I have a few nominees for this category. I really like how "Aughty":http://myfolia.com/journals/67518-cosmo-sonata and "Gerbera":http://myfolia.com/journals/68083-rose-blooming take their photos and just bring out the simple beauty of the flower!! I would also like to enter "the last photo of a single flower face forward":http://myfolia.com/journals/67215-the-sunflowers-doing-their-thing which is mine. I think my sunflowers look the best of anything that I took, for flowers anyway. I had more, but this one was one of my favorites. 2009-10-25T03:44:14+05:30 false 13265 2799 2009-10-25T23:38:52+05:30 5779 I nominate TolCath's Autumn Wood Daylilly: http://myfolia.com/journals/64786-daylily-features The shading and ruffles in the flower are amazing, and the way TolCath writes about her daylillies makes them more interesting to me -- I would never have noticed the ridges in that flower if she had not pointed it out. 2009-10-25T17:24:31+05:30 false 13271 2799 2009-10-25T17:24:31+05:30 1713 I'm really a sucker for Daylilies, and there are some beauties being grown by Folians. But I think the favorite I've seen was this "'Fires of Fuji'":http://myfolia.com/plantings/37785-daylily-fires-of-fuji-hemerocallis belonging to urbansdoggarden - it is stunning! I just have to nominate this one. 2009-10-29T05:37:22+05:30 false 13398 2799 2009-10-29T05:37:22+05:30 4903 Another shout out to Aughty, although I think I'll put him in creature features. Can I do myself? I really love my "reblooming iris.":http://myfolia.com/plantings/24686-iris-reblooming-iris 2009-10-29T16:57:17+05:30 false 13400 2799 2009-10-29T16:57:17+05:30 3568 @ xan- I love the white. Somebody will probably kill me, but I don't much care for the purple, since that is what you mostly see with Iris. I like the reds, yellows, and now, white ones. I don't think I have ever seen a white one before. :) 2009-10-29T17:40:02+05:30 false 13403 2799 2009-10-29T17:40:02+05:30 5779 There is no way to do the flowers on Folia justice, there are just too many to recall. So, limiting myself to one local entrant. Tonya has some impressive photos. "Crocuses":http://myfolia.com/journals/68236-crocuses-flowering , seemingly insignificant plants but impressive colours and "Tulips":http://myfolia.com/journals/69105-tulips-flowering which are a great set of well composed photos. 2009-10-31T05:38:24+05:30 false 13473 2799 2009-10-31T05:38:24+05:30 5165 I would like to enter my "Nasturtium":http://myfolia.com/journals/41951-growing-nicely-despite-the-dust-storms plant whose bloom brought me much needed joy in the gloomy dust storms of Riyadh 2009-11-02T01:43:33+05:30 false 13477 86094 2799 2009-11-02T01:43:33+05:30 1032 Beautiful, newbee. I love the photo! I had a lot of fun this summer taking pics of them. I had many different colors. I think that hey are very interesting with their multi-colored petals. :) 2009-11-02T01:46:30+05:30 false 13478 2799 2009-11-02T01:46:30+05:30 5779 I'd like to nominate my Cereus plant. It has been "blooming like crazy since":http://myfolia.com/journals/70016-serious-cereus-blooms the first of October this year... the blooms are truly beautiful even if the photography is not so special. I think the white flowers are a bit washed out in the photo of the plant with multiple blooms. Here is a more "detailed view of one bloom":http://www.flickr.com/photos/31045896@N02/3145058781 that shows the beauty of the flower much better, although the plant just covered in blooms is very impressive to me. 2009-11-03T05:21:17+05:30 false 13502 2799 2009-11-03T05:23:16+05:30 4933 I would like to nominate my tree peony black panther http://myfolia.com/plantings/30604-tree-peony-black-panther-paeonia-suffruticosa The large velvety dark red flowers are absolutely beautiful, and I love the form of the foliage as well. 2009-11-03T06:50:47+05:30 false 13503 2799 2009-11-03T06:50:47+05:30 4086 That peony is a beauty Tonta!!! 2009-11-03T08:29:23+05:30 false 13504 2799 2009-11-03T08:29:23+05:30 10715 I'd like to nominate my Skipley Spot Dahlia, it has a very special place in my flower garden. It is from a plant sale at Golden Gate Park, and it now lives in my community garden in San Francisco. To me, it represents my new home! http://www.billiouspath.com/gallery2/d/6021-2/IMG_4463.JPG 2009-11-07T05:28:36+05:30 false 13563 2799 2009-11-07T05:29:09+05:30 4721 @ Emily- I tried the link and it didn't work. Try it again!! Sometimes I find that if you try it again it works. :) The rules for the nomination require that you provide a link from your planting here @ folia, so all you have to do is go to the planting here, copy the URL, and post it. I just visited your garden and noticed that it is there. It's very pretty!! 2009-11-07T20:16:34+05:30 false 13576 2799 2009-11-07T20:24:12+05:30 5779