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Taken at night in a back alley where I probably didn't belong.
It's not a jail or anything like that and I'm still curious what is behind that wall. Perhaps another night outing.
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Parodia werneri
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Notocactus uebelmannianus, Notocactus arachnites, Parodia crassigibba
Distribution: Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
Flower: Purple, Red
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia Polygona Hybrid
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Brown, Burgundy, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common in some Areas
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From your friendly Swallowtail Garden Seeds catalog photographer. We hope you will enjoy our collection of botanical photographs and illustrations as much as we do.
Some beautiful pumpkin succulent arrangements I have available for fall! They are made with real pumpkins, but they are not cut, so they will last for a few months.
Phlomis fruticosa
From the Swallowtail Garden Seeds collection of botanical photographs and illustrations. We hope you will enjoy these images as much as we do.
Commonly known as a Bush Sunflower, this is thriving (and heavily self-sowing) in my son's garden in San Diego.
A few years ago we converted our landscaping to mostly drought tolerant plants, because we're in the middle of an historic drought, and because we like cactus and succulents. This is an Aeonium plant, and I think it's quite beautiful. This is the second version of photographing this plant, and is a more traditional look at the plant using a macro lens and a softbox with strobe for light. I've also posted a more impressionistic look at the same plant, which you can see down below in the comments. The two images were taken about 20 minutes apart using different lenses and settings.
For this version, I used a YN560-III in an 8.6 inch Lastolite softbox 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 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/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/
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/...
Dry Garden at RHS Wisley, England: The gardens at RHS Wisley contain an area which is predominantly devoted to a ‘dry’ garden. This is close to the large and impressive tropical and sub-tropical greenhouses and contains plantings of Kniphofia, Achilleas and other drought tolerant plants in impressive naturalistic swathes - all interspersed with gravel paths and mulches.
Dry Gardens in England: Interest in ‘dry’ gardens has grown considerably over the past few years. Although people often view England as a ‘green and pleasant land’ with plentiful rainfall, this is not always the case. The east of the country is much, much drier than the west and in recent years much of Eastern England was subject to a ban on using hosepipes for garden irrigation. Weather patterns in the country seem to be getting more extreme and in 1996 the annual rainfall in the East Anglia region was less than that in Jerusalem or Beirut! These changes in weather patterns have stimulated gardener’s interest in growing more drought tolerant plants - which never need irrigation.
Many of the plants suited to dry gardens, such as Giant Verbascums, Perennial Grasses and Euphorbias also provide the garden with bold architectural statements giving all year round interest. When they have finished flowering many drought tolerant plants have stems and seed heads which look good and hold up well even when the first frosts arrive.
The hardiness rating of many plants also seems to be extended in dry garden conditions too. In these conditions plants seem better able to tolerate the cold winters as long as their roots don’t get waterlogged .
So, dry gardens really offer many advantages – no irrigation, some great architectural plants, a long season of interest, better hardiness rating and relatively low maintenance too. The other bonus is that plants that are happy in these conditions will often self-seed and propagate freely. With all these benefits I am sure we will be seeing many more dry gardens in the UK in the coming years!
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My garden was open to the public for the annual David Davis Mansion Glorious Garden Walk 2016. This is the side yard entrance to the gardens in back of our home.
This drought-tolerant ground cover, sometimes called Pink Carpet, is a succulent that produces small aster-like flowers with tiny hairs that reflect and refract light; the flowers seem to sparkle like ice crystals, hence the common name.
Cactus - I have no idea what kind - on one of our neighborhood walks, with a Jacaranda tree and its purple flowers in the background.
Santa Clara, California
The California Science Center in Los Angeles selected this photo for permanent display in its Ecosystems exhibit, which opened in March 2010.
This Plumbago fights for space with the Lassiandra at my front door. It's a mass of flowers right now, and with the deep purples of the Lassiandra, I just love it against the cream weatherboards.
Taken yesterday lunch time, Canon Powershot S3 IS, hand held, 12x zoom, natural dappled light.
Highest position #300 on Explore, March 11, 2008.
Thank you!!
II found these wild flowers growing alongside a dry creek bed in our neighborhood this morning. As you've probably heard, we're in the middle of a severe drought here and have had less than 6 inches of rain in the last 16 months. If these weren't native, drought tolerant plants, I don't see how they would have survived.
Lighting info for those interested in that sort of thing: The main light was a YN560-II in a 24 inch softbox camera left and in front at 8 o'clock. To show the luminous qualities of the petals, I hand held a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid, behind and camera right. The strobes, in manual mode, were 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. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
My Flickr account is mostly about improving my skills in order to document my home garden. This account is all about growing my subject matter. Garden and landscape first, photography second. Fun things happen along the way, like participating part-time in 365 Days in Colour, which expands my vision further.
I'd like to document my garden in three ways: Close-ups for detail, wide shots for context and interpretive shots just for fun. This image is an interpretation of an agave I saw the other day on a garden tour. Just planted my first one of these, but it's not as sexy as this one yet.
Working hard to complete a year-long garden renovation started last June. My desire is to create a special place for relaxation and entertaining that is lush, yet sustainable with minimal attention and water. It is a tall order and difficult at times. Looking forward to finishing the process, sharing with others and photographing wide shots to show the result of my efforts.
Thank you all for your support and encouragement!
Family: Euphorbioideae
Genus: Euphorbia aeruginosa
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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Composition with blue sky background. The red yucca is very durable and is widely used in our prairie for roadside plantings, boulevards and commercial building landscaping. It takes the heat and dry weather.
From Texas A&M University:
"Red Yucca, Red Hesperaloe
Hesperaloe parviflora
Agavaceae
Red yucca (which is not a yucca) is a stalwart in the landscapes of Texas and the southwest. Its dark green rosette of long, thin leaves rising fountain-like from the base provides an unusual sculptural accent, its long spikes of pink to red to coral bell-shaped flowers last from May through October, and it is exceedingly tough, tolerating extreme heat and cold and needing no attention or supplemental irrigation once established, although many people remove the dried flower stalks in the fall. Unlike yucca, the leaves are not spine-tipped, and have fibrous threads along the edges. Red yucca is native to Central and Western Texas. A yellow-flowered form has recently become available in nurseries, and a larger, white-flowered species native to Mexico, giant hesperaloe (H. funifera), which has only been found in one location in the Trans-Pecos, is also available. Hummingbirds are attracted to the flowers.
Plant Habit or Use: small shrub, medium shrub
Exposure: sun
Flower Color: pinkish red, coral, yellow
Blooming Period: spring, summer
Fruit Characteristics: woody capsule
Height: 3 to 5 feet
Width: 2 to 4 feet
Plant Character: evergreen
Heat Tolerance: very high
happy earthday friends, I am back!
I've been absent for more than a week from all photo activities because the hard drive that contains ALL of my photos that goes back 10+ years died. without any warning, the head of my drive failed. I've seen the death curve of a hard drive and I am one of those unlucky ones right at year 6.
I had a 1tb external drive from western digital. it is sitting at the most boring environment- on my desk. not mistreated, not shaken, not dropped, not anything. the day I came out of the 1st data recovery service was a somber day and a sobering one too- I realized all of my photos including family photos, my wedding photos can be gone forever.
we live in this digital age where the fondest and warmest memories are stored inside a tiny metal box only reachable via the virtual realm. you lose it, you lose that proof you've lived and you've existed. it's like in the movies where the bad guys threaten to wipe out all records so the world can go into chaos and start over again. that's the image going through my mind as I speed down ventura blvd. to find the 2nd data recovery service.
the 2nd data recovery service was better equipped and had a bigger operation. but it too gave me more bad news that the damage is not superficial, something inside is fried, burned out, crashed, stuck... insert your own adjective. whatever it is, they cannot get to it with their shop set-up.
"however- try PLATINUM DATA RECOVERY on westwood blvd., just next to the westside pavilion, they might be able to open it up and repair it", the engineered said. speeding on the 101 through the san fernando valley then down the 405, I was there in 30 minutes. that was exactly 1 week ago.
yesterday, the engineer adam who was in charge of my drive sent me an email with a link to a "snapshot" of what they have recovered. when I handed my drive to senior engineer david at platinum, he believe the chances are good, but he made no promises. each drive is different and each situation is different. they were honest and professional, but they're confident they can get 90% of the data out if not 100. when I clicked on the link, I was bawling because it was 100% of my hard drive, same folder structure, down to the files.
I used only 50gb or 5% of that drive for storing photos, but it is pretty much 100% of my life's story.
I am probably low on the scale of horrible hard drive stories. but the fact that I'm also a photographer with many many years of original photography work, let's just say even somehow and if I take a second, third or 10th shot of the same scene, it will never been the same as the original. yes, birthdays will repeat. someone somewhere might have another shot of your wedding day. in the cloud somewhere, in the recipient's computer, you can get a file back with a bit of work. but photos man, it is different.
but at the end of the day, the folks at platinum data recovery got my stuff back. happy earthday!
as promised, I wrote 2 positive reviews on facebook and yelp. this here is my 3rd.
The emergence of flower buds; a symbol for the new year.
Wishing all my friends a New Year full of joy, peace and happiness.
Inflorescence of plant aka Hylotelephium spectabile, ice plant, showy stonecrop and butterfly stonecrop, in family Crassulaceae
At Atlantic Dunes Park, Delray Beach.
Helianthus debilis (Beach Dune Sunflower) needs to be planted in full sun. It has small sunflower looking flowers and produces flowers year-round. It will reseed itself and spread. It is drought and salt tolerant and is a Florida native.
The flower heads are around same size as a US silver dollar or Canadian Loonie (though that’s not an even exchange rate these days!). I returned to the same beach a day after making this image and the flower heads were already spent.
Lovingly dedicated to the two women dearest in my life. For my sister, Josephine, who celebrates her birthday today in the Philippines and for my mother who left this world 12 Halloweens ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRZdMq2ZF88 My favorite Birthday Song for my sister!
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus:Deuterocohnia brevifolia
Common Name(s): Dwarf Bromeliad
Synonym(s): Abromeitiella chlorantha, Abromeitiella brevifolia
Native Habitat: Argentina, Bolivia
Flower: Green
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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Thanks to author and succulent expert Debra Lee Baldwin for identifying this as Crassula rupestris ssp. marnieriana. There are a lot of similar "necklace" type crassula hybrids whose leaves are a little thinner or fatter, pointed or rounded, and their coloration varies according to season, so ID can be a little tricky.
And thanks to all my Flickr friends for your comments : this made EXPLORE on Jun 23, 2010 at #419!
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Echinopsis tubiflora
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Cereus tubiflorus, Echinopsis albispinosa, Echinopsis oxygona
Native Habitat: Argentina
Flower: White
Cultivar Availability: Very uncommon
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Painted, replaced and renewed. The new landscape design for the patio takes less work and water while giving more (fruit & veg) than last year. View into the east corner of the patio. Much of the plant material is new this year and water conserving. Vines along a fence separate the patio from the lawn and picnic area which is shaded by an avocado tree and liquidambars.
Walking through the Sunset Park district of Santa Monica one discovers plants like this. Many front yards display non-traditional, diverse and water-wise plantings that adapt well to the arid conditions of Southern California. This garden has several ornamental grasses arranged with geometric simplicity.