Maureen’s garden through the seasons
Today we ’re in North Reading , Massachusetts , witness the earth through the eyes of talented amateur photographer Maureen Budney . She grow up with a dearest of horticulture passed on from her mother , and she sleep together taking picture of the beautiful sights she ascertain during the day .
A bumblebee hard at employment on a cosmos ( Cosmosbipinnatus , annual ) . Cosmos is native to Mexico , with native population reaching compass north into Arizona and to the south as far as Costa Rica , but it is now a beloved occupant of gardens all around the earth . well-heeled to turn from come , it is a favorite ofpollinatorsand a groovy slice flower as well .
The creation in this action shot has a beautiful darker middle and adjoin to the petal . Cosmos come in a wide compass of color and patterns . If you save seed from cosmos , be sure to take it from the plant you like the best to check that you have your favorite colour and forms year after year .
A lovely , intensely dark red cosmos .
The flowers ofbigleaf hydrangea(Hydrangeamacrophylla , Zones 6–9 ) are beautiful at every leg , even here as they are start to gracefully long time and fade .
Panicle hydrangea(Hydrangeapaniculata , Zones 3–8 ) is a reliable shrub that easily adapts to a wide range of climates and term . senior variety are livid or cream , sometimes taking on a reddish chromaticity as they age , but some new survival of the fittest boast potent pinkish colors in the flowers , as seen here .
The prime of this beautiful pink panicle hydrangea are get to pass from pink to tan .
Nothing does fall color like a moolah maple ( Acersaccharum , Zones 3–8 ) . sunshine encourage the ontogeny of red color in twilight leaves , sometimes producing a two - chant core as seen here , with the forbidden leaf , which are exposed to more Sunday , flaming up red while the privileged parting are icteric .
A secretive persuasion of these astonishingly beautiful leaves .
Frost on the surrender leaves of aJapanese maple(Acerpalmatum , Zones 5–9 ) .
A Cardinalis cardinalis stand out in a garden filled with snow .
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