I usually take a daily walk around the neighborhood in the late afternoon, although as temperatures rise that may have to change. In any case, I found myself taking notice of the shadows cast by plants in my neighbors' front gardens and I started taking photos of them. As I've accumulated a significant number of these photos, I decided to throw them into a short post. Whether you find the patterns interesting or wish to take a guess at the plants that created them (or you choose to skip this post altogether) is up to you. Only two of the photos come from my garden, with the balance taken as I walked the road that runs through our neighborhood.
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Should you be interested in knowing which plant accounted for which shadow, you can find a list in the comment I've left below this post. Happy Hump Day!
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Plant Shadow List:
ReplyDelete1. Bird of paradise (Strelitzia caudata)
2. Cape leadwort (Plumbago)
3. European fan palm (Chamaerops)
4. Jade plant (Crassula ovata)
5. Lily of the Nile (Agapanthus)
6. Peach or nectarine tree (Prunus sp.)
7. Pygmy date palm (Phoenix roebellanii)
8. Queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana)
9. Sweet pea shrub (Polygala grandiflora)
10. Rose ‘Iceberg’ (Rosa)
11. Tree leek flower (noID Aeonium)
12. Tree leek rosette (Aeonium arboreum)
13. Valerian (Centranthus ruber)
14. Wild carrot (Daucus carota)
15. Yarrow (Achillea ‘Moonshine’)
11 is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteAeoniums are beautiful in any form ;)
DeleteWow, this is a really fun post. I love it! Thanks for sharing the plant IDs, too: I'll go back through the list. Have a wonderful 4th, Kris!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for a safe and happy 4th to you too, Beth!
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ReplyDeleteSomething Malva or Romneya?
fan palm, small
jade plant
agapanthus
leucadendron?
phoenix roblenii
queen palm
cape honeysuckle
rose?
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aeonium
centranthus ruber
umbel umbel don't know umbels...fennel?
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now I look at your list and see what they really are. Fun to guess--thanks! :)
DeleteYou did better than I would have done without looking at the plants and getting a little help from a plant ID app, HB! I can't tell one palm from another.
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