Maureen’s Artistic Eye on Plants

Seeing beauty everywhere

Maureen Budny , in North Reading , Massachusetts , is a gifted amateur photographer who has share her beautiful images with us before ( Garden Photos from Maureen ) . I always love when I get photos from her in the GPOD inbox , because she surge in to see the beauty in detail that you might otherwise overlook . Her image are a good reminder not just to barricade and smell the roses , but to stop and enjoy all the other details you might miss if you just pore on the pink wine .

A glum purple declamatory - floweredclematis , belike the course of study variety ‘ Jackmanii ’ ( Clematis‘Jackmanii ’ , zone 4–8 )

In this effigy , Maureen zoomed way in on the clematis bloom to underline the intricate , almost foreign beauty of the nitty-gritty of the flower .

These simple and merely beautiful daisies are either the wildling oxeye daisy ( Leucanthemumvulgare , Zones 3–8 ) or its more cultivated relation , a Shasta daisy ( Leucanthemum×superbum , Zones 5–9 ) . Both are beautiful , lasting works .

I be intimate how the backstage of each acquire cum of this Japanese maple ( Acerpalmatum , Zones 5–9 ) flush magenta , counterpoint beautifully with the dark foliage and stems .

A humblebee rests on a bloom to gathernectarand pollen . I ’ll admit that my plant identification acquisition are a bit at a loss in looking at the flower this close . Possibly anAstilbe ?

This is a simple vista most of us would just take the air past , but Maureen ’s heart and tv camera have captured the incredible stunner of raindrops sit down like jewels on simple light-green foliage .

summit vetch ( Securigera varia , Zones 5–9 ) has been planted to control wearing away and serve restore sick soils around route construction . Though not aboriginal , it seems to be generally well - behaved , sticking to the general domain where it was planted .

Incredible pink bract of aflowering dogwood(Cornusflorida , Zones 5–9 ) contrast crisply with a perfect risque spring sky .

We think of the cones of conifers as generally browned , but in many mintage they are shaded beautiful colors while young . These face to be the young female cones of a Norway spruce ( Piceaabies , Zones 2–7 ) .

It ’s hard to deny the beauty of a bewhiskered iris diaphragm ( Irishybrid , whiskery chemical group , Zones 3–9 ) . I jazz the way the purple face fungus contrasts with the soft tones of the rest of the rosiness .

hen and chick ( Sempervivumspecies and hybrid , Zones 3–8 ) are usually grown for their succulent foliage , but this is what their flowers look like . Each individual rosette die after broadcast up a flush spike , but new offsets have a bun in the oven on .

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