Sentimentality

My aim is to have nearly all native Virginia plants surrounding my cabin. I stick with that quite strictly but I have a stumbling block to that goal, sentimentality. Each year, at the end of May into the beginning of June I’m reminded of that part of my personality as the Rose Campions (Lychnis coronaria) begin to bloom. NOT native to this continent. They bloom with such a radiant magenta color that I always find it a challenge for my sophisticated camera to capture the perfect image of the flower. The fuzzy stems and leaves, a different story, being a muted gray-green. Easy to capture. I must send this picture to Mom. Thinking of you and your Maryland gardens Mom! Too bad Florida weather can’t host these beautiful flowers.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.

4 thoughts on “Sentimentality”

  1. Much sentimentality here too! But I like to think that non-invasive exotics can live in harmony with my natives.

    1. Hi Ann! Yes certainly the key factor is that our choice of a non-native is that it is not invasive. Surely we both practice careful sentimentality!! 🙂

      Thank you so very much for reading my posts! I appreciate having you as a reader.
      Bren

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