Red on Green(Terry E)
posted by Sandy at 9:23 AM
Sunday, October 23, 2005
About Me
- Name: Sandy
- Location: West Coast, Canada
I've started this blog to keep a journal and pictures of my gardens journey. I love to garden and recently have taken up photography. I am by no means a horticulture smartypants and take a casual approach to gardening. Most of my pictures are taken in my garden as I tend to be a homebody. Thanks for stopping by! Click on pictures for a larger image. All pictures on this site are the property of myself and are not to be used without permission. Please feel free to critique my pictures. Lots to learn:). Camera stuff-Nikon D70S with various lenses including a lensbabies 2.0 with macro kit,a holga and a Diana camera. Nikon FM, Yashica Mat G-124, Canon Canonet QL17
Previous Posts
- Acer palmatum'Fireglow'
- Mirror on a Fence
- Fading Hosta
- Miss Mucking about
- Last leaves on Kousa
- Orange Leaves
- Tsuga Cone
- Gunnera put to bed
- A Day in the Garden
- Wet Mum
8 Comments:
Do you ever stand in awe and wonder how trees with green leaves develop such stunningly beautiful autumn colours? Your garden looks so lovely. Not a sign of late-summer tiredness about it, and now you have the lovely reds and yellows of autumn, too.
When we lived in England in 1993, I looked forward to seeing the autumn colours as I expected it to look like Canberra on a massive scale. But I was a little disappointed that most of the trees in the forests simply turned yellow or brown; I had hoped for lots of reds, too. We arrived in Boston and Cape Cod on 7/11 just in time to see the last of the red leaves. A month or so earlier and it would have been spectacular.
Canberra, being a planned city, has an enormous number of trees in parks, along the streets, and in private gardens. Indeed, for many years, new homeowners were given a free allocation of 30 shrubs and 20 trees to establish their gardens. As well as the Australian native flora we also have a great many decidious trees of all varieties. Because our climate is much colder than the coastal cities, tourists come just to see the magnificent autumn colours. I particularly love the Scarlet and Pin Oaks, Liquidambers, Claret Ash, and Poplars.
Thank you for sharing your garden with such beautiful photos.
Imagine being given all those shrubs and trees for your own private garden!! That would have saved me thousands of dollars. I bought my tree as large as I could so they ended up being quite expensive. I too love the pin oaks and liquidamars and have had them in past gardens which were larger than this one. There are so many trees I would love to have but sadly have no room.
I am going to have to check out Canberra. It sounds beautiful. What a progressive idea. We need more city planners like that.
The picture really touched me. It kinda made me sad Sandy. It made me think of the end of a life as the leaf falls to the ground for yet another hibernation/death/cycle. Maybe it should be titled Terry E.
Maybe you're right Wendy.
A pure reddish leaf fallen among green.
Oooo, what is the name of that green plant/shrub? It is very interesting.
The red leave on the green hebe (@ millionbells: at least that is how we are calling the green plant here in Germany) is looking awesome!
We call it Hebe buxifolia here too Carol.
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