136: dragon breath

blooming Dragon's Blood Sedum, S. spurium

135: mo' money

another plant that reminds me of my grammie~ she had these growing next to her porch, and i always loved the silvery dry seed pods.  i discovered this one growing at random in the woods near our house.  we may try to transplant it, or propagate some of the seeds...

Chinese Money Plant, Lunaria annua

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.

109: plum crazy

Purple Leaf Plum, Prunus cerasifera 

108: keeping up appearances

Hyacinth, Hyacinthus orientalis

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'?)

101: tree of carnation

Kwanzan Flowering Cherry, Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan'

100: orange

Orchid

99: wistful

Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica) and Honey Bee (Apis sp.) on Wisteria sp.

98: vulgarity

Lilac, Syringa vulgaris

94: assailant

pollen grains on Azalea, Rhododendron subgenus Tsutsuji sp. 

93: waterdogged

raindrop on Dogwood, Cornus florida

92: phlox capacitor

Creeping Phlox, Phlox sublata 'Emerald Blue'

89: cheery

Winter Flowering Cherry, Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis'

88: visitor

Ant on Mock Strawberry, Potentilla indica

83: forsooth!

Forsythia, Forsythia x intermedia

80: flying saucers

Saucer Magnolia, Magnolia x soulangeana

79: cardinal principal

Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, in Purple Leaf Plum, Prunus cerasifera