The idea for today's blog was to share photos of plants in dramatic landscapes across the world. I have thousands of photos, but very few are a scenic shot featuring a small plant. Some of that is the problem of focus: either the foreground or the background is in focus. Some is that I never thought to take such pictures. I will try in the future. But, enjoy these:
A field of mustards in bloom in central Tokyo (likely Brassica rapa planted by the park):
Violets (Viola species, violet family) growing in the crack in an old stair in a Tokyo park:
The Victoria waterlilies (Victoria amazonica, water lily family Nymphaeaceae) on the river in the upper Amazon. They are 3-5' in diameter:
Geraniums (Pelargonium) flowering in a planter, on a street in Tuscany, Italy
Mustards (likely a
Sinapis species, mustard family) and thistles (
Carduus, maybe
C. acanthoides, sunflower family) flanked by the Gulf of Finland from Helsinki, Finland,:
Willow herb (Epilobium likely E. angustifolium) and a white umbel likely a hogweed (Heracleum species) in a forest in central Finland
A field white with daisies (Bellis perennis) in being grazed by shaggy horses in Shetland, Scotland, on typically gray day:
A palm (left), cypress (center) and an olive tree (right), representing respectively martyrdom, eternal life, and peace, in a courtyard of the Benedictine abbey in Montserrat, Spain. There is also a laurel, for victory, but my photo doesn't include it.
False yellowhead (Dittrichia viscosa, sunflower family) looking out over Las Palmas, Mallorca, Spain from a crumbling wall of Beliver Castle:
Tulips (Tulipa species, lily family Liliaceae) being tested in the Netherlands. The flowers are chopped off once they have shown that they are good quality, so they will produce big bulbs for international sale, so many plants in the photo lack flowers. Note the flatness of this land reclaimed from the sea.
Cattails (Typha species, cattail family Typhaceae) growing in a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands:
Scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata, gilia family Polemoniaceae) in southern Wyoming, USA:
Bright purple lupines (Lupinus, pea family) in the Snowy Range, Wyoming, USA:
Gorgeous plants grow in marvelous places all over the world. And on your street. After all, your home would be an exotic location--"wow! looks like the pictures!"--to people from other parts of the world. Enjoy!
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