Rhodora is in bloom right now, May, 2013, Phippsburg Maine. Rhodora is a native, Maine wildflower in the rhododendron family
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Lavender Starflower (Grewia occidentalis)
Photo-a-Day 5/20/2013 Bill Stone
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Classy Lady in Purple
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D137-2013  Tall old pink dogwood, probably nearing the end of its life.
This one stands in the northeast corner of the cemetery, not far from the May family vault.  If you look closely you can see the broken ends of branches near the top of the tree that were torn away from larger limbs during a bad ice storm this past winter.

Rising even higher into the sky, behind the dogwood, are the upper branches of a venerable redbud tree (its trunk is the one furthest right in this shot).
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Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 17, 2013
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Rhodora is in bloom right now, May, 2013, Phippsburg Maine. Rhodora is a native, Maine wildflower in the rhododendron family
Rhodora is in bloom right now, May, 2013, Phippsburg Maine. Rhodora is a native, Maine wildflower in the rhododendron family
Rhodora is in bloom right now, May, 2013, Phippsburg Maine. Rhodora is a native, Maine wildflower in the rhododendron family
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