Flourish

Each new flower

in my perennial garden

begins to open, as slowly

as a small thought.

Then,

bursting with its

assigned color, and

displaying its unique

inflorescence,

it proclaims

at its climax

in a compelling

announcement:

"I am created.

I exist.

I flourish.

Look at me!"

© 2022 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ~ Home Garden - Cannonsburg, Michigan

Ballooning Out

 

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Balloon Flower - Platycodon grandiflorus

Reliable perennial emerges late in spring and blooms all summer.
Height 30 - 36" (75 - 90 cm).
Best in moist, well-drained soil.
Provides good summer color in border  or as accent.
Bell-shaped flowers open from inflated balloon-like buds.


Photo Location:  Home Garden

Resource: 

Pictorial Guide to Perennials  © 1996  (Perennials)
Merchants Publishing Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Pair of Hearts

a pair of pink hearts

 arching spring perennials

dew gathers within

Some for you if you're blue.

Bleeding Hearts  (Dicentra  spectabilis)


Photo Location:   Home Garden

Michigan Lily

speckled petals curve

anthers-stigma tender touch

fertilization

Photo Location: Home Garden



Michigan Lily (Lilium michiganense)