Garden Pictures

The mystery plant. Guess what?

From another angle.

Flowering maple.

To much sun out there to get a good shot. Will have to do over.
Introducing Poppy Headding.

This message was edited Jun 13, 2008 3:39 PM

Too much sun! sigh. It is soooo dreary here.
Your mystery plant is so exotic!

By the pond.

Garden guy and friend hanging out by the pond also

Looking pretty.

This spot smells heavenly and is just buzzing with bees.

My montana clematis 'Dogwood'

I love this. The flowers are about 1/2 " in diameter

My only rose so far. Miniature.

Note to self. No taking pictures in the full sun. Neo, the sun will be your way soon. It just got here about a 1/2 hour ago.

This message was edited Jun 13, 2008 3:51 PM

Isn't it difficult to get a good shot at midday.
I try to shoot in the morning, late afternoon (The Golden Hour) or on a bright overcast day.
Either long shadows or no shadows seems to work best it seems, but your photos still look yummy to me!
No sun yet, but the wind is picking up

Great pix of a great garden, as usual, Willow! Love the mystery plant and have no idea what it is (but I have the excuse of being a newbie!)

Beautiful flowers, could it be a hosta? Does the flowering maple winter over here?

No sun here and windy too! Hope tomorrow is better, I got laundry done so when the sun comes I can stay outside!

Took this yesterday, love the silene blooming with the coral bells too!

No it's not a hosta. I bring the flowering maple in for the winter and it blooms all winter in the jacuzzi room. South facing window.

Willow great pics.

In the first shot with ? plant, to the right is that a Dutchman Breeches?

And is ? plant a form of a lily?

Willow, you have some wonderful structures in your garden - very interesting.

No Dutchman's Breeches, but it is a type of lily.

Well that narrows it down ?

So what is the plant on the right? first pic.

willowwind...beautiful garden & pond. I won't even attempt to guess what your mystery lily is. (but curious beautiful spotted leaves) I can't even keep mine straight. Poppy Headding is adorable. Cute face!

neofarmer..I was saying the same thing today as I was trying to take pictures mid day. The sun makes things very difficult. It is hard to even see the view screen. The colors are so vibrant , but it is hard to see in the view finder to see if your focused. Had some really bad shots today. Some were ok..by pure luck I think!

cocoajuna. Nice shot of the coral bells. I have some too. Great flower on a windy day like today...just swaying ..but hard to get a great picture. I tried..but no luck.
This one of my Nicole rose came out nice ..sun and all. She is just a very photogenic rose sun or clouds..she is the best.

Patricia - Did somebody guess Calla Lily. That's what it looks like to me, but somehow I thought we ruled it out . . .

It is a dachtolariza. Very cool swamp orchid. I might hace beat up the spelling but very cool I have a few that I bought from heronswood years ago. Beautiful purple spotted flowers. You have a treasure. Heidi and Dragonfly

No fair! Heidi shouldn't get to guess, 'cos she knows everything! ;)

My what a beautiful garden you have, Willowwind2
Love your spot with the buzzin bees! So tranquil and can smell
the flowers from here!
:)
Your mystery plant looks like Eucomis.

GGK you have it correct. We call it a Pineapple Lily. Sort of 'out of this world' style.

Hi WW My eucomis don't have spots on them. very cool. I do see the eucomis in it. is it called bicolor? See neo I'm not always right learn something everyday. Heidi PS how doyou do the smiley face again?

Nice garden shots, all of you. And I am quite jealous of all your great garden spots, Willow.

Rob

Heidi - hold down the shift key and then type the ^ followed by a - followed by another ^.

Nice job, GGK!!

I don't know if it called bicolor, but when it blooms it is cream lined with a thin stripe of purple.

How about another mystery plant. I took this at the Oregon Gardens yesterday. No plant marker..no one around to ask..
can anyone ID this thing. It was so bizarre.

It looksk kind of like spent bulbs. Cyclamen will sometimes do this . . .

That is weird, have no idea what it is.

Its Cyclamen, I have 3 diff. kinds. and that is what they do, this is the rest period. they will flower next, then leaf out. that is the cycle.

Thanks for your help on this one. I have had cyclamen before..but have never seen this. Strange looking to say the least.

A pansy appeared where is was never planted.

Another beauty in the purple row.

The last to open in the row.

A swath of Twin Flower. A native.