A view seldom noticed, of the inside of a hydrangea.
Still life of miniature purple tulips on a silver tray.
This one for a loving card / A heart of hydrangea and an arrow of lavender, WITH LOVE. / / /
Euphorbia ‘Thai Hybrid’ Pink 3G
Group of Pink Fraganpani’s.
inspired by Van Gogh style… / my blue period © MCN: C9558-823EE-AE44A . / . / .
Flowers sprawl over this curved oak bench (made from 5” kiln dried oak) where two can fit to enjoy this sunny corner of an old cottage garden in the scottish borders… For the lovely benches group / ;) See also retreat
Mornington Peninsula Sorrento ’’ St Pauls ’’ surf beach. /
The same image as previous upload with a touch of Fractalius and converted to Duotone with cyanotype tones
Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) Brightly coloured flowering annual that is heat and drought tolerant and thrives in hot, sunny positions and is grown for its ferny grey-green foliage as well as its colourful flowers. They do well in poor well drained soil, and don’t mind the frost. They flower continually for months. Plants can be short-lived but often self-seed. California Poppy is related to the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), but does not contain opiate alkaloids. Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. Canon PowerShot A650 IS / 12.1MP – 6x Optical Zoom – 4x Digital Zoom
A macro shot of a group of yellow chrysanthemums.
Captured with Epson 4990
i love flowers n these are done in water coloures…........
its a water colour painting….. / reevs water colours and cold press handmade paper!
Our peach tree is in bloom. March 12, 2009 / Manchester, Georgia Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500) / Aperture: f/2.8 / Focal Length: 100 mm / ISO Speed: 200
Another trip out to the swarming of ladybirds that I have been reporting on at Mount Burr South Australia. This time we took them flowers!!!!!! The thousands I have posted on recently have dwindled to small groups of twenty to thirty and are slowly moving on. They climbed aboard our flowers which gave us opportunities to take some images a little different to those uploaded over the last few days. I promise the ladybirds shots will stop soon but they are just such brilliant works of nature that I can’t help keep going back whilst they are there. Canon 400D 18 – 55 lens with two stage extension tubes and speedlight.
Serruria Florida – Blushing Bride Serruria Florida is popularly called the ‘Blushing Bride’. It was extinct in the wild until a fire germinated some seeds on the Franshoek mountains. / The blushing bride is a single stemmed, erect, evergreen shrub, 0.8-1.5×0.5 m. Flowering stems branch off the main stem producing fine, dissected leaves and end in terminal flowering buds. It produces 1-8 ivory to pink flowers per branch. It flowers from July to October and produces nut-like seeds which are released about two months later. Serruria florida is one of the faster growing Proteaceae species and adult plants start dying after about twenty years. This species is critically endangered as it is threatened by alien invasive species such as hakea and pines. Too frequent fires are a critical threat to the remaining wild populations, as immature plants are not given enough time to produce seeds that will rejuvenate the underground seed bank. Serruria florida naturally occurs on the Franschhoek side of the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve. It grows on mountain slopes in soils derived from granite, which is found below the sandstone soils typical of the Table Mountain Group. Derivation of name and historical aspects / The genus Serruria comprises 55 species, including the beautiful species S. rosea and S. aemula. Serruria florida was first collected by Swedish botanist Carl Thunberg in 1773. It was recorded and described but not again seen or collected for another 110 years. Professor MacOwan found the Franschhoek population which was then cultivated at Kirstenbosch and later presented to royalty in England. The genus was named after J. Serrurier, a professor of botany at the University of Utrecht in the early eighteenth century. The species name florida refers to the Latin meaning free-flowering or producing abundant flowers. Its common name, blushing bride, was derived from folklore. One version states that a young man would court a maiden, presenting her with a flower. The deeper the shade of pink, the more imminent the proposal, causing the maiden to blush. Another follows similar lines, stating it was custom for a young gentleman to wear a flower in his lapel when he was about to propose. The deeper the pink of the flower the more ardent his affection for the maiden and again the result would be a blushing maiden or bride to be. Other origins suggest that the flower became a popular bridal posy or that the flower itself resembled a bridal gown. These beautiful flowers are pollinated by insects. Seeds are released and dispersed by ants in their underground nests, which form the seed bank. Serruria florida is one of the fynbos species that is highly dependant on a fire ecosystem. The parent plants will die in a fire and only seeds survive to form the next generation. Seeds will only germinate after fire has occurred. Too frequent fires destroy the natural seed bank as young seedlings require two years before they are mature enough to produce flowers and the new seed crop / Information from:http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantqrs/serrurflorid.htm
A Collage of pictures taken at the English Garden in Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg MB, Canada. September 7th,2009 / All photo were shot with a Canon PowerShot A570 IS.
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