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Grape hyacinth (Muscari) blooming in my garden
9 04 2021Comments : 1 Comment »
Tags: botanical photography, Camera+ 2 app, flowers, garden photography, gardening, grape hyacinth, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iphone photography, iPhoneography, macro photography, muscari
Categories : botanical photography, Camera+ 2 app, Flowers, garden photography, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone photography, iPhoneography, Photography
Grape Hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum)
3 03 2013Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: bulb, flower, garden, gardening, grape hyacinth, Muscari armeniacum, Nikkor 105mm micro, Nikon D300
Categories : Flowers, gardening, Photography
Grape hyacinth (Muscari)
21 03 2012Comments : 1 Comment »
Tags: flower, garden, garden photography, gardening, grape hyacinth, Muscari Valerie Finnis, Nikkor 105mm micro, Nikon D300, plant, spring bulb
Categories : Flowers, gardening, Photography
Re-post: Blue than blue
11 09 2011Originally posted 2.2.2009
Remember that 1978 hit song, Bluer than Blue, by Michael Johnson? Check out the video on youtube. Kinda low budget video, isn’t it? Ah, well, it’s the song that matters, right? Another song of his that I love is, “The Moon is Still Over Her Shoulder.“
Let’s see—I’ve received three requests in response to my “what color collage next” question. One requested a collage showing variegation. One was a request for the color teal. Uh…thanks for the challenge, gals! And the third one was for blue, which just happened to be the color I was working on! (Jan of Thanks for Today blog and I were on the same wavelength.) I’ll work on those first two (more challenging) requests, but in the interim, here’s a collage of nothin’ but blue. Blue isn’t a really common color in the garden, yet I was surprised I had enough images in that color to create this collage. I would love to be able to grow the extra-heat-sensitive-needs-cool-rainy-summers (which we don’t have in Northern Virginia) lovely sky-blue Himalayan Blue Poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia), a native of southeastern Tibet.
Other blue flowers include:
Statice
Sea holly (Eryngium-–which I grow in my garden—and it is a beauty)
Hydrangea
Delphiniums
Chicory (shown below)
Love-in-a-mist (Nigella—shown below)
Cornflower
‘Heavenly Blue’ Morning Glory (shown below)
Forget-me-not
Bearded iris
Himalayan blue poppy (there are other shades of blue poppies as well)
Scabiosa (beautiful pale blue; I’ve grown them but they flop over too soon!)
Scilla
Veronica Speedwell
Globe thistle (Echinops)—I have several of these in my front garden
Muscari (grape hyacinth—some varieties lean more toward blue than deep purple)
Pride of Madeira (leans toward purple-blue—unbelievably beautiful plant—wish it would grow in our area)
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Karen’s garden: Grape Hyacinths
17 04 2011Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: flower, garden, gardening, grape hyacinth, macro photography, muscari, Nikkor 105mm micro, Nikon D300
Categories : Photography
Male House Sparrow
12 04 2011When I was sitting on our front porch photographing the potted Grape Hyacinths on Sunday afternoon, this little bird landed less than 10 feet away from me. I turned to get this quick “record” shot before it flew off. I did a bit of sleuthing and I think this bird is a male House Sparrow.
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Tags: bird, garden, gardening, grape hyacinth, Male House Sparrow, Nikkor 105mm micro, Nikon D300
Categories : Birds, gardening, nature, Photography, wildlife
Blooming in my garden: Grape Hyacinths
10 04 2011Comments : 2 Comments »
Tags: bloom, botanical, bulb, flower, garden, gardening, grape hyacinth, horticulture, macro photography, muscari, Nikkor 105mm micro, Nikon D300, spring
Categories : Flowers, gardening, Photography
Grape Hyacinth
21 03 2011Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: bloom, flower, garden, gardening, grape hyacinth, horticulture, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, macro photography, muscari, Nikkor 105mm micro, Nikon D300, plant, Richmond, spring, virginia
Categories : Flowers, gardening, Photography
Same time, last year
30 04 2009Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. —Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke
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Tags: bloom, Broken Tulips, daffodils, flower, garden, gardening, grape hyacinth, macro photography, muscari, Nikkor 105mm, Nikkor 105mm micro, Nikon D300, peony, Richmond, tulips, Violas, virginia
Categories : gardening, Photography
Ooooh…purdy!
6 04 2009Comments : 3 Comments »
Tags: flower, garden, gardening, grape hyacinth, Green Spring Gardens, macro photography, muscari, Nikkor 105mm, Nikon D300
Categories : gardening, Photography
Bluer than blue
2 02 2009Remember that 1978 hit song, Bluer than Blue, by Michael Johnson? Check out the video on youtube. Kinda low budget video, isn’t it? Ah, well, it’s the song that matters, right? Another song of his that I love is, “The Moon is Still Over Her Shoulder.”
Let’s see—I’ve received three requests in response to my “what color collage next” question. One requested a collage showing variegation. One was a request for the color teal. Uh…thanks for the challenge, gals! And the third one was for blue, which just happened to be the color I was working on! (Jan and I were on the same wavelength.) I’ll work on those first two (more challenging) requests, but in the interim, here’s a collage of nothin’ but blue! Blue isn’t a really common color in the garden, yet I was surprised I had enough images in that color to create this collage. I would love to be able to grow the extra-heat-sensitive-needs-cool-rainy-summers (which we don’t have in Northern Virginia) lovely sky-blue Himalayan Blue Poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia), a native of southeastern Tibet.
Other blue flowers include:
Statice
Sea holly (Eryngium-–which I grow in my garden—and it is a beauty)
Hydrangea
Delphiniums
Chicory (shown below)
Love-in-a-mist (Nigella—shown below)
Cornflower
‘Heavenly Blue’ Morning Glory (shown below)
Forget-me-not
Bearded iris
Himalayan blue poppy (there are other shades of blue poppies as well)
Scabiosa (beautiful pale blue; I’ve grown them but they flop over too soon!)
Scilla
Veronica Speedwell
Globe thistle (Echinops)—I have several of these in my front garden
Muscari (grape hyacinth—some varieties lean more toward blue than deep purple)
Pride of Madeira (leans toward purple-blue—unbelievably beautiful plant—wish it would grow in our area)
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Tags: aster, blue, chicory, Delphinium, dragonfly, flowers, garden, gardening, grape hyacinth, Heavenly Blue morning glory, hydrangea, insect, lady bug, love-in-a-mist, macro photography, muscari, nigella, Nikon D300, photography, succulent
Categories : gardening, Photography
Ah, spring!
9 04 2008Look what’s blooming in my garden now. I just love, love, love days (and photographic opportunities) like these! Sue calls the unusual pale blue grape hyacinth (center) “Lladro blue.” I thought that was a great description.
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Tags: flowers, gardening, grape hyacinth, photography, spring, tulips
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Blooming in my garden…
2 04 2008© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. www.cindydyer.com/GardenPhotos
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Tags: burro's tail, daffodil, gardening, grape hyacinth, muscari, photography, spring, tulip
Categories : gardening, Photography
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