Spring Firework
Took this, amongst others, in my mothers Wisconsin garden.
Daylily
They get their name from the fact that each flower lasts only one day. I took these photos at the Boerner Botanical Garden in Milwaukee.
Bismarck
This is a Silver Bismarck Palm which of course in real life is colored a light green so it looks silvery compared to other palms. But with the help of a black & white camera it truly is now a Silver Bismarck Palm. I took this photo in Key West FL.
Daylilies
Daylilies are popular, easy-to-grow, low-maintenance perennials that are tough, long-lived, and tolerant of neglect. They bloom profusely, though individual blooms only last a single day, and varieties number in the tens of thousands. Daylilies grow from fleshy roots, unlike true lilies that grow from bulbs. gardendesign.com
Daylily
They get their name from the fact that each flower lasts only one day. I took these photos at the Boerner Botanical Garden in Milwaukee.
Joshua tree
For scale this branch and flower is about 30" wide, the tree had 11 flowers and was 20' tall making it between 500 and maybe 1,000 years old. I took the photo last week in the Joshua Tree Byway area which borders Nevada, Utah & Arizona.
About the tree: First, they are not a tree but a Yucca plant that happens to resemble the size and growth pattern of a tree. They grow a fairly limited range within the Mojave Desert of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. They only grow between elevations of 2,000 and 6,000 feet. They tend to grow from 15 to 40 feet tall, usually only adding 2 to 3 inches each year. It will take around half a century for a Joshua Tree to reach full size. Wikipedia
Orchid
Orchids are one of the two largest families of flowering plants. There are over 28,000 currently accepted species of orchids and horticulturists have produced more than 100,000 hybrids. The number of orchid species is nearly equal to the number of bony fishes, more than twice the number of bird species, and about four times the number of mammal species. (Wikipedia)
Lillies
From my mother's garden in Wisconsin
White Pocket
White Pocket is a National Monument in Utah and also an appropriate name for this photo. Like many National Monuments out her, there are no amenities such as water, toilets or camping sites and the roads require a capable vehicle.
Bird of Paradise
Desert Bird of Paradise. Can grow as tall as 13 feet as a shrub or trimmed to a tree shape.
Zinnias
Cosmos
Boerner Botanical Gardens
Hibiscus
Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising several hundred species that are native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Member species are renowned for their large, showy flowers. Wikipedia
This was taken in my mothers Wisconsin garden.
Morning Sun
Walking through a farmers market bunches of cut flowers can make for a concentrated frame of color and shape.
Leucospermum
Saw it at a farmers market in So California. The guy had buckets of the most exotic cut flowers I've ever seen.
Water lilies
Water lilies, are beloved for their colorful and exotic-looking blooms, but they are more than just pretty plants. They also contribute to pond health. By covering the water surface, they shade the water and keep it cooler, which helps control algae that thrives in heat. Water lilies also shelter fish from birds of prey and filter out excess nutrients to further inhibit algae growth. When temperatures warm up in summer, water lilies' showy flowers open in the morning and close at night.
Black-eyed susan
Fragrant water-lily
Took this at a botanical garden in Milwaukee. It was an overcast day making the water look almost black which is a nice background for the lily to show off its color. Its found in permanent slow moving waters throughout North America where it ranges from Central America to northern Canada as well as Brazil.
Argentine cactus
Argentine cactus blooms throughout the day and night with spectacularly large 8" flowers. While the blooms only last 36-48 hours, they are splendid enough to attract eager pollinators during the night, which include bats and moths.
White Hibiscus
Soft red and white in the shadows.
Orchids
Walking around experimenting with my black & white camera I took this photo of deep blue almost purple orchids growing in deep shade.
Indian shot
Canna indica is commonly known as Indian shot. Canna indica has been a food crop cultivated by indigenous peoples of the Americas for thousands of years. Wikipedia
I took this photo at the Boerner Botanical Gardens in Milwaukee.
Joshua Tree
It is native to the arid Southwestern United States, specifically California, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. Based on growth estimates this 8 foot tree is 150-200 years old. If it survives the rigors of the desert, it can live for hundreds of years; some specimens survive a thousand years.
Shallow Water
Walking on the reef at low tide. The depth here is just a few inches which reveals water plants.
Garden Fireworks
Took this in my mother's garden.
Hibiscus
Pretty Bird
Bird of Paradise on a walk in Pacific Grove CA
Aspen Grove
Beautiful bright hike amongst white bark trees.
Barbados lily
Wisconsin
Dahlia
Wisconsin
Purple Coneflower
with big bee
Purple Coneflower
With Wisconsin visitor
Moms Garden
I'm not sure what type of plant it is but I like the way the yellow flower contrasts everything else.
Cardinal Flower
Wisconsin
Dense Blazing Star
Wisconsin
Black-eyed Susan
Wisconsin
Bumble Bee Buzz
This Day Lily with bee photo was taken at the Boerner Botanical gardens in Milwaukee. The Bumble bee lives in underground colonies with anywhere from 50 to 500 individuals. The buzzing sound you hear when they are on flowers is them vibrating by shivering their flight muscles at particular frequencies to help dislodge pollen from the anthers of flowers.
Claret Cup Cactus
Grows quite easily is SW Utah
Dahlia
Wisconsin
Full Sun
I was in a field with thousands of sunflowers. I found it interesting the number of insects that were in and around them making the field buzz.
Lily
Wisconsin Orange Lily
Beautiful Lines
More of natures perfect design work
Hibiscus
I took this hibiscus photo in Key West where as most places in the tropics they grow quite easily and in lots of colors.
Dahlia
Most likely....
Orange Daylily
Wisconsin
Lily Art
Boerner Botanical Gardens in Milwaukee has a large variety of whatever is in bloom when you visit.
Black-eyed Susan
Wisconsin
White Hibiscus – WI
Took this photo in my mother's garden in Wisconsin
Canna Indian Shot
Taken at Boerner Botanical Gardens in Milwaukee. Leica 24-90 76mm f5.6 1/25
Horseshoe geranium
Wisconsin
Yellow daylily
Wisconsin
Rose Shrub
California Coast
Sunrise
Sunflower farm in Wisconsin.
Rudbeckia
Wisconsin
10,000′ Wildflower
Not sure what it is but it was growing in a dark forest at 10,000 feet.
Hibiscus
Flowers are 8-10" wide and only last one day.
Zinnia
Friends garden in WI
Thistle
Daylily
And a friend, of sorts, I guess.
Orchid
Silver Bismarck
The palm, common in Florida, grows slowly to 30 feet or more...and each thick, fan-shaped frond can reach 10 feet in diameter.
Prickly Pear Cactus
A beauty and a beast, prickly pear is beloved for its blossoms and feared for its vicious spines. Its yellow, red, and orange cup-shape flowers last just one day, but a large clump of prickly pears will bloom for several weeks in summer, providing delicate beauty among the thorns. If you break off an "ear" and simply push it into the ground it will grow roots allowing a new plant will form.
Pacific Grove CA
I don't know what this plant is but the color and size really caught my eye.
Black-eyed Susan
Wisconsin
Delphinium
Took this photo in my mother's garden in Wisconsin.
In a dark woods
In July (10,500 feet) went to Cedar Breaks National Monument for the spring wildflower bloom. Due to low snowfall and rain the fields were pretty sparse but walking through the trees there were many flowers of different types. This is an Indian Paintbrush.
Determination
Walking through the Botanical Gardens in Salt Lake City on a day the air was thick with smog this one brilliant flower said "photograph me". In my home I print, frame and hang photos. I change them all out 1x a year as a form of redecorating. I happen to have this photo hanging on my wall and it's always an eye catcher when I walk by.
Simple Sea Grass
Walking on the Florida Keys reef at low tide in 4-10 inches of water one...
Water Lily
Boerner Botanical Gardens in Milwaukee. This lily is a Nymphaea.
Busy Bee
My mother in Wisconsin has quite the elaborate perennial garden. Every summer I really enjoy taking photos of the color, structure and sometimes the wildlife.
Rudbeckia
If this is correct it's also called a Black-eyed Susan. I took the photo in Wisconsin.
Argentine Giant Cactus
Argentine Giant Cactus - I took this photo in St George Utah in early May. Flowers are 8-10” wide. They bloom at night and only last one day.
Birches
Dry Stream Bed
Joined a photography club in Utah. One morning in White Pocket National Monument, Charles the club leader, yelled to me "look down" which I did but saw nothing but bare sandstone. I looked at him and again he yelled "just look down". So I pointed the camera in front of my feet and took a photo. He later explained most photographers are always looking up or out for a subject and walking past the down. From that day on, some of my (IMHO) more interesting photos are from also looking down.
Zinnias
Zinnias are one of the easiest flowers to grow because seeds require only basic garden preparation to sprout and the plants flower in just a few weeks; they can flourish with very little fertilizer and still produce flowers.
Chinese Aster
Rose with visitor
I wonder if it smells really good to the bee?
Phlox
Wisconsin
Perfection
Not sure what it is but the colors are striking. This was in my mothers Wisconsin garden.
Lillies
Florida Water Lillies
Gumbo Limbo Trees
These have since been downed by hurricane Irma
Lillies are amazing plants
Bonita Springs FL Botanical Gardens
Busy Bee
This is like taking a photo of a water scene and pretty boat happens to drift into the photo.
Florida Mangrove
With their sturdy root system they help preserve shorelines during hurricanes. Very heavily protected plant.
Old World Wisconsin
This garden and fence surround an original home built by German settlers in Wisconsin in 1860. The fence is made from woven branches without nails.
Wisconsin Garden
Nature's Art
Milkweed Pod
Waiting for the wind
Fall Sumac
Woodland Wildflowers
Bird of Paradise
Bird of Paradise
Bonita Springs
Botanical Gardens
Orchids
Key West
Mom’s Wisconsin Garden
Sunflowers against an interesting sky
I took this photo on a sunflower farm outside Madison WI