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Lantana “Miss Huff” in bloom; by Cheryl Battle of Bavon.
Todd Vest photographed this perfect Morning Glory.
A praying mantis waits for dinner in the garden of Angela Rice of Buckroe Beach.

Shamrock, swallowtail caterpillars, and praying mantis, found in the gardens of Lynn Holt, Gloucester.

An Encore azalea (colors of lavender, pink and white) starting to bloom again in the backyard of Janet and Dave Kyle.
Martha Thompson Hudgins of Gloucester found fungi that looks like a shell among her cherry tomatoes.

Julie Shields of Hayes admires her neighbor’s crape myrtle in full bloom.
“It would appear I have Charlotte, from Charlotte’s Web, visiting us at my home in Port Haywood,” said Linda Dalgety.
Persimmons from Paul and Cheryl Vrooman of Hudgins.

First sight of this year’s Lion’s Mane mushrooms; sent by Christian Brown of Mathews.
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