Images of Flowers Past

With promises of warmer temperatures and a day of sunshine I will once again be out in the garden tending to the blanket that protects these garden treasures.

Opuntia humifusa, commonly known as the Eastern Prickly Pear or Indian Fig, is a native cactus found in most of eastern North America. It ranges from Montana eastward to southern Ontario and then on to Massachusetts, south to Florida and westward to New Mexico.^[1] from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia_humifusa

Commonly known as hellebores, members of the genus Helleborus comprise approximately 20 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae. Many species are poisonous.

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellebore