A #MantisMonday stroll though some #sideritis.🪲🌿🌱

🌺 Huge Hardy #Hibiscus for #FloralFriday. 🌱

Ultra-local native #DouglasAster for #FloralFriday. 🌼 🌅 🌱 #SymphyotrichumSubspicatum #bloomscrolling #flowersonfriday #nativeplants #sunset

Last minute crocosmia guard for #NationalHummingbirdDay. 🪶 🌱 🌸 #hummingbird #rufoushummingbird #SelasphorusRufus #crocosmia

First time growing #roselle, small blooms ➡️ big flavor calyces. 🌺🍵🌱 #HibiscusSabdariffa #hibiscus #FloralFriday #edibleflowers #flowersonfriday #bloomscrolling

Rufous #hummingbird on #salvia for #FloralFriday. 🪶🌸🌱 #bloomscrolling #flowersonfriday #rufoushummingbird #SelasphorusRufus

Happy #NationalSunflowerDay with a frog on top. 🌻 🐸 🌻 🐸 🌻 #sunflower #PseudacrisRegilla #flowerfrog #PacificTreefrog #bloomscrolling 🌱

Happy last minute #NationalSunflowerDay! 🌻 🐝 🌻 🐝 🌻 #sunflower #helianthus #bee #bloomscrolling 🌱

Local nodding onions this #WildflowerWednesday. Besides being pest free & showy, the whole plant is delectably edible; plus the flowers are great in salads. 🌸 🧅 🌸 🧅 🌸 #AlliumCernuum #NoddingOnion #nativeplants #edibleflowers #bloomscrolling 🌱

Flaming red #SunflowerSunday. 🌻🧡❤️ #sunflower #bloomscrolling 🌱

#Clarkia & #Collomia Combo. 🌼 🌱 🌸 #WildflowerWednesday #nativeplants #ClarkiaAmoena #CollomiaGrandiflora #pnw #bloomscrolling #flowerreport

Self-seeded flame sunflowers on #SunflowerSunday. They've taken over the garden. 🌻 🌱 #sunflower #bloomscrolling #flowerreport #edibleflowers

Native #brodiaea for #WildflowerWednesday. Both B. coronaria & elegans are called "harvest brodiaea" for their tasty edible bulbs. The beautiful blooms attract local pollinators. 🌸 🌱 🧅✨️ #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #BrodiaeaCoronaria #BrodiaeaElegans #PNW #violetflowers 🌿

A fragrant trumpet #lily for #MagentaMonday. 🌸 🌱 #bloomscrolling #trumpetlily

Tonight's #sunset at #aphelion - when Earth is farthest from the sun. 🌅✨️ #beach #Manzanita #Oregon #OregonCoast 🌎↔️🌞

Hiking among wildflowers & above an #airplane, #vulture & ocean on #aphelion. 🌞 🌼 🌱 🪶 🛩 #lily #LiliumColumbianum #turkeyvulture #CathartesAura #OregonCoast 🌿

The precipice of a crystaline alpine #waterfall for the northern hemispheric #SummerSolstice. 🏔 🌸 ☀️ 🌱 ⛲️ #solstice #wildflowers #castilleja #mountains #nativeplants #flowersonfriday 🌿

A black & white #mushroom trio³ in the garden for #MushroomMonday. 🍄 🔘 🌱 📸

Last minute native blue #WildflowerWednesday. 💠 🌱 💠 🐝 💠 #nativeplants #triteleia #camassia #frasera #nemophila #虫 #pnw #bloomscrolling #blueflowers 🌿

Typical Gorge-ous biome change from rainforest to high-desert in less than 50 miles. 🏞↔️🏜 📸 #ColumbiaRiver #ColumbiaRiverGorge #CapeHorn #Lyle #Washington 🌿

Another last minute #FloralFriday #camassia + pollinator. 🌼 🌱 🐝 #camas #whiteflowers #bumblebee #BombusMixtus #nativeplants #flowersonfriday #bloomscrolling #beescrolling #虫

A #Beltane #bumblebee for May day. 🐝 🌼 🌱 #camas #camassia #nativeplants #blueflowers #bee #虫 🌿

A last minute #FloralFriday sunset in the #camas patch. 💠 🌅 🌱 #camassia #nativeplants #blueflowers #bloomscrolling #flowersonfriday 🌿

Today's #waterfall walk for #WildflowerWednesday. 🌼 ⛲ ✨️ 🌱 #erythronium #ErythroniumOreganum #bloomscrolling #nativeplants 🌿

️¡Happy International Asexuality Day! Now it's time to pot things up in style. 🌱 #InternationalAsexualityDay ♠️🪨🥚🔮 ♣️💿🗒🍇 🖤🩶🤍💜 🧡💛💚🩵💙

A quick #WildflowerWednesday back40 walkabout. 🌿 🌸 🌱 #nativeplants #trillium #TrilliumOvatum #TrilliumParviflorum #CardamineNuttallii #salmonberry #RubusSpectabilis #erythronium #bloomscrolling #pnw

A western #trillium for #WildflowerWednesday, with #MisumenaVatia hanging in there too (so also #WildlifeWednesday). Crab spiders hide in a large % of local trilliums. 🌿 🌼 🌱 #TrilliumOvatum #nativeplants #spider #虫 #bloomscrolling 🕷

💠 Happy Vernal Equinox ⏳️☀️ #anemone #bloomscrolling #springequinox #vernalequinox #ostara #blueflowers 🌱

#Oemleria, the local spring harbinger, is blooming late this year. These dioecious plants produce fruits with a refreshing cucumber/watermelon flavor & are an early pollinator nectar source. 🌿 🌼 🌱 #osoberry #IndianPlum #pnw #nativeplants #bloomscrolling

Total #LunarEclipse overhead. 🌒🌔 🔴 🌖🌘

In bianco e nero sotto un cielo azzurro. 🤍🖤🦋🌱 #hellebore #HelleborusOrientalis #FloralFriday #flowersonfriday #bloomscrolling 🌸

House invading asian ladybeetles are put to work cleaning up aphids on indoor yerba buena. 🌿 🐞 🌱 #FoliageFriday #ladybug #nativeplants #虫 #ClinopodiumDouglasii #HarmoniaAxyridis #naturalpestcontrol

❄️ A frozen February #FloralFriday featuring #snowdrops & #witchhazel amid a sea of snow. 🌼 🌱 #winterflowers #galanthus #hamamelis #flowersonfriday #bloomscrolling 🌨

❄️ Frozen Fronds 🌿 #snow #ferns #winter 🌱

💛 A yellow #FloralFriday 🌼 ❄️ 🌱 #winterflowers #flowersonfriday #FebruaryFlowers #bloomscrolling #flowerreport #hamamelis #narcissus #heather #pansy #snowdrop

#snowdrops & #pericallis on a winter wednesday. 🌼 🌱 💠 #winterflowers #FebruaryFlowers #galanthus #bloomscrolling #flowerreport #blueblooms

🌸 Floral February First 🌱 New blooms ↔️ New beginnings #helleborus #hellebore #heather #calluna #bloomscrolling #flowerreport #FebruaryFlowers #winterflowers #imbolc 🕯

A red #anemone & golden #witchhazel for January's last #FloralFriday. 🌸 ❄️ 🌱 #winterflowers #flowersonfriday #bloomscrolling #flowerreport #Hamamelis

#FloralFriday featuring fiery January #Hamamelis / #witchhazel. 🌸 ❄️ 🌱 #winterflowers #flowersonfriday #bloomscrolling #flowerreport

#WinterWednesday #hellebore galore. 🌸 🌱 #helleborus

Some woodland waxcaps popped up for #fungusfriday. 🍄 📷 #hygrocybe #mushroom #fungalfriday #fungi

Sunbeams through the local stonehenge. Happy #WinterSolstice. ✨️☀️✨️ #solsticio #klickitat #solstice #stonehenge #concretehenge #yule

🌸 A late december #heather #honeybee. 🐝 🌱

🎄 Holiday Hummingbird 🪶 The best living ornament. #CalypteAnna #Anna'sHummingbird #hummingbird #iridescence 🐦

#MushroomMonday 🍄📸 in the forest. #mushroom #fungi #fallfoliage

#BlackFlowers on #BlackFriday 🖤 🌱 ♠️ 🌱 🖤 #darkfoliage #flowersonfriday #FloralFriday #hellebore #HelleborusOrientalis

An unseasonably late blooming #brugmansia for #FloralFriday. 🍂 🌼 🌱 #bloomscrolling #fallfoliage #autumn #Angel'sTrumpet #flowerreport #flowersonfriday 🌿

#Persimmon = a delicious autumn fruit on a lovely landscape tree. Gotta pick 'em all. #DiospyrosKaki #fallfoliage 🍂 🍊 🌱

An autumnal #caturday in a #persimmon tree. She always finds the weird crackfruit. #cat #hƿæt #DiospyrosKaki #猫 🐈 🍊 🤔 🌱

A surprise mid November #amarine brings a welcome pop of late season color. 🌱 🌸 #bloomscrolling #amaryllis #nerine