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One of my favorite flowers
is the reblooming bearded iris. I grow an array
of colors, but this variety is one of the best! In
my garden, they bloom again in fall.
Rebecca Granger BANCROFT, MICHIGAN
I grow Mexican sunflowers
and spend hours watching the butterflies that visit.
I captured this monarch sharing a bloom with a Gulf
fritillary. Believe it or not, there was a third butterfly,
a skipper, but it flew off before I could get a photo.
Gabrielle Harrison FLORAL CITY, FLORIDA