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Air plants: not just a revival of the 70s, but a plant of the future.
Experimenting with 'product photography' and Photoshop to create the reflection.
Photographed in the Regional Parks Botanic Garden in Berkeley, CA pm August 15,2022. It is a botanic garden of California Native Plants.
Mertensia virginica - Virginia Bluebell
The drooping florets are troublesome for bees, so butterflies are their main pollinator.
There is a silent eloquence
In every wild bluebell
That fills my softened heart with bliss
That words could never tell.
-Anne Bronte
I'll admit I have a brown thumb, my house plants always die. I purchased this two years ago because it was supposed to be maintenance free, a desert plant from Africa.
Well nothing is ever easy. Too much water, the leaves turn yellow and fall off. Too little water and the leaves start to turn brown. I had just about given up when, seemingly out of nowhere, a flower appeared! Yay...and there's more on the way!
(Another surprise was that it was supposed to be pink with a white center!)
i love plants--veggies, herbs, flowers, even some weeds. when i dig in the dirt, i feel both empowered and completely in tune with nature.
the watering isn't a chore. i enjoy nurturing my plants--talking, tending, and watering. gardening brings out my sense of wonder and my playfulness. yay for that.
(now you: hobby)