Here’s a close-up of a Green Echinacea I saw when visiting Heale Gardens last week. I don’t think I’ve seen an all-over green one before. Some species have green petals and a red cone. This photo shows some of the stamens just starting to appear.
Echinaceas are amongst my very favourite flowers but I haven’t had success growing them in the garden, but it’s nice to visit them in someone else’s garden!
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That’s fascinating! It’s a herb I have a lot of respect for, as well as admiring its beautiful form. A wonderful crop.
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Thanks eremophila. It’s usefulness as a herb is part of the reason why I like it too – as well as it’s beautiful form. I love every colour it comes in!
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How wonderfully green! Beautiful, soothing photograph 🙂
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Thanks Lu! Yes – green really has a calming effect doesn’t it?
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The all-over-greenness makes this look sort of alien… I like it 🙂
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🙂 I think something in our psyche says it’s wrong for a flower to be green – it doesn’t seem right does it?. Some Euphorbias with their all-over green colouring remind me of plants from Mars!
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This is a very nice picture.
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Thank you Ronald, and many thanks for visiting!
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I’ve never seen a totally green echinacea plant before either. We had the purple sort in our garden for years. This is a stunning photo, really well done!
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Thank you! I think it’s a fairly new variety – the Gardens we visited and the attached plant centre tend to be at the cutting edge regarding their choice of plants (excuse the awful pun).
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wow – what a great shot – lovely work. a wonderful plant all round.
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Thank you Sheila! Ahh – my wishlist of plants is growing longer every day ……………
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Excellent image Meanderer! I love everything about it, the composition, colors,details. Well done. 🙂
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Thank you Ted! When a flower like that presents itself – well – you’ve just got to photograph it!
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i love green…great shot!
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Thank you! Green does have an effect on one’s mood I find; instantly calming……..
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beautiful shot! and the color is just perfect.
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Thank you Gracie! The coneflower really suits the colour doesn’t it? Many thanks for visiting.
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I love this shot and I love it’s vibrant green colour- almost makes me want to eat it ( I’m kind of into green drinks at the moment 🙂
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🙂 Oh that made me laugh Carola! I know what you mean though – the colour reminded me of unripe tomatoes and so I had food on the brain when I looked at it too! How are your green drinks going?
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Sorry I’m so late in replying…my friends think I’m crazy but I’m in love with my green drinks. A favourite to try is two handfuls of fresh spinach leaves, 1-2 dl of blueberries ( or rasberries), 1-2 pears and 5 dl water. Mix it all in a blender! I know that it doesn’t sound that tasty but I promise you it really is 🙂 It’s also super healthy since it contains so many anti oxidants and other healthy vitamins. When the leaves get crushed in the blender they are able to release so much more of their minerals which we normally can’t absorb by just chewing them. I dare you to try…*smile*
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Thanks Carola! I like the sound of blueberries and pears but the spinach leaves I’m not so sure about 🙂 On your recommendation, though, I would have tried it but unfortunately we don’t have a blender 😦
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Fantastic macro and the color is superb! I could almost touch it. Echinaceas are my favorite and I think the goldfinch would agree as well.
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Thank you! It does sort of cry out to be touched doesn’t it? Echinaceas are such wonderful plants and so interesting to photograph because of the textures and colours.
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A wonderful capture with all those shades of green.
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Thank you Calvin. I’m sort of into green at the moment 🙂
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Only in a catalog. Your shot is much better than theirs. I guess I like it.
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Thanks Sandy. Will you be tempted to have one in your garden? If I could grow them here, I’d have one or two!
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So green and so cool!! Congrats 😉
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Thank you Ana! It is a pretty cool flower isn’t it?!
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Absolutely stunning!
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Thank you Karyn – and thanks very much for visiting!
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Excellent composition. Beautiful texture and colour.
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Thank you elmediat. I think I’ll be visiting it a few more times before the end of the Summer!
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Lovely image and beautiful colours!
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Thank you Iltana!
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flawless
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Thank you very much Rudolf – I’m very flattered. It’s wonderful having so many beautiful subjects to photograph! I really enjoy your excellent photographs; those atmospheric shots are superb!
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