I only had to step outside my front door this morning for some image inspiration! This is a photograph of a Mullein – Verbascum – leaf covered in morning dew.
Mullein leaves are delightfully fuzzy even without a coating of dew and these new leaves have sprung up in one of the Summer planters. The strange thing is: these plants shouldn’t be throwing up new leaves at this time of year. It’s another example of unusual things happening in the plant world as a result of the overall warm Autumn we’ve having. Even the beautiful Nigellas are blooming again. It’s all very odd.
The Lantern Room 
It’s got a magical Narnia feel to it…
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Thank you Littleskew! I know what you mean – I was tempted to entitle the post something associated with ice as it looks so much like icy frost! There is something about the feeling of stepping through the wardrobe into a strange world in Nature at the moment. The nights are rapidly drawing in and it is chilling down but Spring and Summer plants are springing up.
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It must look so magical; keep your eyes out for a fawn 🙂
Can’t wait until we get a bit of snow over here.
Keep the magic coming; it makes me feel warm 🙂
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🙂
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It does look very strange having Spring and Summer flowers in the garden at the same time as fallen leaves! Many thanks Littleskew 🙂
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Really lovely shot
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Thank you Big Book! The garden throws up wonderful surprises sometimes!
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Nice image like sherbert. 🙂
It’ll be cold. Take care. 🙂
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I love sherbert! I would really like some now 🙂 The cold is coming I think cocomino. Many thanks.
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Beautiful colors and crystal-like. Green tea ice cream!!
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Thank you Fergie! Ooh, I like the sound of green tea ice cream!
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I really like the composition! Adds to the really interesting textures.
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Thank you! I played around a little with the composition this morning. The leaves are interesting rosette types and sort of look hand-made!
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Is it frost?
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No – although it looks very much like it! It was water droplets from overnight; because the leaves are so thick and furry, the water sits on top in hundreds of tiny droplets!
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A terrific textural shot! I can remember winter frost on these plants getting my attention also:-)
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Thank you eremophila! It was wonderful to open the front door this morning to be greeted with these droplet-textured leaves. I always think it would be nice to be wrapped in them when it’s cold 🙂
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I have noticed mullein before, but never photographed it close. This is really nice.
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Thank you Sandy. I have attempted to photograph the dry leaves before but they didn’t come out the way I had hoped. I took a few this morning and this was the best one for droplets and texture.
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I love verbascum, an essential in my garden, but I’ve never seen dew quite like this on mine – it looks so beautiful. Great photo.
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Thank you Lynn. There are even more droplets on the leaves this morning after overnight rain.
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pretty, and great detail…
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Thank you Sheila. The leaves also remind me of fuzzy animal ears!
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Very cool !
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Thank you! The poor leaves of this Summer plant will suffer when the frosts do arrive.
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Strange picture, it looks like they’re sprinkled with sugar. 🙂
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It is a bit unusual – which I like. It does look sugar coated doesn’t it. Like a sort of sweet sugar leaf!
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Love the texture and colour.
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Thank you elmediat. It looked really pretty that morning with all the dew.
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