Nandina, heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo (Nandina domestica)
Not So Heavenly
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Something Bright for a Cold January Day
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Snow Brush
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I’m not terribly confident of this identification, but it’s what I put in my notes when I shot this back in 2017.
I was right about being wrong.
This is Haemanthus albiflos, which some call paintbrush. I got the brush part correct and everything else wrong.
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Trillium aka red trillium, wake-robin, purple trillium, Beth root or stinking Benjamin. (Trillium erectum)
Stripes
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Stairway to the Stars
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Coleus. I don’t know the species. I’m just getting interested in these plants. Buds are about a quarter-inch in size.
‘Tis a Wise One, This Gent
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Gentian sage (Salvia patens), aka Spreading sage, Blue-flowered sage
CORRECTION: Last week, I misidentified the Something Bright flower. (It’s been a tough year for plant identification.) The flower is a cornflower or bachelor’s button (Centaurea cyanus), not coreopsis.
