Good to the last (petal) drop.
Cherry blossom petals were everywhere on the ground for a hundred feet or more away from the actual tree (a Sargent cherry), and filled the air with each puff of breeze.

DP126-2013  Posted May 6;  processed ditto
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Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan
May 3, 2013
D108-2013 Witch Hazel at the end of its spring blooming season
Another first for me, seeing petals from witch hazel littering the ground.  It's too early to tell what is just beginning to spout among the petals.

North side of the Michigan League
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
April 18, 2013
D108-2013 Witch Hazel at the end of its spring blooming season

North side of the Michigan League
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
April 18, 2013
D128-2012 Peony Garden

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 8, 2012
(nex5n)
D128-2012 Peony Garden, tree peony

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 8, 2012
(nex5n)
D128-2012 Petals 'painted' with the master touch of Mother Nature.
A tree peony in the Peony Garden

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 8, 2012
(nex5n)
Fallen petals of magnolia blossoms joining the accumulating decay.
(Filtered version)

Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
March 23, 2012
D081-2013
Macro of a hellebore flower.
Technically this is a pathetic picture.  I only kept it until (if ever) I can get a better one that shows the anthers in a very early stage of opening up from the tight cluster they're in when the flowers first open.

Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
March 22, 2012
(Canon G12)
D081-2013
Hellebore close-up.
Look closely and see that some of the anthers have opened, split, and produced pollen.  Others are still in the fused oval bean-like shape with a vertical groove.  They are intermingled with multiple stigmas

Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
March 22, 2012
(Canon G12)
Good to the last (petal) drop.
Cherry blossom petals were everywhere on the ground for a hundred feet or more away from the actual tree (a Sargent cherry), and filled the air with each puff of breeze.

DP126-2013 Posted May 6; processed ditto
.
Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan
May 3, 2013
Good to the last (petal) drop.
Cherry blossom petals were everywhere on the ground for a hundred feet or more away from the actual tree (a Sargent cherry), and filled the air with each puff of breeze.

DP126-2013  Posted May 6;  processed ditto
.
Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan
May 3, 2013
Good to the last (petal) drop.
Cherry blossom petals were everywhere on the ground for a hundred feet or more away from the actual tree (a Sargent cherry), and filled the air with each puff of breeze.

DP126-2013 Posted May 6; processed ditto
.
Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan
May 3, 2013
See photo in original gallery.