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Plant of the Day

Sunday 20 April 2025

This beautiful clump of Erythronium 'Pagoda' (dog's tooth violet) was thriving beneath some deciduous shrubs in a moist, well drained soil. This perennial has mottled, green leaves with stems having up to 10 nodding creamy-yellow flowers with recurved segments.

Jill Raggett

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Garden in the rain. Värmland, Sweden (June 18, 2023).

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Plant of the Day

Tuesday 17 June 2025

Native to Chile, Peru and Argentina, Buddleja globosa (orange ball tree, Chilean orange ball tree, round-headed buddlea) is starting to flower in Stromness, Orkney, where it thrives. This shrub or small tree is a semi-evergreen, meaning that in a cold winter it will lose its leaves, but if the weather is mild the leaves will remain. The flowers are popular with pollinators.

Jill Raggett

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Bouquets of flowers taken from 'Lessons in Flower Painting' by James Andrews.

Published 1836 by Charles Tilt, John Menzies, Thomas Wardle.

Getty Research Institute.

archive.org

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California bluebells (Phacelia minor), also known as Canterbury bells.

I think we’ve had more purple/blue wildflowers this year than any other color.

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Miscellaneous

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'The Hovey's Seedling Strawberry' from 'The Fruits of America' by William Sharp (American (born in England), 1803–1875).

Image and text information courtesy MFA Boston.

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cotton flower & a ripe cotton boll

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Lauren’s Grape poppy. Bought seeds at the Seattle garden show in the 90’s and it has come back every year since.

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bouquet 3

not sure how I feel about this one

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A bowlful of Roma tomatoes

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In the garden. Värmland, Sweden (June 16, 2021).

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Plants and flowers. Värmland, Sweden (June 16, 2024).

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Here's a little butterfly skeleton i drew, totally scientifically accurate

(source: trust me bro)

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Common stork’s bill (Erodium cicutarium), a tiny plant growing in the narrowest, shallowest crevice possible in this boulder. Nature finds a way.

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