by hankinslawrenceimages | Sep 1, 2009 | News
Renoir Lilies (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Renoir Lilies is the BeautifulFlowerPictures.com Photo of Month. When I saw this group of pink and white lilies, surrounded by the yellow yarrow, I knew I had to photograph it. I just loved the way the colors and shapes work together.
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by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 21, 2009 | Flowers, Liliaceae Family, Wildflowers
On our recent trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway, I photographed a fantastic wild lily. Bill and I were driving along Rt. 56 between the Blue Ridge Parkway and Montebello, Virginia when I spotted a splash of red along a hillside. We were on our way to Crabtree Falls, so planned to stop back at the flower on our way back to the Blue Ridge Parkway.
On our first pass by the area where I’d seen the flower on our return trip, we didn’t see anything. So we turned around, and finally spotted the flower. Since there was no where to park, Bill dropped me off and proceeded to spend the next 15 minutes driving up and back this section of Rt 56 while I photographed the flower.
Then came the challenge of figuring out what it was that I’d been photographing. I knew it was a wild lily – but I didn’t think it would be too hard to identify. It was a red lily than hung down from the stem. The petals curved partway back. And the underside was spotted.
It turned out – that there wasn’t anything similar in any of my wildflower books. After some searching, I thought there was a good chance that it was a red variety of a Canada Lily – Lilium Canadense. The problem was – most online descriptions of Lilium Canadense – say that there are multiple stems and flowers (up to 20) on each plant. A little more research – and help from several wonderful friends on Twitter – I decided it really was a lilium canadense.
So here are the photos of a red Canada Lily.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 11, 2009 | Flowers
As I was looking through some of my photos on Flickr, I realized that I have several photos of pink lilies that I’ve never posted to the blog. So here they are – several Asiatic lilies – in wonderful shades of pink.
The first three lilies were photographed at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
First is a Canaletto Lily
Canaletto Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
A Samur Lily
Samur Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
A Baywatch Lily
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
And finally a group of Renoir Lilies photographed at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond, Virginia
Renoir Lilies (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
I’ve been having a wonderful time photographing all the different varieties of lilies. It seems that everytime I’m at any of the botanical gardens in the area – I discover more wonderful lilies. 🙂
by hankinslawrenceimages | Mar 3, 2009 | Flowers
I’ve recently photographed several lilies in various colors and varieties. In my neighborhood in the summer, it’s not uncommon to see a garden with several types of lilies. However, the local lilies just don’t compare to the ones I’ve been photographing at some nearby botanical gardens.
Here are some of my favorite lilies I’ve recently photographed.
Eyeliner Lily II (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Belladonna Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Presidente Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Baywatch Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Bonsoir Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
I don’t know what the weather has been like where you live – but it’s been cold and snowy here in Bethesda. So I figured a nice sampling of lilies would remind all of us that better weather is coming.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Sep 28, 2008 | Flowers, Photo Locations
After seeing so many of Cindy Dyer’s spectacular photographs of flowers taken at Green Spring Gardens, I headed over there one August morning. Green Spring Gardens is a public garden in Alexandria, Virginia run by the Fairfax County Park Authority.
What I discovered was a wonderful set of gardens – with organized flower beds, plants tucked under trees, trails through the woods with wildflowers identified and so much more. Clearly Green Spring Gardens is going to be a place I return to on a pretty regular basis.
Some of the most spectacular flowers I photographed that morning were a couple types of lilies that I had never seen before.
The first was a lily that grows on a stalk, without very many surrounding leaves. There are several flowers at the top of each stalk. The blossoms can be found in various shades of pinks and purples.
I finally found a sign telling me what type of flower they were – Lycoris Squamigera. The common names for these flowers are surprise lily, magic lily or resurrection lily.
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
Since photographing the surprise lilies at Green Spring Gardens – I’ve seen them growing in several gardens in my neighborhood.
The second type of lily I discovered at Green Spring Gardens was a variety of the pineapple lily. The column of petite flowers was like nothing I’d ever seen before. I had no idea what it was – fortunately a few of my online friends were able to identify it for me.
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
I also photographed a few other flowers at Green Spring Gardens – I’ll post them to the blog in another post soon.
Green Spring Gardens is open from dawn to dusk seven days a week. There is no fee charged for visiting the gardens. I had no problems photographing with tripod at Green Spring Gardens.
