photography by kimmy > cultivated plants (19)
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black tulip
~kimmy apr.04
I've had these black tulip bulbs for 3 years and every year they awe us. They are trully stunning, though not truly black...such ephemeral blossoms. the photo really doesn't do it justice. i'll take much better photos next year.
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Clematis, May 2005
Richmond, Virginia
Here's what I know about clematis. I had a few vines and killed them swiftly. THEN, I heard a woman on NPR talking about clematis a few years ago. She said it would be a good idea to sacrifice the first years blooms and to always keep the roots cool. Well, worked for me. This vine is four years old.
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orientel poppy
~kimmy may.04
Poppies make me happy. Before they bloom, their little fuzzy buds bob on the ends of fuzzy green stems and then one day they explode open, revealing crinkly, paper thin intensely colored petals....THEN, once I peer inside the flower I get the surprise of seeing wavy thick black stamens atop a sunbursty pod thingy. The pod thingy becomes more apparent once the petals fall way and then I get to watch the pods die and dry up into interesting flower fossils and I pop the top of of the pods and spread the little poppy seeds all over the ground in autumn. The poppy really satisfies me on so many levels and through all of the seasons......oh, and of course the right species of poppy can yield a profound cup of tea.
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Chianti sunflower
Chianti sunflowers: cultivated and photographed my man! Now that they are in full bloom several neighbors have asked for seeds!
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backyard gourd temple_4.jpg
I put many old gourd seeds under the bamboo structure and it looked as though each and every one of them was no longer fertile. Then, in late August a corsican gourd seed was finally coaxed into fertility.....voila! a happt traipsng gourd vine in our wild urban , backyard habitat.
photographed 4 September 2005, Richmond, Virginia
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Tri-color Beech Tree
Wow! Stunning leaves.
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Hydrangea
this hydrangea was given to me by my father and his wife as a college graduation gift. they thought it was a bush with big white balls that i had wanted but it turned out to be a hydrangea which worked out well because we now have a little collection of hygrangea. we have two mophead hydrangeas which have the blue flowers, though they are distinctly different varieties and the other is a peegee hygrangea ( Paniculata Hydrangea) with white elongated flower custers that fade to pink as they age. this one is especially lovely, i think.
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Joseph's Coat Rose
A neighbor gave me this lovely rose on my birthday a few years ago. It suffers from black fungus and aphids but we enjoy the multicolored flowers just the same.
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Cinnamon Ferns Emerging
They look like baby birds...
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Starburst, Clerodendrum quadriloculare
specimen from Phillipines
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morning glory.jpg
This is a third generation "red" morning glory. The color has remained constant but the flowers seem to get smaller each year. This little vine volunteered to climb a tall nandinia and trail along the roof of our front porch.
photographed: 4 September 2005, in the morning:)
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White peony
My second mama's lovely peony. Too bad we don't have smell-o-vision because these smell heavenly.
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sepia daisy.JPG
Shasta daisies cultivated from seed. Photo taken on a morning following thunderstorms.
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sunflower2.JPG
My husband grew and photographed this lovely sunflower. I think sunflowers are his favorite flowers. If we could grow a field of them, we would!
7.12.04
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lewis ginter 001.jpg
Photo taken At Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond , Virginia.
April, 14 2005
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