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Ilena Gilbert-Mays

@ilenagm.bsky.social

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Horticulturist in coastal North Carolina🐚 🇺🇸who loves tropicals, gingers and exotic plants, oh who am I kidding! I am obsessed with all plants and please, be kind🙏🌎🌱🌸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · Nov 21

This cactus was the star and start of my cactus collection and addiction. I had to set an alarm to not miss this beautiful sight. It grew too large and was donated to a larger collection 🌵💘
#Cactus #Succulents #Flowers #FlowerReport #CactusAddict

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 1d

Memories of summer.
#DailyBotanicalBeauty #photography #flowers

A collage of nine bright summer garden flowers and butterflies. Top row: gatekeeper butterfly on purple oregano, white cosmos, blue agapanthus. Middle row: pink sweet pea with bee, pale pink dahlia, white yarrow. Bottom row: pink carnations, peacock butterfly on lavender, pink strawflower.

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 21h

What gorgeous flowers 💘

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Joy @joyf.bsky.social · 1d

🌱There’s color even when it rains
#nor’easter #MagentaMonday #Gardens #Gardening #Roses

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 21h

That color😍

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 21h

I’m joining the #TinyFlowerTuesday hashtag this week with a strawflower that took all summer long to reach this point🤣🤣🔎🙌

#Flowers #Gardening #Plants #GYO #PortlandFrogs #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #Autumn

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 4d

Mid-October and there are still beautiful #dahlia flowers in my garden. 🪴🌱

#FlowersOnFriday

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 1d

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Ana🩷

Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 1d

Well here it’s almost the middle of #October and the very last #Hibiscus in my collection has finally started to bloom. Hibiscus mutabilis. Mine is over 15 foot tall and loaded with buds😍

#Flowers #Gardening #Plants #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #Autumn #FrogsForPortland🐸

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 2d

Salvia leucantha or Mexican brush sage really takes over the garden in autumn with big six foot tall clumps of purple spears with fuzzy white blooms calling the bees to visit 😃

#Flowers #Gardening #Plants #GulfOfMexico #Salvia #Autumn #FlowerReport

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 7d

Japanese anemone and a hoverfly. #DailyBotanicalBeauty #photography #flowers

A close-up photo of a hoverfly feeding on the pollen of a pale pink Japanese anemone flower with a bright yellow centre, surrounded by other softly focused blooms and buds in the background.

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful shot💘

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 4d

Tōtara bonsai forest
Yep beautiful. Landscape and moss work is top notch too.
Display stand & pot 👍

Tōtara is already my fav plus forests are my thing so this is my spirit display.

#Bonsai
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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 3d

My favorite so far🙌💘

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Stuart Bourne 🌷🌱 @stuartbourne.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning everyone, this week’s #SixOnSunday include Japanese Anemone, Virgina Creeper, Winter Jasmin, a fun fungus, and Rosa ‘Twiggy’s Rose’

Have a great weekend!

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling