New Photo: Dogwood
Dogwood © 2013 Patty Hankins I’ve recently added a new photo – Dogwood – to my Beautifulflowerpictures.com website. One of the classic springtime scenes in the Smoky Mountains is a branch of beautiful dogwood blossoms (Cornus Florida) against the greens of the forest....
Links – May 31, 2013
Tabasco Peppers (c) 2010 Patty Hankins Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well Flower and Plant Links Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens has Self-Pollination of Bloodroot: Ensuring Reproductive Success in...
Fantasy & Texas Gold – Some Amazing Parrot Tulips
Not long ago, I spent a wonderful morning photographing tulips. It was at the beginning of May - so towards the end of tulip season. Among the tulips I photographed were two types of Parrot Tulips - Fantasy and Texas Gold. Parrot Tulips are usually among the last...
Pansies!
I love seeing pansies in the local gardens. They always look so bright and cheerful - especially when there isn't much else blooming either in the late fall or early spring. Here are some of the pansy photos I've taken over the years and haven't had a chance to share...
Beautiful Blue Poppies
Blue Poppy Center © 2013 Patty Hankins Blue is one of my favorite colors - whether it's a wonderful spring blue sky or the water in the Caribbean Sea. It's such a peaceful calming color. Which is why when I see a blue flower - I just have to photograph it. There...
New Photo: El Nino Tulips
El Nino Tulips © 2013 Patty Hankins I’ve recently added a new photo – El Nino Tulips – to my Beautifulflowerpictures.com website. When I saw this group of El Nino Tulips - I knew I had to photograph them - and that when I printed the photo that it would be a panoramic...
Links – May 17, 2013
Chinese Five Color Peppers (c) 2010 Patty Hankins Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well Flower and Plant Links The Christian Science Monitor has Meet the floating plant that has Lake Victoria's economy in a chokehold...
More Bigleaf Hydrangeas
As I mentioned in last week's post about bigleaf hydrangeas - I realized that I had several sets of photographs of bigleaf hydrangeas that I've never shared with you. I posted photos of the Merritt's Surprise, Forever Pink and Mathila Gutges hydrangeas last week - and...
Mountain Flower Arts Festival – May 18-19 2013 – Dahlonega, GA
I will be at the at the Mountain Flower Arts Festival on the Public Square in Dahlonega, GA this weekend May 18-19 2013. I'm really looking forward to the show - it's my first show in Georgia in several yaers. I will have a number of new photographs on display...
New Photo: Pink & Purple Columbine
Pink & Purple Columbine © 2013 Patty Hankins I’ve recently added a new photo – Pink & Purple Columbine – to my Beautifulflowerpictures.com website. Each year in early May, Columbine blooms at the local botanical gardens in a rainbow of colors. I spotted this set of...
Links – May 10, 2013
Opening Night Rose (c) 2010 Patty Hankins Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well Wildlife Links The Nature Conservancy has How to Create a Bird-Friendly Backyard Express has The dawn chorus is dying out as bird...
Having so much fun with my Crown Graphic!
Bill and I have been out photographing with several of our large format film cameras recently. Not only is it lots of fun - but we want to make sure we've got all the cameras in good working order for our June 15 workshop Retro Photography for the Digital Age:...