We’re using this rainy day to highlight more photos from yesterday – the beautiful Hungarian Blue Breadseed poppies, Papaver somniferum. #poppies #flower #flowerstagram #blue #rvagardentrail #rva #papaver #papaversomniferum (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden)
We have blue poppies! They may look a little purple, but the label says blue. This one appears to have a mustache, it’s actually the bud’s cover. #poppies #bluepoppy #rvagardentrail #rva #flower #flowerstagram #poppy #publicgardens (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden)
Did you know that iris takes its name from the Greek word for rainbow? Iris was also a Greek “goddess of the rainbow” and messenger to the gods. #iris #plantfacts #rvagardentrail 📷 Tom Hennessy (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden)
That moment when a peony just starts to open and unfurl is a magical moment. So glad that @tjhennessy01 was there to capture it! #magic #peonies #flowers #flowerstagram (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden)
A photo in no way can do the lilac justice. You must experience it in person, become overwhelmed by the fragrance as you approach. Be inspired as it drifts around you through the cool spring breeze. Pictured Lilac Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin.’ #lilac #rva #rvagardentrail #gardens #spring #flowers #flowerstagram (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden)
It’s a perfect day for peonies! This beauty is Peaonia ‘Requiem,’ one of the first of many to bloom in Grace Arents Garden. #peonies #rvagardentrail #rva #va #fxbg #flowers #gardens #flowerstagram (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden)
These split-corona daffodils are one of our last daffodils to bloom. This one is called Narcissus ‘Tripartite.’ #narcissus #yelloe #rvagardentrail #rva #daffodils (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden)
Sometimes even tulips get a little wild! #rva #garden #rain #rvagardentrail #pink (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden)
We love seeing visitors don their raincoats to explore the garden in the rain. This morning there was a couple exploring Grace Arents Garden and enjoying these beauties. They really did have the place to themselves! #rain #beauty #gardens #rvawx (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden)
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