Pictures of flowers from bud through full bloom and on to dried seed heads. I urge you to view these in larger sizes, preferably full screen, as in a slideshow. They make a great pick-me-up when I'm feeling blue, viewed that way. Enjoy!

Here are some of my favorite pictures of fantastic flowers, collected from fellow muggers, with just a few of my own. I hope they will encourage you to visit the original galleries and to explore further the images of the talented photographers whose works they are. (To all of those muggers who have enabled the collection feature in their galleries, "Thanks for letting us share your creations!")

A further big thank you to all muggers who by caption, gallery title, or keywords, make it possible to locate their pictures in searches.

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