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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Beautiful day on the bike trail.

A leaf-covered bike trail extending into the distance, with sunlight slanting through the trees lining the sides, under a blue sky.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Beautiful Yew bonsai from the recent Prairie State Bonsai show @mortonarboretum.bsky.social #bonsai

A Yew tree as a bonsai. The outline is triangular, with a bright white dead limb running up the center, contrasting with the rich brown colored live portion of the tree.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Joe Pye Weed season many summers ago. Understory among oaks in a nearby preserve.

A forest understory full of Joe Pye Weed in bloom. A path winds through the mature oak trees

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Took awhile, but she finally paused long enough for a portrait. 🌱🦋 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly resting on a long arching blade of iris foliage. The foliage is arching downward to the right and the butterfly is sitting, wings folded closed, in the middle of the frame, casting a shadow on the green iris leaf. There is grass in the lower left corner, wood chip mulch in the upper right.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A bee visiting the blooms of "Mouse Ears" hosta.🌱

A bee is poised to enter a small hosta flower. Trumpet-shaped white blooms streaked with lavender fill the upper right corner. The lower left part of the frame is all green foliage.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

The unusual design works in person, but perhaps the aesthetics perhaps don't photograph well. The long, arching top, so far toward the viewer, really got me thinking about stretching the bounds with design choices. 🌳#bonsai

A view of the same Japanese maple bonsai, from underneath, with the foliage silhouetted against a gray, cloudy sky.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Japanese Cutleaf Maple Bonsai, Chicago Botanic Garden. 🌳 #bonsai

A Japanese maple bonsai, 30 inches tall, with delicate, cutleaf-type, dark red leaves. It is in a pale yellow, round bonsai pot, with a frosted glass screen behind and a blue sky and white clouds above.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Clematis "Henryi." Huge, 7-8" blooms holding up well through recent storms.🌱

A large, white clematis bloom fills most of the frame, with green foliage in the background.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Mountain laurel in full bloom.🌱

A lush, green mountain laurel with showy clusters of pink and white flowers.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Mountain Laurel "Olympic Fire" getting ready. 🌱

A lush, green mountain laurel with clusters of cherry red flower buds. Celandine poppy foliage fills the bottom of the frame.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Great Waterleaf @mortonarboretum.bsky.social east woods this morning. 🌱#nativeplants 🌿

A forest floor covered with green foliage and pale blue-white flowers. The background has slender tree trunks and the green canopy of the trees.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Satsuki Azalea #bonsai at The Chicago Botanic Garden 🌳🌱

An azalea bonsai with pink blooms and a slightly bending, gnarled trunk. The branches extend outwards in a layered effect.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

New leaves of Virginia Creeper on spruce. April 2024 @mortonarboretum.bsky.social 🌿🌳 #spring

Looking skyward among tall spruce trees, trunks bare as utility poles, treetops all converging at the top of the frame. One tree has fallen onto another, angled across the picture. There is a light green glow of new vine leaves climbing the slope of the fallen tree, in contrast with the gray sky and shadowy treetops.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

A white oak surrounded by Spring Beauties. 🌱 #nativeplants #thicktrunktuesday

The base and trunk of a large white oak in a green lawn, with Spring Beauty wildflowers surrounding the flared base of the tree.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Pennsylvania Sedge blooming amid new leaves of waldsteinia (barren strawberry). It's been rewarding adding native sedges to the garden. 🌱 #nativeplants

Creamy plumes and brown spikes of flowering Pennsylvania Sedge, among leaves of barren strawberry. A jumble of new spring growth emerging from the slender, tan, dead sedge leaves of last year. There are bright blue flowers blurred in the background.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Warm and sunny day before a rainy stretch.🌱

Small, bright blue squill flowers surrounding tall, yellow daffodils. The yellow flowers are brilliantly lit with late afternoon sunshine. There are ribbons of green foliage poking out from the leaf litter.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

American Larch bonsai. Prairie State Bonsai Silhouette Show @mortonarboretum.bsky.social Exhibitor: Victor Z. #bonsai

A Larch bonsai tree with bare branches in silhouette against a white background. It has a thick trunk with rough bark surrounded by green moss. The outline of the branches forms a scalene triangle. There is a dead portion of the trunk artistically preserved for beauty and character.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The same tree on the same day a few years ago.

The same tree as the previous post, but with most of the leaves gone, revealing its uneven shape and long branches with many turns and bends.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

A gnarly white oak In full red autumnal colors With a shadow-black trunk On a sun-drenched, blue sky Sunday. For #thicktrunktuesday @mortonarboretum.bsky.social 🌳

A large, spreading oak tree in a sunny, grassy field, with branches covered in deep red-colored leaves. The right side of the tree has branches reaching to the ground and out of the frame. The trunk is in dark shadow, and the left side of the crown is bare. There are distant woods in the background against a blue sky, with a few wispy clouds.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Flashback to Nov 1 2022 at The Morton Arboretum🌳

A road disappearing into a misty woodland, with early morning sunbeams slanting through the trees. The trees have turned russet and gold, and the road and ground are littered with fallen, golden leaves.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

First blush of color on maples in the East Woods at The Morton Arboretum 🌱🌳

Large maple trees reach toward a clear blue sky. The leafy canopy covers almost all the sky, green but with a fiery patch of yellow and orange in the center of the frame.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Goodnight all Keep healthy Keep safe

Dark silhouettes of leafy trees against the last last glow of daylight in the west.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

First fall colors starting here with Virginia Creeper. 🌱

Red leaves of native vine Virginia Creeper lit up with sunshine. In the background, limbs of a large maple tree with green leaves arch across a clear blue sky.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Vernonia (Ironweed) nativar "Iron Butterfly" & Little Bluestem. 🌱

Bright purple tuft-like blooms of ironweed against feathery green foliage in brilliant sunshine. There are purple-gray stalks of Little Bluestem prairie grass in the background.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Loads of moonflowers this year. 🌱

Two large, white, 5-sided blooms of moonflower, amid green, heart-shaped leaves. Another bloom is partially obscured by the foliage.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

A dry spell with the gardener away, Has at least kept the pesky earwigs at bay 🌱

A white clematis bloom, with seven large daisy-like petals around a center of ivory with a touch of maroon. There are green leaves in the background, partially obscuring another bloom of the same type. Clematis variety: henryi

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Native goldenrod on a local trail and "Little Lemon" variety in my garden.🌱

Two goldenrods. On the left is native goldenrod growing in a nature preserve. Spikes of gold flowers stand out against green undergrowth and a background of oak trees. On the right is a closeup of the cultivated goldenrod "Little Lemon" just coming into bloom. The opened flowerbuds are lemon yellow, against a background of unopened lime green buds.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Bumblebee checking out blooms on hosta "Krossa Regal. 🌱

A bumblebee in mid-flight as it buzzes between trumpet-shaped, pale-violet flowers of a hosta. The green flower stalk crosses diagonally toward the upper right. The bee's wings are invisible against a green leafy background.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

There's a party on the butterfly weed🌱 #nativeplants

A closeup of dozens of beetles clustered on light green, long, narrow Butterfly Weed seed pods. The beetles are orange with black dots, and range in size from rice grain to raisin-sized.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Some of the native plants blooming in my garden today.🌱

A collage of two photos. On the left, a purple coneflower blooming with yellow blooms of black-eyed susan in the foreground. On the right, blue lobelia flowers against a background of red cardinal blooms.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Corydalis. Planted a few 30 feet away across the lawn, and they volunteered here. Prompted me to plant the hostas! (Krossa Regal) 🌱

Corydalis plants surround taller hostas. The corydalis have fine-textured foliage with small, yellow, tubular flowers. The Krossa Regal hostas in the background are much taller, with a vase-like form and broad green leaves with a bit of blue tint.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

One of my favorite locals, a massive bur oak at The Morton Arboretum. 🌳 #thicktrunktuesday

A 4-foot diameter bur oak, with 2-foot diameter limbs spreading out beyond the frame. It is in full leaf, surrounded by green grass. There are assorted trees in the background and a blue sky, all barely visible through the tangle of branches.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Good example of the all-important root hairs of plants that grow in air pockets of soil. This pot of pansies sat atop a pot-shaped hole from a holiday decoration.🌱

The bottom of a pot being lifted up, showing very fine, hair-like, white fibrous roots extending from drain holes into a cavity in a larger pot.

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Jim @jgoved.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I have never seen a burl at the base of a tree before. #thicktrunktuesday

A bur oak tree with a large, gnarly burl circling the base, at ground level, several feet in diameter.

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