Earth Day is tomorrow, making Green World the perfect subject for this month's Gardening Gone Wild Picture This photo contest. The entry above is tulip foliage with a Sedum 'Bertram Anderson' peeking out. Raindrops on green leaves gives the feeling of spring, when all is fresh.
This past winter was extraordinarily kind to the Colchicum foliage. Colchicum 'The Giant' starts sprouting leaves in the fall and usually it gets zapped at the tips by freeze over the winter, but the consistent snow cover protected it.
I almost like the foliage better than the blooms.
All the Hostas are sending up shoots now.
This Quercus bebbiana is barely a sapling, but planting it shows my faith in the future. I wonder if I'll live long enough to see it in its towering glory?
Just kidding, but the leaves of the mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) do remind me of those 60's Flower Power flowers.
Every day should be Earth Day on our little green planet.
I almost like the foliage better than the blooms.
When the rain stops, the sunlight makes a stained glass effect on the Sanguinaria foliage.
All the Hostas are sending up shoots now.
But let's back up and admire the expanding baby Oak leaves. The old lore is to plant corn when Oak leaves are the size of a mouse's ear.
This Quercus bebbiana is barely a sapling, but planting it shows my faith in the future. I wonder if I'll live long enough to see it in its towering glory?
Green isn't limited to leaves. How about some green flowers?
Just kidding, but the leaves of the mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) do remind me of those 60's Flower Power flowers.
Let's end with a real green flower, Helleborus x hybridus.
Every day should be Earth Day on our little green planet.
Happy Earth Day!
25 comments:
Lucky you to get some rain! I'm hoping we get some by the weekend.
I've heard my Dad mention the old tradition of planting corn when the oak leaves are mouse ear size. I planted an oak tree on arbor day about 15 years ago. It's about 20 feet tall now but I wonder if I'll live long enough to see it get acorns.
Marnie
Beautiful! A garden worthy of Peter Rabbit..Ty for the gorgeous green.
All of these are gorgeous, good luck!
Very lovely images for our green world. H.
The hellebores photo is luscious.
MMD, very green and gorgeous! I love the look of rain drops on leaves. May apples are one of my favorite leafy plants. Their green is very bright. Hope we get some rain this weekend. All the corn that's been planted around here and my gardens could use it. Last year we were praying for a dry spell. :)
Beautiful green - Happy Earth Day tomorrow!
Eileen
Luscious photos of greens in your garden MrMcD. The back side of the blood root was phenominal.
I was surprised that you picked up on Luna's anxious face in her photo. She hates to have her picture taken. She loves to lay in the cool rocks.
That's a gorgeous photo. Actually all of them are. (And it also makes me lust after a macro lens!) I especially like the little sedum peeking out.
MMD, Lots of lovely green. Really like the Sanguinaria leaf. Happy Earth Day.
Beautiful pics. That stained glass effect on the leaf is fantastic.
Green is such a wonderful and varied colour. Sensational photos!
I like your choice for the contest with the bloom peaking out! Good luck~~gail
Happy Earth Day and beautiful green beauties!
Happy Earth Day, MMD! All your lovely greens are winners!
Superb shots, MMD! The use of light is nothing short of miraculous.
Winners all.
Frances
I love the backlighting with hostas! Happy Earth Day!
Wow, MMD, you have outdone yourself with all of these photos--each one is prize-worthy. I've never heard that saying about planting corn, but when I was younger I didn't always listen to what my father was saying:) My husband brought home some "trees" yesterday for us to plant--swamp white oaks that are about 1 1/2 feet tall. I think this will definitely be a case of planting for posterity.
And since you're much too young to know about the 60's, I can tell you that yes, those Mayapple leaves do look like the flower power symbols of my youth:)
I'm very jealous of your beautiful hostas!
Hiya MMcD,
Nice fat drops on nice fat leaves.
Refreshing indeed.
Also like the sunlight through the Hosta leaves further down.
Still wondering how people gauge the size of mouse ears :-)
Thought I'd left a comment, MMD. How do you pick a favorite here?? (Actually, I think you've got me on overload. Too much green beauty and they're all so unique!) :-)
All the pictures are great, but the one you chose for the contest is superb! Those drops are incredible!
You sure captured the cell walls of that planter perfectly...am loving your photography.
What a beautiful post, and I love love love your green world entry. Beautiful.
But, but, but around here the saying is when the oak leaves are the size of squirrel's ears. Personally, I wait until the ground has warmed up, the oak leaves are way too optimistic about growing conditions around here.
You are lucky to have rain. This morning we are having Snow Flurries! I am planning to get two big hostas this spring. My first.
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