the breeze. Can you tell it’s in the same family as the common buttercup? Anemone hupehensis grows easily in well-drained soil in either sun or part-shade. Plus they bloom all of September! . . . . . #windflower #anemone #japaneseanemone #nature #flowers #blooms #pink #rva #rvagardentrail (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTXQeI7Fzo3/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The variegated monstera is blooming in the Conservatory’s Dome House. This guy is HUGE — they grow up to 30-feet tall — and the photo doesn’t do it justice. We hope you come see it yourself! (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSFPiYUFytZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Did you know that a fig is a flower turned inside out? That soft pod of sticky summer sweetness is not a fruit at all. “It’s actually an inflorescence – an inverted cluster of tiny, fleshy flowers,” explains Exhibitions Assistant Mary Lincoln. This flower is actually pollinated by fig wasps who use the fig as a breeding ground and nursery. But thank goodness, the delicate crunch you hear when you eat a fig is not the remains of a wasp, but the sound of the seeds. “Fig trees produce an enzyme called ficin that digests protein,” Lincoln offers reassuringly. “Ficin dissolves the wasp’s body, reusing the nutrients to nourish the fig.” The plant is the carnivore in this case, not you! Figs and wasps have a unique relationship, one of the best examples of mutualism in nature, where both of its members and the wider ecosystem benefit. Read the whole miraculous story of fig pollination: bit.ly/FigPollination or link in bio under “Stories”. 📷 Jonah Holland . . . . . #RVA #mutualism #Figs #BrownTurkeyFig #Ficus #science #nature #wasps #pollination #wow #carnivore (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHguTmlizh/?utm_medium=tumblr

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......When looking closely at the world invites wonder and awe. 📷 Tom Hennessy . . . . . #Bromeliad #magic #magicworld #plants #Wonder #Awe #PlantLove #PublicGardens #LoveVA #RVA (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP3EOEWFIG2/?utm_medium=tumblr

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......When looking closely at the world invites wonder and awe. 📷 Tom Hennessy . . . . . #Bromeliad #magic #magicworld #plants #Wonder #Awe #PlantLove #PublicGardens #LoveVA #RVA (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP3EOEWFIG2/?utm_medium=tumblr

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We’re so excited for these June blooms and the excellent weekend forecast! 📷 Tom Hennessy Pictured: Papaver orientale, Bellflower; Campanula punctata 'Elisabeth', Echinacea pallida (pale purple coneflower). . . . . . . . #GetOutside #RVA #VA #GoOutdoors #Iris #poppy #Blooms #publicgardens (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPtI_Z_FiRA/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Happy Tuesday & first day of June! Looks like today will be a beautiful one and the loveliest day of the week. We hope you get outside and enjoy it! 📷 Tom Hennessy . . . . . . #GetOutside #GoOutdoors #PlayOutside #AsianValley #AsianGarden #PublicGardens #Green #lush #VA #RVA #LoveVA #GardenLove (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPlEXBlld19/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Remember this Saxifraga stolonifera or "strawberry begonia" we highlighted last spring? It is neither a strawberry nor a begonia, but it has runners like strawberries and patterned silver and red begonia-shaped leaves. The flowers are tiny but incredibly beautiful. Best of all, it makes lots of "babies" each year, so if you have one you can continuously give them as gifts to friends! 📷 Tom Hennessy . . . . . #RVA #StrawberrySegonia #StrawberryGeraniam #PlantLove #Saxifraga #Saxifragastolonifera #ShadePlants #Plants #PublicGardens #Gardens (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPGwqYyF4hd/?utm_medium=tumblr

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To cut or not to cut? Do you cut your peonies and display them inside your living area? Or do you leave them to bloom in your garden just where they grew? Either way, we love them. And no, we don't cut ours! They are simply here for you to enjoy when you visit. 📷Tom Hennessy . . . . . . #peonies #paeonia #ToCutorNottoCut #cutflowers #PublicGardens #peony #RVA #VA #Pink #Beauty #nature #blooms #flowerstagram #spring #publicgardens #plantlover #plantlove (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO_G_LCF9UO/?igshid=1scrnv2w1bx70

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Update: Due to new CDC guidelines and the Governor’s Executive Orders, fully vaccinated guests can enjoy the Garden inside and outside without wearing a mask or physically distancing. For those who are not fully vaccinated, masks are required indoors at all times and outdoors when 6-foot social distancing is not possible. Image by Tom Hennessy (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO38lcylA1D/?igshid=ty0m1wetrnjk

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What in your life is calling you, when all the noise is silenced, the meetings adjourned, the lists laid aside, and the wild Iris blooms by itself in the dark forest, what still pulls on your soul? ~Rumi 📷Tom Hennessy . . . . . . . #Quotes #inspiration #Rumi #iris #irises #spring #zen #momentofzen #Va #RVA #LoveVA #Purple #rain #dew #beauty #flowerstagram #publicgardens (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO0M6tulOES/?igshid=1mwcdktyng3j

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A Million Blooms continue! This week we've got mountain laurel, peonies, waves of iris, bachelor's buttons and many, many more beauties! 📷Tom Hennessy . . . . . #RVA #LoveVA #Flowers #plantlove #peonies #iris #cornflower #cornflowerblue #bachelorsbuttons #Kalmia # Kalmialatifolia #Centaurea #Centaureacyanus #paeonia #blooms #Beauty #Flowerstagram (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/COiO3qFFk3H/?igshid=jx0lvqlfzxjl

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We love this nativar Heuchera ‘Citronelle’ for its year-round color. You can’t beat this chartreuse! Pretty soon it we’ll have creamy white blooms too! . . . . . . #heuchera #citronelle #nativar #chartreuse #foliage #evergreen #yellow #plants #PlantLove (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/COdSpxXlwo3/?igshid=1fyc4xslnes41

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Happy Arbor Day! . . . . . #Trees #hugatree #PlantLove #ArborDay #mulberrytree #morusrubra #Morus (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/COSjvbClNkP/?igshid=4shkogovn6x8

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It’s peony time! These beauties are just starting so look for a magnificent show in the coming weeks. . . . . . . #rva va #loveva #paeonia #peonies #peony (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/COQdCGslrTW/?igshid=1wdpdzistux50

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The weather looks PERFECT for Spring PlantFest Plant Sale tomorrow and Saturday. Swing by and pick up some beautiful natives like this white beautyberry (Callicarpa americana var. lactea). Admission is free, but please wear your masks! Link in bio or bit.ly/PLANTFest . . . . . #native #nativeplants #rva #VA #beautyberry #callicarpa #callicarpaamericana #lactea #plantsale #RVAplants #berries (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/COQKAzuFXtC/?igshid=kgkvcjrz7v7k

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What's beautiful right now? The Lady Banks Rose! Rosa banksiae is a climbing, thornless rose and you'll find it blooming in two locations in Grace Arents Garden -- look for it on the Summer House and on the pergola in front of Bloemendaal House. Worth. The. Trip. . . . . . #RVA #Roses #beautybreak #zen #momentofzen #VA #yellow #ruffles #beauty #plantlove #plantlove #publicgardens #ladybanks #banksiae #rosabanksiae (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/COIsYtRlV0i/?igshid=1rinfjudxo6xh