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| Pale Blue Spiked Lobelia spicata, delightful native flower. 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Memo to self: "Don't mow lawn just before taking photos. 6-5-08 |
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| June 5, 2008! Another sunny day! I hope you're enjoying your virtual trip through my gardens. More flower varieties are blooming daily in my Oklahoma Zone 7 beds! For photo permissions, questions, or comments, please visit the Ask Gale Page. |
| Wild Blue Spiked Lobelia (lobelia spicata) is dainty but pretty. 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Oriental x Asian cross Orania Hybrid Lily, five years old. 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Native Blue Spiked Lobelia is scattered throughout the farm. 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Up close the stamens of Orania Hybrid Lily look like little cattails. 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Everblooming lavender Stick Verbena bonariensis, lovely up close. 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Orania Hybrid Lily, bee's eye view, showcasing its apricot & orange colors. 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Brazilian Stick Verbena (verbena bonariensis) jin peak bloom. 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Another white mutant Indian Paintbrush castilleja coccinea alba, this one being a little more yellow. 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Orange apricot Orania Hybrid Lily appears to be repugnant to rodents. 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Under the old Loblolly Pine Tree, Orania Hybrid Lily, a beautiful and vigorous flower. 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Wild native mutant White Indian Paintbrush castilleja coccinea basking in the sun. 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Orania Hybrid Lily showcasing her maroon tipped stamens. 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |














| Orania Hybrid Lily back lit by the sun 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |

| Orania Hybrid Lily, delicious from any angle. 6-5-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
