Backyard Blooms - Early Summer Installment

[AlanLichty]

Thyme for a few more blooms in the back yard. While I was still working i often complained about how little time I had for recreation so my wife decided to plant some for me so I could always just go out back and have some thyme on my hands. She also planted some alpine strawberries as a ground cover so the result is Thyme for some Berries:

Early blooms on some Torch Lilies:

Astilbe blooms:

Another pass on some day lilies:

C&C always welcome.

 

[JimFox]

It's thyme for me to come and eat some berries!

You have some really pretty flowers in your backyard Alan. Great images and I really like your control of the DOF in #3. Those aren't colorful blooms, but they sure are intricate.

 

[AlanLichty]

It's thyme for me to come and eat some berries!

You have some really pretty flowers in your backyard Alan. Great images and I really like your control of the DOF in #3. Those aren't colorful blooms, but they sure are intricate.

Thanks Jim - the alpine strawberries are mostly a ground cover and those little berries are no more and 1/2" in diameter. They do pack a punch for flavor however.

The astilbe blooms in #3 are quite small - each of the little bloom stems are about an inch in length. All of these images were taken handheld using a 100-400mm lens with #3 at 400mm (1/320s @f/13 with ISO 5000).

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice collection of blooms and color. I like the use of wild berries as ground cover.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice collection of blooms and color. I like the use of wild berries as ground cover.

Thanks Jameel - I was hesitant to step on the ground cover strawberries at first but got over that. They are actually quite hardy as is the thyme in the lower right.

 

[larryj]

Thyme for a few more blooms in the back yard. While I was still working i often complained about how little time I had for recreation so my wife decided to plant some for me so I could always just go out back and have some thyme on my hands. She also planted some alpine strawberries as a ground cover so the result is Thyme for some Berries:

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Early blooms on some Torch Lilies:

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Astilbe blooms:

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Another pass on some day lilies:

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C&C always welcome.

Beautiful images Alan, thanks for sharing. The colors are so rich and saturated the flowers almost look artificial and I love the look!

 

[AlanLichty]

Beautiful images Alan, thanks for sharing. The colors are so rich and saturated the flowers almost look artificial and I love the look!

Thanks - I usually head out with my camera in the morning while the whole back yard is in shade so I can get more saturated colors.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Nice series, Alan. Those lilies, however, are not day lilies. The common name is either Wood Lily or Western Red Lily. The easiest way to tell them from Day Lilies is that they have leaves along their stems. Day Lilies do not. (Don't tell Nancy I said this)

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice series, Alan. Those lilies, however, are not day lilies. The common name is either Wood Lily or Western Red Lily. The easiest way to tell them from Day Lilies is that they have leaves along their stems. Day Lilies do not. (Don't tell Nancy I said this)

Thanks Doug - I think you might be correct on the lilies as they most definitely have leaves on the stems (I just went out and checked). We do have yellow day lilies right near the orange ones and they have smooth stems on the flower stalks.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice series, Alan. Those lilies, however, are not day lilies. The common name is either Wood Lily or Western Red Lily. The easiest way to tell them from Day Lilies is that they have leaves along their stems. Day Lilies do not. (Don't tell Nancy I said this)

Well I did query Nancy about the leafy stems and she backtracked and said they are Asiatic Lilies. The petals didn't quite look right for the Wood Lily.