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A heat-loving and drought-tolerant herbaceous perennial grown as an annual, sometimes known as the Everlasting Flower and of the daisy family and native to Australia.
I like the colour of this one more than the yellows and oranges.
Gazania /ɡəˈzeɪniə/ is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Southern Africa. They produce large, daisy-like composite flowerheads in brilliant shades of yellow and orange, over a long period in summer. They are often planted as drought-tolerant groundcover.
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Echeveria 'Iresina' blooming in my San Diego garden. Echeveria are plants native to remote, mountainous terrain between 1,000 and 4,000 feet elevation. They range from Mexico to Argentina.
Never have been a big fan until I saw this flower close-up. We have always had it in our yards and California uses it alongs its highways due to its hardiness and little maintenance that is required. It is is poisonous, however, so keep pets and children away.
Echeveria 'Pulvinata Ruby' (a.k.a. Ruby Slippers) blooming in my San Diego garden. Echeveria are plants native to remote, mountainous terrain between 1,000 and 4,000 feet elevation. They range from Mexico to Argentina.
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Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Many of these plants cannot withstand our winter climate and must be lifted and removed to a greenhouse. Others are cut back to the ground and will re-emerge in Spring. Some species are hardy enough to withstand the cold and wet temperatures.
Mother Of Thousands Succulent Flowers. Nikon 200mm Macro.
Flower of the Week Unforgettable Flowers Group.
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Queen Lime Green zinnias. Find unique zinnias for your garden.
From the Swallowtail Garden Seeds collection of botanical photographs and illustrations. We hope you will enjoy these images as much as we do.
Dracaena draco, also known as the Dragon Tree, is a truly remarkable plant native to the Canary Islands and nearby regions. With its thick trunk, spiky leaves, and umbrella-like canopy, this tree is easily recognizable. One of its most fascinating features is the red resin it produces, famously referred to as "dragon's blood," which has been valued throughout history for its medicinal properties and use as a dye.
This highly drought-tolerant plant thrives in arid environments and well-draining soil, making it a popular choice for both indoor and outdoor settings. Its cultural significance in the Canary Islands cannot be overstated, as it symbolizes longevity and resilience. Some Dragon Trees, such as the renowned Dragon Tree of Icod de los Vinos, are believed to be centuries old.
The Dragon Tree is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild due to habitat loss, over-exploitation, and climate change.
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• Dragon Tree
Scientific classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
Genus: Dracaena
Species: D. draco
Cenobio de Valerón, Santa María de Guía, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias
Fiery Meadow Mama Coneflower with a visiting bee collecting pollen found in one of the many flower gardens located in the Schumacher Lions Park and Trail located in the community of Schumacher in the Township of Tisdale in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada
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Came across this huge Ice Plant growing unkept in a vacant lot. They are very drought tolerant and hardy and make for a beautiful show in ones garden.
Processed in Topaz.
Unfortunately no spectacular sunset, but the stroll with the woman ranger was very interesting!
"Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert, creating the world's largest gypsum dunefield. White Sands National Park preserves a major portion of this unique dunefield, along with the plants and animals that live here."
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The Quivertree, or Kokerboom, occurs sporadically throughout Namibia, usually on rocky slopes. Its name refers to its supposed use by the Bushmen for making quivers for their arrows. They are winter-flowering and the yellow blooms can be seen here.
Old shot, Luminar4 editing.
Nature's spiral secret, unfolding in a dance of green and white. An Aloe aristata, commonly known as the "Lace Aloe" or "Guinea-Fowl Aloe." This succulent is recognized by its rosette shape, spiky edges, and white spots on dark green leaves.
This flower is very pretty with orangey red petals it is also very easy to look after provided that it is planted in the correct position. It is an evergreen plant and the flowering season starts in late spring, it is also drought tolerant once it is established and likes well drained soil.
Pre-script P.S. Complete misidentified this morning. This is not a Violet romulea but rather a Cyclamen hederifolium, aka Sowbread
Was making my almost daily tour of the garden when I spotted, tucked away between a couple of boulders, these flowers. They weren't there the day before, and they were gone three days later. That was in late June. I think I have an identification down as of this morning. (And I was wrong!)
It is Cyclamen hederifolium, the ivy-leaved cyclamen or sowbread, a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. These flowers are on about 18 inch stems and the flowers are about five inches "tall." I never got the opportunity to see "what's inside," but it's on my 2022 "watchlist."
It is native to woodland, shrubland, and rocky areas in the Mediterranean region from southern France to western Turkey and on Mediterranean islands, and naturalized farther north in Europe and in the Pacific Northwest.
Like many areas in the Western United States, we are experiencing drought conditions in southern California, and as a result have replaced much of our previous landscaping with cactus and drought tolerant succulents. This succulent is one of our relatively new additions.
Lighting stuff: The main light was a Yongnuo manual flash in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box positioned at camera left and just out of the frame. Fill light is from a hand mirror at camera right. The back lighting you see came from a second Yongnuo flash in a Rogue grid (to focus the light) positioned behind the flower at camera right. The two strobes and my tripod mounted camera were triggered with a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. For each image in the set, and there are over 1700 of them, I describe how I set up the lighting for that particular shot. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/
If you like pictures of cactus and succulents, you might enjoy my Cactus and Succulents set. That set can be seen here, and has over 400 images in it.
The Gazania plant produces a large amount of flowers that are multi coloured and in various shades they also are known by other names such as ‘African Daisies and Treasure Flowers. These flowers are very pretty and grow easily from seed and will flower from June until September giving you a great splash of colour, they belong in the family of Asteraceae which are native to Africa, they are also drought tolerant and they are also light sensitive meaning that the petals will close up when it starts getting dusk and also on cloudy dull days, an interesting plant.
This flower just opened up today on a prickly pear cactus growing on our rural property.
Lighting: I used camera settings that let the background go quite dark. Lighting is from a Yongnuo manual flash at half power in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box hand held at camera left and just out of the frame. The flash and my tripod mounted camera were triggered with a Yongnuo RF-603N. I used side lighting because that creates the shadows that reveal shapes and textures.
Other plants, flowers, fruit or stuff that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. For each image in the set, and there are over 1500 of them, I describe how I set up the lighting for that particular shot. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/
If you like pictures of cactus and succulents, you might enjoy my Cactus and Succulents set. That set can be seen here, and has over 400 images in it.
I photographed this plant in the garden this morning where it was backlit by the early morning sun. I used camera settings that let the background go dark, but not black, and then lit the plant with a hand held Yongnuo flash in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box hand held above and to the right at 2 o'clock. The flash and my tripod mounted camera were triggered with a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other succulent and cactus pictures that I've taken can be seen in my creatively titled Cactus and Succulents album.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157633383093236
I've photographed a lot of plants and flowers, because they're all around us, work cheap, and never complain. I have an album of these images with over 1200 pictures, and for each one, I have described how I lit them, in case you're interested in that kind of thing.
Unfortunately no spectacular sunset, but the stroll with this woman ranger (Jody Foster look alike) was very interesting!
"Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert, creating the world's largest gypsum dunefield. White Sands National Park preserves a major portion of this unique dunefield, along with the plants and animals that live here."
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Okra is sometimes known as Ladies Fingers and is a perennial plant but it is often grown as an annual and it is thought that it is related to cotton, cocoa, and hibiscus. The flowers are about 4 – 8 cm in diameter with five white to yellow petals and have a red or purple spot at the base of each petal. Okra is among the most heat and drought tolerant vegetable species in the world and can tolerate an array of different soil types. An interesting fact I found was that Okra comes in two varieties green and red, the red Okra carries the same flavour as the green but when cooked the red Okra pods they turn green.
A sharp and pointy agave sunning itself on my patio. A subtle shift in hue and punch in saturation here... hey, this is California.
This is a new addition to our desert garden, and it's the first year that it's bloomed. Sadly, I have no idea of the name of the plant.
Lighting stuff: I used a camera setting that caused the background to go quite dark and then added light to the flower using a YN560-III in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box. The flash, in manual mode, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other pictures that I've taken of cactus flowers are in my Cactus and Succulents set. In the Southwestern U.S,, where I live, there are lots of cactus.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157633383093236/
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. In the description for that set, I list resources that I've used to learn how to light with off camera flash. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
Joel Mbithi, farm manager of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute's Kiboko Research Station, on an experimental maize plot. He collaborates in producing drought tolerant top-cross hybrids as part of the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project. This is run by the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) in partnership with Monsanto and CIMMYT, which supplies germplasm and expertise.
Photo credit: Anne Wangalachi/CIMMYT.
The lack of water in California has not stopped Spring. Drought tolerant plants bloom with unbelievably brilliant color, despite no April showers.
This scene is similar to what you might find in many parts of California. No wonder it is known as the Green and Gold State.
It won't be long before the lengthening shadows overcome these trees.
Snowfall in the Sierra Nevada melts, drains into the Owens Valley, then travels 400 miles south to my garden hose in Los Angeles.
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Thanks, Tony from Sydney, for the ID. I came close to guessing its common name since the foliage really does resemble cats' paws, at least those six-toed Hemingway cats. It's also called bear paws.
Photographed at Hashimoto Nursery in West Los Angeles.
This is the stalk growing out of the "succulent brain" plant growing in our drought tolerant garden. The previous picture in my Flickr photo stream shows the base of the stalk. The first comment below shows that picture.
Lighting: Lit with 2 Yongnuo strobes in 24 inch soft boxes positioned on either side of the stalk. The strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. I used a shutter speed that allowed the background to show in the picture.
Other pictures that I've taken of succulents are in my Cactus and Succulents album.