124: threat

Grass Crab Spider on Beautyberry Bush, Callicarpa americana

120/121/122: discoveries

a busy saturday followed by a rained out sunday meant that monday was catch-up day, so you get a triple dose post...

 after (finally) pruning back some Nandina, rediscovered these Autumn Joy Sedums that I was sure were long dead.

discovered that these Pleasant White Rhododendron sp. were not actually the same as these...

discovered that Mock Strawberries are growing in the pot with our Bay tree

118: rosy cheeks

a little surprise my husband picked for me~ Rose, Rosa sp.

107: ravagers

Cankerworms making a buffet of the Waxleaf Privet, Ligustrum sp.
(most likely L. japonicum 'Variegata')

camouflaged inchworms

wreak havoc on the privet

leave nothing behind

106: another sunset

Azalea, Rhododendron sp. ('George Taber'?)

98: vulgarity

Lilac, Syringa vulgaris

94: assailant

pollen grains on Azalea, Rhododendron subgenus Tsutsuji sp. 

83: forsooth!

Forsythia, Forsythia x intermedia

73: whitewashed

snowfall on Flowering Quince, Chaenomeles sp.

68: a shrubbery

while waiting for the eldest to get two small cavities filled (only one of us could go back with him due to space, and he chose daddy), i took the opportunity to capture an interesting shrub planted along the sidewalk of the shopping center where our dentist is located...

speaking of teeth~ bitty girl is currently cutting her canines...  which means she wakes up every 3.5 minutes and mama can't stay on the computer long enough to figure out what this is right now...  will update later.

53: hoping for a kiss



Mistletoe, Phoradendron sp., on Oak, Quercus sp.

too bad i'm spending Valentine's Day a few hundred miles away from my beloved...

48: quincetessential

Flowering Quince, Chaenomeles sp.

47: night intruder

Earwig (>shudder<) next to leaf buds on Lilac, Syringa vulgaris

46: resting on laurels

Bay Laurel, Laurus nobilis

31: wall climber

Euonymus fortunei 'Raulston's Gold' cultivar

28: blue balls

Juniper shrub, possibly Juniperus chinensis

24: hedged bets

Fraser's Photinia, Photinia x fraseri

19: holly jolly

today i visited my awesome midwife, and while i could probably easily spend an hour photographing the extraordinary amount of flora to be found in her yard, this rainy afternoon was not the day for that...  

i did capture a few images, however, and these turned out to be my favorites~

along the walkway:

Chinese Holly, 'Dwarf Burford' cultivar
Ilex cornuta

 in the waiting area:

'Lightning Splash' Moth Orchid
Phalaenopsis hybrid

orchids are my favorite flower, so i couldn't resist this beauty.

and i can promise that there will be more to come in a couple of months, when Orchids Galore! comes back to Lewis Ginter...

13: privet practice

Waxleaf Privet
Ligustrum sp., most likely japonicum
'Variegata' cultivar

6: seasonals

Poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima
in front of Christmas Tree, "Fakeus treeus"