Pollinating
Honeybees are also pollinators of gerber daisies. I was able to capture this honey bee on this bright yellow gerber daisy at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia
The Best Is Yet To Come
Sunflowers are known for being happy flowers, making them a wonderful gift to bring joy to someone's day . Sunflowers symbolize, adoration, loyalty and the sun.
Mimosa Tree Bloom
Mimosa trees are smalldeciduous tree with puffy pink flowers and a fast growth rate. It is an Asian species trees that is commonly grown in the southern part of the U.S.A. The mimosa blooms are pink, silky and delicate; and its leaves have a fern like appearance. The biggest downside of the mimosa is its invasive potential. The seedpods of the mimosa tree hangon after the foliage drops, giving a messy throughout the winter. At one point I wanted a mimosa tree in my yard, until I relized this was an invasive weed. On this summer evening I wanted to capture the beauty of this tree with its deep green fern like leaves.
Winter Pink Tulips
Winter pink tulips drenched in light. Pink tulips are a symbol of caring and good wishes.
Glistening In The Rain
These purple flowers gladly open on this rainy afternoon at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, in Richmond, Virginia
Thriving Beauty
This white water lily still reflects beauty between a few lily pads at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia
White & Pink Tulip
Pink tulips symbolize happiness and confidence, and are normally presented for offering best wishes. Pink tulips are appropriate for a friend or family member. One can find rows of various colors of tulips in the garden at Tuckahoe Plantation in Richmond, Virginia
Heavenly Grapes
Pollak Vineyards is a small family owned winery founded in 2003, located west of Charlottesville, Virginia. Pollak Vineyards is one of the 33 wineries located along the Monticello Wine Trail in Virginia. September is when the grapes are normally harvested along the Monticello Wine trail. On this September morning, we walk through the vineyard to get a close look at the Pino Gris grapes on the vines which were ready for harvest.
Fallen Ginkgo Leaves
The ginkgo's distinctive fan shaped leaves are at times referred to as a symbol of longevity, because the ginkgo tree can survive for a thousand years. The yellow ginkgo leaves are one of my favorite leaves. We have many ginkgo trees in Richmond, Virginia, allowing me to collect several leaves to make an artful presentation of the yellow ginkgo leaves with a black background.
Saturated
We Love The Rain
Blue Hawaiian elephant ears are a large perennial plants with long stems, heart-shaped green leaves with bluish-purple edges and veins. These plants love water and are grown at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia
Spring Bluebells
The bluebells have bloomed early this year in the Pony Pasture in the James River Park System in Richmond, Virginia
Ready For Harvest
Pollak Vineyards is a small family owned winery founded in 2003, located west of Charlottesville, Virginia. Pollak Vineyards is one of the 33 wineries located along the Monticello Wine Trail in Virginia. September is when the grapes are normally harvested along the Monticello Wine trail. On this September morning, we walk through the vineyard to get a close look at the Pino Gris grapes on the vines, which were ready for harvest.
Bradford Pear Blossoms
Bradford pear blossoms are a true sign of spring. Those these blossoms are pretty, the tree is prone to high wind damage.
Raindrops on Pink Rhododendron
On this rainy day, I had the garden all to myself, so I could concentrate on capturing details of raindrops on this pink Rhododendron, Autumn Royalty, at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, in Richmond, Virginia
Spring Blossoms
Cherry blossoms in Central Park in New York City
Rebirth
Water lilies symbolize enlightment, because the beautiful bloom emerges from muddy waters
Red Tulips
Red tulips galore at Burnside Farms in Haymarket, Virginia.
Romantic Dreams
The red-edge cordyline has beautiful deep pink foliage as the afternoon sun creates a glow in the conservatory of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Standing Out From The Crowd
Maiden ornamental grass is a favorite landscape border. I captured this image when the late evening sun illuminated the grass at the Arboretum in N. Chesterfield, Virginia
Blowing In The Wind
Maiden ornamental grass is a favorite landscape border. On this fall day I was searchin for the last of autumn colors and the rows of ornamental grass caught my eye at the Arboretum in Richmond, Virgina. On this fall afternoon the sun illuminated the blades of grass with a silvery effect.
Vibrant Peony
Peonies are a symbol of good fortune and happy marriages.
Coneflower
Spring Coneflowers
Wet Blades
Raindrops on green plant blades, at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia
Autumn Gold
The Ginkgo tree is one of the most beautiful trees with distinct fan shape leaves that turn a bright yellow in the fall.
The Light of the Silvery Moon
Maiden ornamental grass is a favorite landscape border. I captured this image when the sun illuminated the grass , allowing it to appear like frost was on the grass
Winter Light
Maiden ornamental grass is a favorite landscape border. I captured this image when the evening sun illuminated the grass at the Arboretum in N. Chesterfield, Virginia
Night Glow
A Touch of Evening Sun
Leaning Into Fall
Maiden ornamental grass is a favorite landscape border. This ornamental grass turns brown after the first frost. There were rows of this ornamental grass at the Arboretum in Richmond, Virginia
