Hey! How's everyone here? It's been awhile! I finally got a camera so heres some garden photos I took.
Please share your photos too!
Steve
Dahlia 'Soulman'
Blooming Now
Rose 'The Fairy'
Sedum
Purple Snaps
Celosia
What lovely plants you've got growing Steve. :) BTW which camera did you purchase? (it's captured the beauty of your plants very nicely).
This message was edited Sep 15, 2006 11:11 PM
Great pictures! How long did it take you to learn to use your camera? I just bought a Kodak Easy-share, and my first lot of closeups are all over-exposed. Don't know what I did wrong, as there is supposed to be auto light balance, or something, and I didn't use flash. I guess it's not going to be the easy point-and-click camera that I thought it would be! I may even have to read the manual...
The main flowers in my garden now are the Colchicums. This is C. agrippinum.
The rain from Hurricane Florence has really stimulated the fall-flowering bulbs. Colchicums have bloomed overnight. This is Lilac Wonder
and C. byzantinum.
Cyclamen hederifolium in pink.
and white
Todd and Steve
I like your choice of color's for your plants!! Pinks are always my choice for some reason.
Steve enjoy your camera, I have a blast with mine.
Ann
Hey, Steve, you might want to post that Celosia pic on the Texture thread http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/644397/ ... it looks like a fuzzy caterpillar!
Beautiful photos Todd, as usual. Love that Lilac Wonder Colchicum. Just gorgeous!
Steve, your garden is lovely. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Don Ü
Steve and Todd, enjoyed the pictures. June - don't know if it will work with your camera, but if your exposure isn't right, sometimes you can adjust that by pointing the camera at something else and partially depressing the shutter. Then aim at what you want to take a picture of and press it the rest of the way. Doesn't always work, but if you're using a digital, you're not paying for film with each shot; so experiment.
Rather a gray day here, but it may be the best of the week. Perhaps I can take a garden walk and get some pics here too.
Ann
Ann, thanks for the photo tip. I have read the manual (if all else fails...) and discovered an exposure compensation setting, played with the camera a bit, and I think I have it figured out, although your suggestion is a lot easier than paging through the menu using the fiddly little select buttons! Are control buttons getting smaller, or am I getting larger? (Probably a bit of both)
Aster dumosus 'Little Pink Beauty' is out now.
and Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldstrum'
My Daphne 'Carol Mackie' has a scattering of flowers again.
Love the pics - especially the Daphne. And really interesting foliage.
Ann
Todd, that pic of the asters with the Japanese Maple in the background is stunning.
Sandy
nice dahlia ,Steve heres one of mine i grow from seed.
and this is a red one
now steve you should like this ,this is blue impatience
and heres another of my favorite color flowers yes blue,
Its called Dwarf Blue Pimpernell (anagallis monelii )
Very nice diggin_dirt! I have white cactus Dahlia too. They are bloomin' their little heads off right now. Looks so nice in a bed where other plants are losing their luster already. Love that Dwarf Blue Pimpernell. Such a vibrant blue; my favorite color too.
Don
yes i love blue cant get enough of it, but these colors realy pop it you to its
some of my asters
Hi diggin - I have some Dahlia's that I've started from seed but they are, I think smaller. Are your seeds from large Dahlias - the ones with tubers or are they a different variety for which seeds are available?
Ann
Love China Asters - always put in a few. Mine just finished and pulled up this week.
And for curiousities sake - look at what is blooming in my yard!
This message was edited Sep 20, 2006 6:30 PM
wow Fancyvan what a pretty primrose
and violAnn that are a tall type i hope thay grow tubers.
I got the seed in a trade
My Evelyn rose is going for another round thanks to this warmer than usual summer.
Ahhh, that's a beauty Todd.
Don
Evelyn is lovely Todd. I'm just starting to get into roses. I've always shied away from them before because I thought they required too much care, but some of them are so beautiful I'm just going to have to try them anyway. Is Evelyn disease resistant?
--Ginny
I have only 2 roses.....Angel Wing (grown from seed, mini and tough as nails) and Evelyn. She is also disease free. Angel Wings is also flowering profusely for a second time (actually it blooms just about continuously)
nice roses Todd the angle wings are realy nice.
Oh by the way i was at the B.Gardens this year i didnt want to leave loved it
will do it more often now keep up the wonderful work.
Thanks Todd. Your Angel Wings is very nice too - delicate and airy. It would make a nice front of the border companion for my Ballerina. The colours are very similar, but the difference in size and structure would make a pleasing picture I think. Maybe with a splash of something blue in a mid-size around them.
--Ginny
Angel Wings is also highly fragrant!
Bonus :-) Ballerina has only a faint musk fragrance. Here's a picture of her.
Edited to say: Please excuse the earwig damage to the leaves (even if I won't!).
This message was edited Sep 22, 2006 10:42 AM
Steve, I seem to be trying my best to hijack your thread. I'm sorry :-( --Ginny