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May 6, 2015 10:09 AM CST
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Sometimes it's the little things that you discover in the garden that bring so much interest, bloom close-ups, tiny spiders, bugs and bees!.

This bee was enjoying the beautiful Noid LA iris (thanks @Calsurf73, I LOVE these blooms!)
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A tiny white spider guarding a dead bee on Erigeron 'Wayne Roderick'
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Ramona


More blooms:

A spooned osteospermum


geranium incanum and sedum Angelina intermingling
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Mexican Orange (Choisya ternata Sundance)
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A favorite abutilon
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I have 4 of these, they are a great color contrast with their golden foliage.
Japanese Spirea (Spiraea japonica 'Magic Carpet')


Petunia 'Cha-Ching Cherry'


Lavender Trumpet Vine (Clytostoma callistegioides)
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Arabella
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Josephine
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Jeri Jennings


Hydrangea quercifolia 'Little Honey'


Heucherella 'Sunrise Falls'


A new for me Alstroemeria Inticancha® Summer Breeze waiting for the blooms any day now, but that foliage, wow!


Aloe maculata
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Plum Pretty Whiskers Lovey dubby
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I love planting chives among the beds for their blooms.
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Sun shining through the big leaves of Canna Tropicanna
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And a New Zealand tea tree framing clematis Ragoochi, my best bloomer (almost non-stop)
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