Flowers!
I've taken more shots of flowers than anyone should (maybe). Be nice if I
knew the names of more of them. If I think I know more than I do, feel free
to point out my errors.
Early May
Somewhere near Green Valley, I caught bees on this
thistle
blossum.
On the way home from Green Valley, we stopped by Timber Cove
to see Tanna and Stephen, and on a walk Salt Point State Park we saw
yellow lupine,
a carpet of mostly
yellow flowers,
with a
closeup, a
shot with more
variety in color,
and then so one doesn't think the coast is predominantly yellow, here are
some
wild iris in blue.
Back home in Oregon
Amelia's
alpine garden
was coming on, here
shown from the front
steps, and then
toward the front steps.
Other shots around the yard show a
cream colored California
poppy, and regular
orange poppies.
OK, this isn't a flower, but it's a pretty nice shot of a
double rainbow.
Here's a
dogwood on the Rogue
River.
Getting back to our yard a little later, we had
iris, we had
petunias, we had
those purple bushes,
we had a few
azaleas, we had
the beginnings of
my garden, we had the beginnings of a bountiful crop of
pyracantha,
and finally, my birthday
Korean dogwood, doing
well after only a few weeks in the ground.
On a walk along Bear Creek Greenway, this pond of
wild yellow iris, but
then back to our yard for this
Japanese iris, some
pansies, a
rhododendren, and a
mock orange.
Limpy Creek
In early june we went to visit Linda and Ron, and then took us to the
Limpy Creek Botannical
Trail. There was an amazing display of wildflowers along the trail, most
of which I do not know the names. But here they are: Looks like
a columbine, some
dainty white ones,
Lamb's ear,
purple and white one,
some mixture of
alpine flowers, many
more of the
purple and whites,
interesting
yellow flowers,
some kind of different
purple flowers,
long stems of
white flowers,
dogwood, more
white guys, yet a
different kind of
purple flower,
a kind of delicate
rose colored flower,
a
yellow flower,
and finally, a
wild lilac, or ceanosis.
Home again
Back at the "ranch", I took this picture of a
wild rose, and this
shot of vetch and yarrow
in the foreground, our house roof to the right, and looking out across
the Bear Creek Valley toward Talent. This shot shows
vetch and wild roses
in the foreground, and the valley south of Medford in the background. The
little peak toward the left is Roxy Ann. Up on Mt. Ashland one day I took
a picture of
manzanita in bloom.
Here is a
nice flower and
some nice
"bluebells" (I don't
think so, but ...). We frequently have wind here, probably because of this
girl in among the roses
and jasmine.
Hald-Strawberry Park
On a hike in Hald-Strawberry Park in Ashland we saw
blue flowers, and
then some more
flowers of blue. There
is lots of
manzanita, here showing
dark red bark, pealing to yellow and red, and showing some of the weathered
inner core where the bark split long ago. Here is an
interesting flower,
and some more
blues and purples.
Not everything in the park is so benign, considering that most of the picture
behind and to the right of me is
poison oak.
Back home again
In Amelia's alpine garden, the
Jerusalem sage ae
looking pretty spectacular. The
St. John's Wort is
blooming nicely at the end of June, too. Skipping now to mid-August, my
rose is still
blooming spendidly.
Ian's garden of
Roadside melon and Rhubarb is coming along nicely, but
Fiona's garden
is suffering a bit. Meanwhile, this
elderberry
is apparently trying to figure out whether it is spring or fall, with
both ripe elderberries and new blossums on it. Now, finally, after
attempting to grow
Devil's Claw
for a couple of years, two came up this year (I found out this year that
they sometimes take several years to sprout), and they have a very interesting
flower and fruit (as long as it doesn't get loose). I'll post some pictures of
the claws as they develop.