flowers

Detail of a sign surrounding by fall flowers outside the Williamsburg Inn.

A lantern is almost covered in flowering springtime wisteria as they both hang from a corner of an outbuilding at Bassett Hall.

A Lantana flower peeps out between the pickets of the fence at the Benjamin Powell House, fall, 2010.

Detail of Chenopodin capitatum or 'Strawberry Blite' - an heirloom flower blooming in the Lewis House Garden.

Nicotiana or "Flowering Tobacco" blooms in the Benjamin Powell Kitchen Garden in the spring.

Spring tulips bloom in the Historic Area.

Tulips bloom in the spring garden at the James Geddy House.

Wisteria grows along a fence at the St. George Tucker House.

Spring tulips bloom in the Colonial Garden with Bruton Parish Church seen just over the white picket fence.

Rare Books: Sunflower from John Edwards, "The British Herbal...," London: Printed for the Author; sold by J. Edmonson and J. Walter, 1770. -- Special Collections

Plate L. Argemone. Plate 50 of Miller, Philip. Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary ... London : Printed for the author ..., 1771. vol. 1

Rare Books: Plate CCXLVIII. Cnicus. Plate 248 of Phillip Miller, "Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary ..." London : Printed for the author ..., 1771. vol. 2.-- Special Collections

Rare Books. Plate CC. Pentapetes. Plate 200 of Phillip Miller, "Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary ..." London : Printed for the author ..., 1771. vol. 2 -- Special Collections

Rare Books: Plate CCXXIV. Fig. 1. Rudbeckia ... Fig. 2. Coreopsis ... Plate 224 of Phillip Miller, "Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary ..." London : Printed for the author ..., 1771. vol. 2 -- Special Collections

Rare Books: Plate CLXXXIII. Fig. 1. Monarda, capitulis terminalibus ... Fig. 2. Monarda, floribus capitatis sub-didynamis ... Plate 183 of Phillip Miller, "Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary" ... London : Printed for the author ..., 1771. vol. 2. -- Special Collections

Plate CCXIV Quamoclit. Plate 214 of Miller, Philip. Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary ... London : Printed for the author ..., 1771. vol. 2

Rare Books: Amaranthus cristatus - Crested Amaranth. Plate 75 of Edwards, John. The British herbal : containing one hundred plates of the most beautiful and scarce flowers and useful medicinal plants ... London : Printed for the author ..., 1770 -- Special Collections. This image appears in the Colonial Williamsburg book, "Flowers and Herbs of Early America".

Rare Books: Delphinum hortense - Garden Larkspur. Plate 61 of Edwards, John. The British herbal : containing one hundred plates of the most beautiful and scarce flowers and useful medicinal plants ... London : Printed for the author ..., 1770 -- Special Collections. This image appeared in the Colonial WIlliamsburg book, "Flowers and Herbs of Early America".

Rare Books: Lychnis hirsuta flore coccineo major. Greater hairy Campion with a Scarlet Flower. Plate 58 of Edwards, John. The British herbal : containing one hundred plates of the most beautiful and scarce flowers and useful medicinal plants ... London : Printed for the author ..., 1770. -- Special Collections. This image appeared in the Colonial WIlliamsburg book, "Flowers and Herbs of Early America".

Rare Books: Passiflora (Coerula) foliis palmatis integerrimis - Passion-flower with hand Shaped entire Leaves. Plate 82 of John Edwards, "The British herbal : containing one hundred plates of the most beautiful and scarce flowers and useful medicinal plants ..." London : Printed for the author ..., 1770. -- Special Collections.

Rare Books: Gladiolus major Byzantinus - Greater Cornflag of Byzantium. Plate 68 of Edwards, John. The British herbal : containing one hundred plates of the most beautiful and scarce flowers and useful medicinal plants ... London : Printed for the author ..., 1770 -- Special Collections.

Rare Books: Arbutus folio serrato. Plate 91 of John Edwards, "The British herbal : containing one hundred plates of the most beautiful and scarce flowers and useful medicinal plants ..." London : Printed for the author ..., 1770. -- Special Collections.

Rare Books: Impatiens (Balsamina) - Female Balsamine. Plate 73 of John Edwards, "The British herbal : containing one hundred plates of the most beautiful and scarce flowers and useful medicinal plants ..." London : Printed for the author ..., 1770 -- Special Collections.

Rare Books: Papaver erraticum, rubrum, campestre. Common, red field Poppy. Plate 7 of John Edwards, John, "The British herbal : containing one hundred plates of the most beautiful and scarce flowers and useful medicinal plants ..." London : Printed for the author ..., 1770. -- Special Collections. This image appeared in the Colonial WIlliamsburg book, "Flowers and Herbs of Early America".

Rare Books: Malva sylvestris. Brave Heart. Plate 31 of Edwards, John. The British herbal : containing one hundred plates of the most beautiful and scarce flowers and useful medicinal plants ... London : Printed for the author ..., 1770. -- Special Collections.This image appeared in the Colonial WIlliamsburg book, "Flowers and Herbs of Early America".