Sublime and Beautiful Sunday - A few flowers at Haskell Gardens

This post is for #SublimeSunday is inspired by @c0ff33a and #BeautifulSunday is initiated by @ace108.

Good Morning, today I am sharing a few shots from a walk I took recently during the day at the Haskell Gardens, so let me tell you a little about it

For over 30 years, lifelong New Bedford resident Allen C. Haskell cared for this property as a successful nursery. Haskell was so known for his horticultural talents that celebrities like Martha Stewart and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were among his fans. After Haskell’s passing, the Trustees saved the property in 2012 to protect this unique urban garden from development.

Today, the Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens feature six acres of carefully designed gardens, and one of the oldest houses in New Bedford, all arranged around a wide green common space — perfect for a sunlit picnic or to explore with a camera. Pick up some bulbs, plants, and seeds at the visitor’s center, or learn a new gardening skill at one of the horticultural workshops Haskell Gardens hosts throughout the year.

As I mentioned in a previous post all but one of the greenhouses have been taken down, and that will go shortly, and we will have to wait and see what they have planned for that area.

For this visit, I focused mainly on some of the flowers they had in the gardens, and there was more than I expected for this time of year, to be honest.

Like these vibrant purple daisy-like flowers with bright yellow centers, which appear to be New England asters; well, that's what Google told me :)

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and according to google
The image appears to show daisy fleabane (Erigeron annuus or a closely related Erigeron species), a common wildflower in the aster family

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Managed to catch an insect, maybe a bee on this next one

I think these are tropical milkweed

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and again, according to Google
The flower in the image appears to be purpletop vervain (Verbena bonariensis), a tall and airy perennial plant known for its vibrant clusters of small lavender-purple flowers

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And that’s all folks

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