We ran our first panel of flowers at the end of March, six months ago, as COVID-19 had wiped out the Gloucester Daffodil Festival. We are still waiting for life to return to normal. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Thank you for brightening our days.

Lewis Hubbard sent the first camellia bloom of the 2020-21 season: Maiden’s Blush.

Janet Gomez of Gloucester sends a photo of a bouquet of celosia from her garden.

Butterfly takes nourishment from the flowers of Joanne Brown of Achilles.

Tabby Clark from Gwynn’s Island said her garden flowers survived and grew strong despite summer’s heat.

The last roses of summer 2020, sent in by Martha Thompson Hudgins of Gloucester.

Judy Moughon of Mathews sends a photo of her night-blooming cereus, which produces one bloom a night between 10:30 p.m. and 2 a.m., starting in August and ending in October. So far she has had around 16 blooms; each lasts only one night.

Ginger Rowe’s garden at Gloucester Court House is st...