Album: Our Garden in Close-up

00000000000000000000000000038172Close-up shots of flowers, leaves etc in our garden

Our Garden in Close-up

Updated Jul 23, 2024
Feb 5, 2024  
Rosa moyesii whose shapely hips last considerably longer than its flowers.
Feb 3, 2024  
Calendula looking rather lovely after rain
Feb 3, 2024  
Gaura lindheimerii - grown from seed in our garden cos' they don't usually survive the winter.
Feb 3, 2024  
Back-lit Acer leaf. For once we had time to appreciate the gorgeous colours before the wind...
Feb 3, 2024  
Eryngium 'Big Blue'. This newer variety really lives up to its name and is a magnet for bees
Feb 3, 2024  
Allium sphaerocephalon growing up through Deschampsia
Feb 3, 2024  
Anthemis 'E.C Buxton' still blooming well here in November
Feb 3, 2024  
Helianthus 'Miss Mellish'. Bit of a thug but what a flower!
Feb 3, 2024  
Helenium 'Mardi Gras' at its peak of colour in August.
Feb 3, 2024  
Helenium still hanging on well into November
Feb 3, 2024  
Liatris spicata 'Kobold'. Only recently discovered this one but really glad I did.
Feb 3, 2024  
First time we've had this Nasturtium variety but what a cracker!
Feb 3, 2024  
Osteospermum. Showing the intricate arrangement in it's eye
Feb 7, 2024  
Persicaria affinis 'Darjeeling Red'. Provide the right conditions and this wonderful plant will...
Feb 3, 2024  
Rose 'Lady Emma Hamilton'. Wonderful repeat flowerer. A David Austin variety that now seems to...
Feb 3, 2024  
Rudbeckia 'Rustic Dwarf'. Not quite as dwarf as it used to be but sown each year and flowers...
Feb 3, 2024  
Saxifraga urbium. The gorgeous little flowers of London Pride really need to be seen in close-up.
Feb 3, 2024  
Ursinia anethoides. A bedding flower that seems to have fallen off the radar. We keep sowing its...
Feb 3, 2024  
Yellow Wallflower. Hardly a month in the year when it's not in flower.
Feb 3, 2024  
Jasmine officianale.
Feb 3, 2024  
Winter Honeysuckle (Lonicera purpusii I think) which fills the bed next to our drive with the...
Feb 3, 2024  
Rudbeckia 'Rustic Dwarf'
Feb 5, 2024  
Brunnera 'Jack Frost' leaf.
Feb 6, 2024  
Astrantia major 'Roma' - such exquisite flowers. You just have to view their detail close up.
Feb 18, 2024  
Narcissus 'Tête-à-Tête' - our favourite.
Apr 9, 2024  
Gorgeous little Narcissus 'Minnow' in my wife's pots
Apr 9, 2024  
Spotted this image as I was doing some weeding. Couldn't pass it by. Anemone blanda 'White...
Apr 15, 2024  
Narcissus canaliculatus - such an unwieldy name for a gorgeous tiny flower - even smaller than...
Apr 23, 2024  
This very uninteresting Tulip has been made so interesting after a little rain shower.
Apr 23, 2024  
Another Tulip made so much more interesting after a rain shower.
Jun 10, 2024  
Astrantia 'Claret' - the first of our varieties to flower each year.
Jun 10, 2024  
Allium 'Purple Sensation' - looks great at this stage.
Jun 10, 2024  
Rosa 'Golden Bouquet' - plain but quite lovely, and very fragrant too!
Jun 10, 2024  
Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' - great flowers loved by bees, shame about the tatty leaves...
Jun 10, 2024  
Clematis 'Ville-de-Lyon'
Jun 10, 2024  
Alchemilla mollis (Lady's Mantle) - lovely after rain
Jun 10, 2024  
Clematis montana 'Tetrarose'
Jul 23, 2024  
Hadn't even heard of Thalictrum delavayi until a couple of years ago. So rather pleased with...
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LunarSea
00000000000000000000000000038172Close-up shots of flowers, leaves etc in our garden
Feb 3, 2024
  1. Emxoxo, Vangw, Loxley and 6 others like this.
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  3. LunarSea
    LunarSea
    Thankyou Simone. New camera, new lens, new tripod - say no more!
    Mar 27, 2024
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  4. Sheps
    Sheps
    Beautiful images fella...the Astrantia is very nicely photographed, as are the rest for that matter.
    Apr 9, 2024
  5. LunarSea
    LunarSea
    Thanks mate. The Astrantia image was actually taken in 2007 with my old Canon 20D.
    Apr 9, 2024
  6. Sheps
    Sheps
    Ah...the 20D, my first DSLR and one of my favourites and the camera that cemented my love of photography.
    Apr 10, 2024
  7. LunarSea
    LunarSea
    Such a shame I've got the 20D & 40D bodies & all my old film kit sitting in a cupboard. All still perfectly functional but worth pennies. Every few years I get my slide projector & screen out to remind myself of a former life.
    Apr 10, 2024
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