The Dicentra Spectabilis or “Bleeding Heart” is a truly stunning flower and since planting it in our garden as a tiny sapling about three years ago, it has presented us with a resplendent display of delicate pink flowers, year in, year out.
Flowers
All of the plants you see in the photos above with the exception of the primroses, that are “native” were planted by myself in the back garden. They are doing well and the garden is springing to life. Shame some weeds are too, as last year we thought a never ending battle with them. So [...]
Ranunculus belong to the Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) and is the cultured cousin of the Marsh Marigold.
[image title="Red Hot Poker (ID: 8901)" size="medium" id="1609" align="center" alt="Red Hot Poker (ID: 8901)" linkto="viewer" ] You have already seen the previous macro image of the same plant. This image believe it or not is of exactly the same plant but lower down it’s stem. Opted for a very wide aperture here to limit the [...]
[image title="Hyacinth (ID: 8200)" size="medium" id="1625" align="center" linkto="viewer" ] Ok wrong time of year for these flowers but that’s because I am writing a series of blog posts about the images that are now available for purchase under the Buy Prints page. I want to tell you a little bit about the images and the [...]
[image title="Red Hot Poker" size="medium" id="1309" align="center" linkto="viewer" class="lightbox" ] Introduction We are are now offering a great new range of Giclee prints that will be built up over the coming weeks and will be given their own page eventually. This week the above image entitled Red Hot Poker (you may have seen it here [...]