I visited a garden which opens occasionally for charity yesterday and saw some very beautiful and unusual plants. This is a grass called Carex Elata Bowles Golden. The beautiful dried flowers in Saffron-orange, lemon, and pepper colours really caught my eye. The garden had a couple of them situated on pond margins.
It was a lovely afternoon – a lot sunnier and warmer than expected – and we enjoyed tea and home-made cakes too (always an important part of a garden visit!).
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It’s really unique. I also love enjoy tea and cakes. It’s best to eat it at beautiful garden.
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Many thanks Cocomino. Yes, tea and cakes are so much better in the midst of a beautiful garden! I’m pleased you enjoy it too!
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Such a warm image. Nicely done!
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Thank you Brandon. They looked wonderful next to the pond.
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A beautiful sense of motion; I love how it pulls me in. I can almost feel the sun on my shoulders.
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Thank you Gary. I was surprised at how warm it was yesterday. It really was a very pleasant day out.
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Tea, cakes and flora…what a great combination! Pleasure for the stomach as well as the eyes.
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It’s certainly a classic combination! Many thanks Fergie.
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This is new to me. About how tall did it grow? I like the various colors.
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It’s possibly a grass you might walk past when not in flower but it looked so pretty and unusual with these dried flower stems. The pond was a raised one and these grasses sat on it, so it was just below eye level when I photographed it. I think they were around two and a half to three feet high. Thank you Sandy.
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That’s nice, Meanderer – the seeming explosion of it all from bottom left in the frame, and the browns go well with the greens, and the textures of the browns contrast well with the thin grass leaf slivers. Good stuff! Adrian
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Thank you Adrian. I took quite a few photos of the plant. I cropped this one as I liked the way the leaves radiate from the corner too! I’m pleased you like it.
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It is like a burst of sunshine!
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Exactly what I thought too! Many thanks Savira.
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Amazing colors, loved them! 🙂
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Many thanks Nandini! The colours drew me to it!
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I feel like I can smell summer 🙂
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Welcome back Littleskew! I’d never seen this grass with its flower spikes before. It really stood out amongst the soft pinks, yellows and greens of other plants! Many thanks.
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What a bright and vibrant shot. I like it a lot.
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Many thanks Calvin. It’s a wonderful bright and fun plant. It reminded me of the colours of spices.
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