This is an odd-looking lily, growing in one of the gardens up at the Sculpture Garden in Minneapolis. The buds were all twisty, and the flowers small and spotted.

The bright flowers on this shrub almost seem to glow.

A purple iris, from late spring.

Raindrops on the red lilies.

Some shots from late spring of our neighbor’s purple allium.

 

It’s well past time for these to bloom now, but I came across this picture and really liked it, even with the sun washing everything out in the background.