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Benita & Angel Jonesy🐈‍⬛🪽💔🌈 @benniepup1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hi Pals!😃 Mommy did's some early cleanup in the veggie garden. Some plants already give's up cause of colder temps🫤 I's did's my inspection to make's sure no 🌿debris left on ground. Don't want any potential disease spreading🙅🏻‍♀️ I's had's to yell for Daddy to get's debris ready for town pickup📣🚛

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NickV @nickv17.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Let’s do dahlias for #sixonsaturday - stars of the border this time of year as everything else starts to wind down 🙂. We have: Crazy Love, Skyfall, Honka Fragile, Starburst, Procyon and the gigantic Kelvin Floodlight 😍. #UKGardening #dahlias #dahlialove #bloomscrolling

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#sixonsaturday 26-09-26 Begonia, aubergine, squash, china asters, yucca and duranta flowers 🌱 fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/s...

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Jo Lane @jogubbins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#SixOnSaturday #Bloomscrolling #Dahlias 🌱 It’s beginning to feel like early autumn with fresh mornings and falling leaves. The afternoons are still hot and still no rain to speak of, so stil not ideal, it’s impossible to get a trowel into the soil.

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GreenBeanJackie @greenbeanjackie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Pink, white and purple flowers in the late summer sunshine for #sixonSaturday pink and purple asters, white sweet peas and cosmos, late flowering rose, Shropshire Lad and a fluffy bee on some lavender

Collage of pink aster, white sweet peas, white cosmos, orange bumblebee on purple lavender, purple aster, pink roses

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#SixOnSaturday ends the week with a chill in the air and the great migration of plants to the greenhouse has started. The nighttime temperatures will stall the tropical plants now.😢the potted ones will definitely enjoy the warm move.🪴 #Gardening #Flowers #Tropical #Fall #SummersEnd #Nature #Plants

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When the first apple tree looked skyward and wished for its own star to cherish, the orchard fairy promised one if it worked hard. The tree toiled all year, and in #autumn was rewarded with stars at the heart of its fruit, to cradle the seeds of future trees. #FolkloreThursday

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s a chilly misty day today, the #Noreaster brought the wind and drop in temperatures but only mist for rain here😔the late season Cannova mango Canna lily not only settled in it has bloomed like crazy 😆 #Flowers #Gardening #CannaLily #Fall #SummerFlowers

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Benita & Angel Jonesy🐈‍⬛🪽💔🌈 @benniepup1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy #WontLookWednesday Pals!😃 I's got's assignment half right & glance at camera in one of my photos📸 Dang it!😣 I's saw's Monarch🐛on Swamp Milkweed. He look pretty cold🥶 I's ask's Mommy to crochet him a little sweater🧶🤭 Hopefully he's will turn into🦋 before it's start to❄️😬 Have's a Great Day!🤗😘❤️

Monarch caterpillar on Swamp Milkweed. The leaves are already turning color for Autumn.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“The year, with fickle pulse, Weary of bloom, begins to live for fruit. Hope now is born at turning of the tide, And spreads her hue along the gauzy lines Of spider webs between the blades of grass.” — ‘The Turn of Summer’ by Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841-1903). #AutumnEquinox

Autumn collage featuring bright red rose hips, a dew-beaded spider’s web, vivid pink and russet leaves, clusters of orange berries, acorns on an oak twig, a bracket fungus growing from a tree trunk, ripening blackberries and golden-yellow fern fronds.

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Richard @rickbaby.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Congratulations! I have some hardy bananas growing outdoors at 52° North, but there is no way they will flower, let alone fruit.

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Amazing details on these #mushrooms . Hare’s foot ink cap or coprinopsis lagopus

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today is the #AutumnalEquinox and I finally have a banana plant in bloom.🙄 The #Bees are turning it into a real party 🎉 🐝 #Flowers #Gardening #Musa #Fall #Nature #Plants

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BookEnd2🇨🇦 @bookend2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hollyhock fluttering in the cool wind of #September #flower in #mygarden.

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) 🦗🌱

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Devon Subtropical Garden @devonsubtropical.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🌱 A first flower from the huge #Passiflora ‘Diva’ - a gorgeous hardy polyploid hybrid from David Costen. It took a long time to flower as the bud just kept getting bigger rather than opening. Plenty of buds to come!

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Benita & Angel Jonesy🐈‍⬛🪽💔🌈 @benniepup1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy #SideviewSaturday Pals!😃 I's can't believe's it!😲 I's getting closer and closer to complaining about's the cold weather🥶 It 47°F outside. I's not done complaining about's the summer heat yet🥵🤦🏻‍♀️ I's still got's a gripe quota to fill and Autumn start on Tuesday!🍂🍁😬 Have's a Furtastic Day!🤗😚💖

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#sixonsaturday 19-09-26 : fig leaves powder, dahlias, strawberry tree, ice plant, yucca rostrata and peppermint 🌱 fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2026/09/19/six…

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Ken Hartley 🌱🏋️‍♂️ @milhart66ken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Good morning everyone and happy Saturday. We’re off shortly to meet old friends for brunch and a catch up. Whatever you’re up to, enjoy. #SixOnSaturday #gardening #gardeninglife

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#SixOnSaturday what a fast week it was! I won free mystery #Plumeria seeds from Purple Hoo Plumeria farm😍 on FB, seedlings are doing great, my Welch’s pink beautyberry is showing off💘 and the red #Dahlia is a #Bees delight #Flowers #Gardening #Nature #GYO #Fall

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Joy @joyf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#FlowersOnFriday #CapeCod Confusing times 💕

Azalea blooming pink flower in September

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Soph0571 @soph0517.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#ColorADay #GreenSat #Macro #MacroPhotography #Photography #Bee #WeeBee #ECK Got to make the most of them while they are still being buzztastic 🐝😁

Close-up photograph of a bumblebee hovering beside vivid purple flowers, its golden-and-black body shown in crisp detail against soft green foliage. The wings retain a natural motion blur.

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#sixonsaturday 12-09-26 : cyclamen, mallow, peaches, roldana, chilies and agapanthus are on the agenda today. 🌱 fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2026/09/12/six…

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#SixOnSaturday was a busy week, I cleaned the tropical greenhouse, the floor still looks fabulous😍 I am slowly repotting my cactus collection. You can tell I am getting everything ready for the move inside. Still plenty of #Flowers in the gardens to enjoy. #Gardening #Autumn #MyGreenhouse

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Louise Tulloch @lougulltull.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Last flush of summer - alstroemeria, roses, petunia and cosmos. Autumnal sedum and hesperantha. #SixOnSaturday

Collage of six flowering plants from garden. In shades of pink.

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#SundayYellow is a luffa vine in the compost bin from seeds🌱🌱 I disposed of last Fall. #Flowers #Gardening #Nature #Plants #GYO

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Well the squirrels decided to share the Pindo palm aka jelly palm seeds this year. They are very ripe now and super sweet, I wish I had enough to make wine 🥴🍷with #Gardening #Palms #Seeds #JellyPalm #Nature

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“And in the feathery aster bees on wing Seize and set free the honied flowers, Till thousand stars leap with their visiting: While ever across the path lazily flit, Unpiloted in the sun, The dreamy butterflies… “ – from ‘The Garden in September’ by Robert Bridges (1844-1930).

Collage of late-summer garden flowers and visiting insects. A bumblebee feeds on a vivid pink aster, while purple-blue asters attract butterflies and a bee. A brown butterfly rests on a pale lilac aster, with a final view of a cluster of bright pink aster blooms.

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GabbyLawless @gabbylawless.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Preparing to enjoy my weekend mostly in the AC, it is just too darn hot outside. 🌱 #SixOnSaturday #Gardening #ECK #BloomScrolling

A collage of six pictures representing a yellow butterfly ginger (Kahili Hedychium), orange Zinnia (Oklahoma) peach Abutilon bloom, the leaves of Elephant Ears called 'Pharaoh's Mask' some pink Zinnias with dusk light and a Fritillary butterfly on some orange Tithonia flowers.

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

One of the tessellated #Vanda #orchid hybrids (lost tag). This is blooming now in #MyGarden. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I can’t capture the effect in a photo but when seen in person the blooms of this #aloe seem to glow like the embers of a fire. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Echinacea purpurea was introduced to England from Virginia in the late 17th century. In 1699, Oxford Physic Garden’s Jacob Bobart called it Dracunculus virginianus, “little dragon of Virginia” – perhaps inspired by its traditional use for snakebite or its spiked, flame-like cone.

Close-up photograph of pink and coral Echinacea flowers in a summer garden, their petals surrounding prominent spiky, reddish-brown central cones, with soft green foliage in the background.

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Pam Brown @pamlivengoodbrown.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Good morning friends, for #PurpleFriday here is another branch from the beautyberry shrub. 🌱 #Gardening #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling

Close up shot of a beauty berry branch. There are four clusters of bright purple berries, growing from the branch. Green leaves are growing next to, and between the clusters of berries.

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organicgay.bsky.social @organicgay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Monarch Butterfly and Ruby-throated Hummingbird visiting Liatris.

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GardenOpus @gardenopus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

🌱 A beautiful classic - Reblooming SDB (Standard Dwarf Bearded) Iris 'Autumn Jester' (Chuck Chapman, 2000), on its 4th rebloom cycle here in suburban Chicagoland, paired with Catharanthus (Vinca or Madagascar Periwinkle) 'Valiant™ Punch'. Iridaceae & Apocynaceae.

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Binocularity @binocularity.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Orchid House; first week of Spring. #sixonsaturday #flowers #orchids Mount Coot-tha, Brisbane.

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#sixonsaturday 05-09-26: Symphyotrichum, trachelospermum seeds, amaranthus, fuchsia and a touch of exoticism that I had forgotten to add with the cotton plant and the tea plant. 🌱 fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2026/09/05/s...

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#SixOnSaturday was the start of #MetorlogicalFall and a busy week. I sowed lots of seeds two weeks ago that now needed transplanting. I have Snapdragons, pansies, violas, wallflowers, Stock and two varieties of lettuce. Now to keep my babies🌱one step ahead of 🐌🐛🪲🦗😂 #Flowers #Gardening #Autumn #GYO

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Passiflora foetida blooming this morning in #MyGarden. Its fragrance is unpleasant to humans but it is a host plant for three of our native #butterflies - Zebra Longwing, Gulf Fritillary, and Julia. We have an unusual abundance of Julias this summer. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It’s not a good year for pumpkins and squashes , but it still makes for some beautiful photos! 🎃 📸😍😎 Squash ‘red kuri’

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Gymnocalycium mihanovichii is hands down the most colorful cactus in my collection. The flowers have a hard time competing 😂 #Flowers #Cactus #Summertime #CactusFlowers

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Every thing is trying to get away from the relentless rain ☔️ 🤯this is my front door 😬 #Gardening #RainyDays #Nature #Snakes

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The hummingbird feeder has become a playground for the three hummingbirds that use it. Here is two of the three this morning 😂 #Gardening #Hummingbirds #Nature #SundayFunday

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#SixOnSaturday is the last one for August. It has been a wet week with the grass and weeds cheering it on🌱💦a brown snake came up outside the screened porch to the delight of the cats😂 #Flowers #Gardening #Bees #Cactus #Summertime #Snakes

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#sixonsaturday 29-08-26 : hibiscus syriacus, Taro, colocasia Aloha, a rose , goldfish from my pond and grapes 🍇🌱 fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2026/08/29/s...

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Globba schomburgkii ginger aka dancing girl 💃 is a superstar 🌟favorite for me. A tiny plant, big , super interesting flowers with lots of seed produced that germinates well 😍 #FlowersOnFriday #Flowers #Gardening #GingerFlowers #Summertime

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Benita & Angel Jonesy🐈‍⬛🪽💔🌈 @benniepup1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Hi Pals!😃 Any #MonarchButterfly experts out's there? Mommy and I's wondering if our's new 🦋 is male or female🤔 We's not sure if the marking on its wing is a scent pouch (male)🤷🏻‍♀️ Hopefully, he's won't smell like's some cheap drugstore cologne🫢😝🤣🧡🖤

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Epicatanthe Volcano Trick #orchid blooming now in #MyGarden. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #Orchids

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Jatropha integerrima, one of the favorites in #MyGarden, blooms every single day of the year here in #SouthFlorida. It’s a magnet for #bees, #butterflies, and other #pollinators. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

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