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This is a succulent plant that's part of our drought tolerant landscaping. I like the colors and shapes of these interesting plants, and decided to document one of them this morning.
Lighting stuff: Lit from about 4 o'clock at camera right using a YN560-III in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box that was just out of the frame on the right. I kept the soft box as close as I could to the plant, because I wanted soft lighting. The flash, in manual mode, was triggered by 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. In the description for that set, I list resources that I've used to learn how to light with off camera flash, and the equipment that I use. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
If you like pictures of cactus and succulents, you might not hate my Cactus and Succulents set. That set can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157633383093236/...
The bold as can be, echinacea 'Cheyenne Spirit' brings fiery color into the garden.
From the Swallowtail Garden Seeds collection of botanical photographs and illustrations. We hope you enjoy these images as much as we do.
We created two of these crevice bowls in our front garden using local slate and rock and alpine flora. Both are very drought tolerant plantings and require minimum watering.
Garden Photography
I have no idea what the real name of this succulent plant is, but it reminds my wife and me of a bunch of brains. There are stalks growing up from the plant that have lots of flowers, which you will see in the next image in my photo stream.
Lighting: Lit with a hand held Yongnuo flash in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box at camera left. The flash was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other pictures that I've taken of succulents are in my Cactus and Succulents album.
While walking along the bluffs there were views to the south. Several hotels are visible in Pismo Beach, a popular vacation destination.
This rose is part of a drought tolerance experiment at the college where my mom works. It is being posted for the curve edition of Macro Mondays.
Happy Fence Friday
Interdune boardwalk
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from our Mexican Buckeye...I promise this will be the last shot of this particular tree!...I adore it but afraid it's worn out its welcome with so many posts of it~
...it's also a native of our area. However we bought these to get them started around here and reproduce...with our help of planting seeds of course.
Quivertree, or Kokerboom, on a rock-strewn hill, overlooking a Namibian plain. Winter flowering, its yellow blooms can be seen here.
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.
Peacock flower that is, and one that blooms all the long hot summer and into Fall. This one is right down the street and is still handling the heatwave and endless summer that gets some of us weaker beings down.
They're making their brown bean pods now, an added dimension to their show.
This succulent had a beautiful white flower yesterday and it's a pity she did not come back today.
"A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet." -
Anna Held
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Ferocactus latispinus
Common Name(s): Crow's Claw Cactus, Devil's Tongue Cactus
Synonym(s): Cactus latispinus, Bisnaga recurva, Cactus recurvus, Ferocactus recurvus, Cactus nobilis, Echinocactus spiralis, Echinocactus cornigerus, Bisnaga cornigera, Ferocactus nobilis
Native Habitat: Northern Mexico
Flower: Purple, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common
R. Porch's Private Collection
Three years ago I planted one rosette of "Hen and Chicks" (Sempervivum) in a pot in my garden. It sent out runners and filled the pot with small rosettes ("chicks"). I moved the pot several times, and some of the "chicks" that grew over the edge of the pot must have broken off and fallen to the ground. Now I have large mounds of very fresh and attractive Sempervivum in several places in my yard. I know they are drought-resistant because I never water them ; -)
About 30 years ago when we were first landscaping our property, I wanted a privacy hedge. I then saw an article in the Los Angeles Times recommending the pineapple guava plant as one of the most rewarding plants that we could grown in our area. Attractive shrubbery, beautiful blossoms great tasting fruit in the fall, and fairly fast growing. It's also reasonable drought tolerant. It's now an 8 foot hedge with wonderful fruit that we eat in the fall. It is neither in the pineapple or guava family
I lit this with a YN560-III in an 8.6 inch Lastolite softbox hand held at camera left. The flash was in manual mode, and was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant album. 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.
End... well almost the end of the hot dry season
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia obesa
Common Name(s): Basketball, Sea Urchin, Baseball, Living Baseball, Gingham, Golf ball, Vetmensie
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Green, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
R. Porch's Private Collectionb
Photographed the Pearly Everlasting in the fields off of the Domtar Overlook section of the Bridge to Bridge Trail located in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Ferocactus latispinus
Common Name(s): Crow's Claw Cactus, Devil's Tongue Cactus
Synonym(s): Cactus latispinus, Bisnaga recurva, Cactus recurvus, Ferocactus recurvus, Cactus nobilis, Echinocactus spiralis, Echinocactus cornigerus, Bisnaga cornigera, Ferocactus nobilis
Native Habitat: Northern Mexico
Flower: Purple, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common
R. Porch's Private Collection
"The skunkbush sumac, also known as squaw bush or lemonade bush, forms pedestals by binding gypsum sand grains into a compact mass around its roots, branches, and trunk. In the spring before the leaves appear, clusters of yellow and white flowers make the plant stand out. The plant also produces red and orange berries used by American Indians to make a tart lemonade-like drink. The flexible stems of the plant were used for basketry and binding. The branches contain tannin, which is useful in producing dyes. Crushed leaves were used as an astringent to treat stings, bites, rashes, and sunburn."
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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Zinnia 'Zahara Double Raspberry Ripple'
Find your favorite zinnias to grow here and fill this world with their beauty. Flies sold separately, but not by us.
From the Swallowtail Garden Seeds collection of botanical photographs and illustrations. We hope you will enjoy these images as much as we do.
From the Swallowtail Garden Seeds collection of botanical photographs and illustrations. We hope you will enjoy these images as much as we do.
Photographed the Pearly Everlasting in the fields off of the Domtar Overlook section of the Bridge to Bridge Trail located in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada
Pearly everlasting prefers growing in sunny locations althought it can be found in part shady areas as well. It likes dry fields, along roadsides, disturbed soils, and the edges of wooded areas. This plant grows in Canada, the U.S., several countries in Europe, India, Japan, eastern Russia, South Korea, China and in several areas in the Himalayan Mountains.
Young leaves are edible when cooked.
Was walking across an parking lot landscape island and saw this fluffy coyote brush. the seed heads looked like dandelion seed heads. Totally surprising. One good gust of wind and they would all be gone. At least half of the plant was covered in a layer of seeds one inch thick.Tried my best to capture the images yet the seed heads were so thickly clustered they almost turned out blurry. Captured eleven images,all from the female variety.
Arizona Sun gaillardia.
Find showy, easy to grow blanket flowers.
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Bring deep red color to your garden your garden with Gaillardia flowers like this one.
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Find your favorite zinnias to grow and fill this world with their beauty.
From the Swallowtail Garden Seeds collection of botanical photographs and illustrations. We hope you will enjoy these images as much as we do.
From the Swallowtail Garden Seeds collection of botanical photographs and illustrations. We hope you will enjoy these images as much as we do.