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Gallery: Stamens, filaments and pistils
Date submitted: January 6, 2023
Caption: Roselette stamens and pistils, with a visiting hover fly.
Photo location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date of photo: 2019-05-22

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: January 6, 2023
Caption: The prominent pattern of paler tones, visible on the undersides of the petals, doesn't show through on the upper sides.
Photo location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date of photo: 2018-05-17

Gallery: Stamens, filaments and pistils
Date submitted: January 6, 2023
Caption: The dense mass of all yellow stamens (anthers and filaments) can nearly obscure the bright pink stigmas that top greenish carpels.
Photo location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date of photo: 2018-5-30

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: January 6, 2023
Caption: Blooms on a young plant
Photo location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date of photo: 2019-06-07

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: January 6, 2023
Photo location: W E Upjohn Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date of photo: 2019-06-07

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: October 13, 2022
Caption: Tsuga canadensis 'Brookline' - Chosen to illustrate the recumbent habit. This one really hugs the ground.
Photo location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date of photo: 2020-10-28

Gallery: Fall Color
Date submitted: October 13, 2022
Caption: A case of the stems being more colorful than the leaves themselves
Photo location: Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Date of photo: 2019-11-08

Gallery: Fall Color
Date submitted: October 13, 2022
Caption: ...and don't we all love seeing colorful fall foliage when it's backlit?
Photo location: Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Date of photo: 2019-11-08

Gallery: Stem, scape, stalk or bark
Date submitted: October 13, 2022
Caption: The tendency to send up shoots from the base of the trunk is typical for the species
Photo location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date of photo: 2020-11-04

Gallery: Closeup of buds, sepals and receptacles
Date submitted: October 13, 2022
Caption: Next year's buds show up once the leaves drop in autumn
Photo location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date of photo: 2020-11-04

Gallery: Leaves
Date submitted: October 13, 2022
Caption: Tilia platyphyllos 'Laciniata' - These leaves have lost some of their green late in the fall (early November)
Photo location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date of photo: 2020-11-04

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: October 13, 2022
Caption: This illustrates the conical or pyramidal shape that this species is known to express in maturity. It also shows that the species holds onto its leaves later into the fall season than do many other deciduous trees.
Photo location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date of photo: 2020-11-04

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: October 13, 2022
Caption: European linden or common linden; lime tree in the UK. A mature specimen, planted in the 1960s. It still has most of its leaves in early November, which is considered late autumn in SE Michigan.
Photo location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date of photo: 2020-11-04

Gallery: Stem, scape, stalk or bark
Date submitted: October 13, 2022
Caption: Cornus kousa Radiant Rose® - showing the main trunk and branching pattern of the lower limbs of a 20 yr. old tree. This specimen gets more shade than is recommended.. (Planted 1999; photographed 2019)
Photo location: Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Date of photo: 2019-11-08

Gallery: Fall Color
Date submitted: October 13, 2022
Caption: Cornus kousa chinensis Radiant Rose® - At least this year (2019), this cultivar didn't develop as intense colors as some of the other dogwoods in the same location.
Photo location: Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Date of photo: 2019-11-08

Gallery: Seeds
Date submitted: October 13, 2022
Caption: The pods of this milkweed are slim and flattish when opened, which makes them easy to distinguish from pods of common milkweed when seen without any available reference to the earlier appearance of the blooms.
Photo location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date of photo: 2019-11-07

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: October 13, 2022
Caption: Two species endemic to the Galapagos, the shrub and the dove.
Photo location: Punta Suarez, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Date of photo: 2009-05-21

Gallery: Leaves
Date submitted: October 12, 2022
Caption: Picea abies 'Repens' - needle detail
Photo location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date of photo: 2020-10-28

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: October 12, 2022
Caption: Picea abies 'Repens' - A mature specimen (planted 1985 at an unknown age). See photo comment.
Photo location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date of photo: 2020-10-28

Gallery: Fall Color
Date submitted: October 12, 2022
Caption: Chinese witch hazel, Hamamelis mollis - fall color for this spring-blooming witch hazel
Photo location: Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Date of photo: 2019-11-08