Morning Glories, Moonflowers, and Sweet Potato Blossoms
You're probably wondering - why this combination of flowers in blog post? They're all members of Convolvulaceae or bindweed family. The 1600+ members of this family are known for their funnel shaped symmetrical flowers. Each blossom has five sepals, five fused petals...
A Few Members of the Brassicaceae Family
In addition to the Stock and Toothwort photos I've recently shared, I have also photographed three other members of the Brassicaceae family. The 3700+ species in this family include not only vegetables such as mustards, cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower, radishes,...
A Few Spider Mums
Each fall several of the local botanical gardens have all sorts of Chrysanthemums on display - which means lots of fun photographic opportunities. The spider mums are probably my favorite type of Chrysanthemum. I thought I'd share a few of my Spider Mum photos from...
Toothwort
One of the spring wildflowers I love to see and photograph each year is Toothwort. There are two types of toothwort I usually see - Cutleaf Toothwort (cardamine concatenata) and Broadleaf Toothwort (cardamine diphylla). Both are members of the Brassicaceae (mustard)...
Roses on a Winter Day
As I'm writing this post - it's freezing cold here in Bethesda -and there's still some snow on the ground. And all I can think about is being back outside in a garden photographing flowers on a warm sunny day. So I thought I'd share a photos of Roses to remind us all...
5 Tips for Taking Great Close Up Photos of Flowers
As I looked back over my favorite photos from 2013 I realized just how many of them were close up photos of flower. Many of the photos show only part of a flower — not even a whole blossom. The close up photos have gotten a great response from people who have seen...
Stock – matthiola incana
One of the flowers I've photographed a couple of times is Stock (matthiola incana) which supposedly is a common garden flower - but I've only seen it at a couple of botanical gardens and don't ever remember seeing it available at local garden centers. Stock (also...
Chincoteague’s Beauty
In late December, Bill and I made a quick trip to Chincoteague VA. We spent time photographing and figuring out details for our January 24-26 workshop we'll be teaching there. I thought I'd share some of the photos I took that weekend. We photographed a wonderful...
Dwarf Ginseng – panax trifolius
Dwarf Ginseng (panax trifolius) is one of the delicate spring wildflowers I've only seen a few times in the mountains of North Carolina. The first time I saw it - it took me a while to figure out what it was. Since then, I've kept an eye out for it and have only found...
A Few Members of the Acanthaceae Family
In the past few years, I've photographed thousands of types of flowers - which means there are thousands and thousands of photos on my hard drive that haven't been edited or shared with anyone. Sometimes I'll have enough photos to write a blog post on a specific...
Photos Added 2013
As I’m making changes to my website – I’m making sure that all of my older photos are somewhere on my blog so I have a record of what went into production in what year. So I’ll be doing posts for each year’s photos.
Christmas at DuPont House and Around the Grounds – Longwood Gardens – 2013
And finally - my photos of Christmas at the DuPont House at Longwood Gardens - and in various locations around the grounds. The wonderful fruit theme continues . . . At DuPont House Each year, the staff at Longwood Gardens creates a tree just for the birds and other...