Foxglove

Getting up close with foxglove. Foxgloves are biennials or short-lived perennials. However, although individual plants may be short-lived, foxglove readily self-sows and multiplies. Foxglove leaves contain digitalis, a potent heart medicine, and are also considered poisonous.

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Clematis

Clematis Swirl

I love the swirl of this clematis seed head and the lovely purple below.

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Thermosolar Hive: healthy bees & healthy honey

Spring In The City

                       
                                                          Spring In City Hall Park
                                                So glad I went to the Farmers Market.

The lilacs started opening today and the bees came calling.

Radishes At The Farmers Market

 

Spring Patterns Emerging as the Hostas are Unfurling.

Crab Apple Blossoms

One of my favorite signs of spring is crab apple blossoms, especially when they are just starting to bloom, with the white flowers and pink buds.
This photo has been awarded the Photo of the Day on Capture My Vermont, for June 5, 2016.

                                                   Fragrant Hillside

           A hillside full of lily of the valley. I love the pattern these plants formed.

Can you smell the Lilacs? I wish they lasted longer.

Building Fun. 

A brick building on lower Main Street. There was just something interesting about the contrast between brick, stone, & glass, with the budding trees, symbols, & words (Vermont, Armory, & Laugh).

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Periwinkle

Periwinkle In Bloom. One of my favorite signs of spring.

This is Periwinkle (Vinca Minor). The flowers of the garden periwinkle are the inspiration of the lavender blue color name periwinkle, and this viney shrub is a popular and attractive ground cover with numerous cultivars, flower colours and variegated foliage. Periwinkle has been used in the tradition medicine of many cultures and peoples worldwide including Europe, China, India and the Pacific and Caribbean Islands. In the Caribbean, practitioners of voodoo magic sew Periwinkle leaves into the mattress to keep husband and wife forever in love, and the home peaceful. They are sometimes mixed with magnolia leaves, which also have a reputation of promoting faithfulness in love. The blue flowers of periwinkle are symbolic of spiritual peace and harmony. The well-known Periwinkles - both Greater (vinca major) and Lesser (vinca minor) are familiar plants of our woods and gardens. This is the species more generally used in herbal medicine, as an astringent and tonic, in menorrhagia and in hemorrhages, also as a laxative, and gargle. Made into an ointment, useful for piles and inflammatory conditions of the skin. Lesser Periwinkle (Vinca minor) is employed in homeopathy for preparation of a tincture used for hemorrhages.

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Wild Encounter

Wild Encounter with Bunnies behind my dentist's office.

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