

| Pics & Tips 89: Flowers By Gale Chester Whittington ==Copyright 2004-2009== |
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| Allium canadensis, Wild traveling Garlic. Who could ask for anything more? Note the red bulbets already morphing into plantlets. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
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| June 11, 2008! The wildflowers are vibrant and exotic today. I hope you're enjoying your virtual trip through my gardens. More flower varieties are blooming daily in my Oklahoma Zone 7 beds! For photo permissions, questions, or comments, please visit the Ask Gale Page. |
| Wild Traveling Garlic allium canadensis showing her bulblets off. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Concord Grape Vine, loaded with developing fruit! At least, this variety is prolific & reliable. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Red leaf Oxalis triangularis "Mijke" growing with a daylily, a strange marriage indeed. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Wild Sensitive Briar (mimosa nuttallii). Look closely and you'll see the tiny thorns. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Interesting angle of bright yellow native Black Eyed Susan rudbeckia serotina aka hirta blossom. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Closeup of Oxalis triangularis "Mijke" pink flowers. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Silver spotted Flame Calla Lily leaves. Some years they bloom, some they don't. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Bird's eye view of native Black Eyed Susan (rudbeckia serotina aka hirta). 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Wild yellow Black Eyed Susan rudbeckia serotina aka hirta, the celebrity of flowers, if that's possible. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Speckled Flame Cally Lily leaf up close. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| This Concord Grape Vine was supposed to be a red seedless variety. A huge number of plants are mislabeled by the growers. It's a huge problem. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Ultra close view of newly opened wild Black Eyed Susan rudbeckia serotina aka hirta. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Of a dozen Oxalis triangularis "Mijke" I planted, only two survived the Zone 7 winter. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Native lavender pink Sensitive Briar (mimosa nuttallii) showing bud and bloom. The yellow tips are pollen. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Side view yellow native Black Eyed Susan (rudbeckia serotina aka hirta) close up and personal. 6-11-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |















