Nasturtium

Posted on 17 April, 2013 by Eric

A.k.a Pohe Haole (Tropaeolum majus), brought to you by the Limahuli Garden & PreserveÂ (part of the National Tropical Botanical Garden system) on Kaui, Hawaii:

The Limahuli Garden and Preserve is a neat little place to stop by should you ever find yourself up on the north end of Kauai (get to Hanalei, then continue west until the road ends). Â Beautiful views, lots of great plants and flowers to see and shoot, and you get a bit of history in the mix as well. Â Nasturtium was introduced to Hawaii in the 1800s, so this was shot in the “Plantation era” part of Â the garden.

Blue and green

Posted on 30 May, 2012 by Eric

Some tiny little flowers I spotted during Doors Open Denver 2012, at the Governor’s Residence:

These were tiny little things (maybe 1/4″ across) and were located just off the side of a pathway — glad I spotted them!

Across the street

Posted on 9 May, 2012 by Eric

A scene in New Orleans’ French Quarter:

I took this out of a conference room window in a hotel I stayed at a few weeks back — and thought this was a fun composition, even though (maybe particularly because) it’s got a little secret.

That nice-looking wall in the background? It’s not a fancy hotel or luxurious home — it’s actually a well-disguised parking garage. Makes a nice background, though…

Ready to bloom

Posted on 19 April, 2012 by Eric

A bit of spring color for you from the Filoli Gardens south of San Francisco:

No great scene of social importance, just a wonderful selection of complementary colors by the gardens’ designers…

Bloomin’

Posted on 25 January, 2012 by Eric

A little bit of autumn color to brighten up a wintery day:

This was on opportunistic shot I took on a lunchtime photowalk some months back.

Foraging

Posted on 22 June, 2011 by Eric

Seen in the Colorado Springs Utilities’ Xeriscape Demonstration Garden:

A reminder of last spring

Posted on 31 March, 2011 by Eric

Seen along the National Mall in Washington, D.C.:

Now we’re just waiting for spring to show up in Colorado…

Lavender and green

Posted on 16 February, 2011 by Eric

Seen at the Yampa River Botanic Park in Steamboat Springs, Colorado:

Floral dream

Posted on 8 September, 2010 by Eric

Seen at the Yampa River Botanic Park in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Milkweed

Posted on 31 July, 2010 by Eric

On the way home from our trip to Glacier N.P. and the Canadian Rockies, it so happened that we spent a night in Great Falls, Montana. Before we left the next morning, we stopped off to check out the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center — great displays, lots of hands-on stuff for the little one to play with. Oh, and all the landscape plants around the building are historically accurate — just what the Lewis & Clark expedition would have encountered on their way through.