D109-2012 Maple tree keys.  It looks like a high percentage of the keys never developed...perhaps the flowers weren't pollinated?
If you're curious, the lavender in the background is real.  It's from a redbud tree.

Gallup Park, Ann Arbor
April 19, 2012
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D260-2012 Toad Lily, Tricyrtis hirta.
Family Liliaceae . . . Native to Asia.  Sometimes called Japanese Toad Lily
One of the most interesting things, to me, about this plant, is that it is covered with tiny hairs, each of which bears a large (relative to the size of the hairs) drop of some liquid.
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Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan
Hosta Hillside
September 17, 2012
We were here first.  Sit somewhere else.
. . . ~ ~ Alternate Titles ~ ~ . . .
Off the Grid, or Out of Bounds
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Garden bench with unintended greenery.
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio.
July 8, 2012.
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D207-2012 A defiant lily...defying the heat and drought of the hottest, and one of the driest July's on record for SE Michigan.
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Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan
July 26, 2012
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D207-2012 Hibiscus hiding a teensy weensy bee.
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Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan
July 26, 2012
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D207-2012 Hibiscus...listless
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Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan
July 26, 2012
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D207-2012 Framed Version.  Sunflowers - "Setting Sun"
The unframed version is in the 2012 Gardens gallery, here:  http://smu.gs/PiLtbs
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Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan
July 26, 2012
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D189-2012 Fly on hydrangea blooms
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
July 8, 2012
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D189-2012 Bottlebrush buckeye, Aesculus parviflora
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
July 8, 2012
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D189-2012 Bottlebrush buckeye, Aesculus parviflora
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
July 8, 2012
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D189-2012 Bottlebrush buckeye, Aesculus parviflora
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
July 8, 2012
(nex5n)
D189-2012 Bottlebrush buckeye, Aesculus parviflora
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
July 8, 2012
(nex5n)
See photo in original gallery.