Pine-Mills-Pottery > Fiery snapdragons and Firehouse Nandina.
Pine-Mills-Pottery > Tiny Malaxis unifolia, a rare wild orchid, is found on the dappled sunny slopes of the creek in early spring. The common name is "green adder's mouth".  A poem Daphne likes that reflects this is:

Orchids

They lean over the path,
Adder-mouthed,
Swaying close to the face,
Coming out, soft and deceptive,
Limp and damp, delicate as a young bird’s tongue;
Their fluttery fledgling lips
Move slowly,
Drawing in the warm air.
And at night,
The faint moon falling through whitewashed glass,
The heat going down
So their musky smell comes even stronger,
Drifting down from their mossy cradles:
So many devouring infants!
Soft luminescent fingers,
Lips neither dead nor alive,
Loose ghostly mouths
Breathing.
 
–Theodore Roethke (1948)
Pine-Mills-Pottery > The wild native Texas orchid, Malaxis unifolia, blooms in April and May.
Pine-Mills-Pottery > Lake Wildwood, April 14, 2007
Pine-Mills-Pottery > An Oriental poppy.
Pine-Mills-Pottery > The mid-April garden, with poppies, white and pink yarrow, mullein and rose campion.
Pine-Mills-Pottery > Daphne's kitchen herb garden holds parsley, sage rosemary, thyme, Greek oregano, chives, dill, and sweet basil.
Pine-Mills-Pottery > Louisiana Iris
Pine-Mills-Pottery > Daphne in her garden, a favorite spot to be.
Fiery snapdragons and Firehouse Nandina.
Pine-Mills-Pottery > Fiery snapdragons and Firehouse Nandina.
Fiery snapdragons and Firehouse Nandina.
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