Gardening Gone Wild is a great blog - one where I would spend more time browsing links and ideas if I had some time. The contributors are a "who's who" of some of my favorite folks in the gardening/photography world. I usually read this blog is quickly - I liken it to visiting a town by zooming past it on the freeway.
Since I've been on vacation for the last week, my Google Reader (blog aggregator) has been empty, and I have been sad and bored! So when this post popped up, I actually had time to read it.
Each month there is a contest in which readers post a picture on the required topic, link back to the GGW post, and hope for the best.
July's contest is flowering trees, judged by Rob Cardillo! I am a huge fan of Rob Cardillo because he collaborates with Nan Ondra, who writes some of my favorite gardening books. Rob was the photographer on Fallscaping - which left me haunted by the plant combinations and pictures!
My submission is this picture of a Western Redbud in flower I took on my birthday (March 29th) this year. My good friends gave me a Carl Zeiss 50mm lens, and this was one of the first pictures I took with it. Western Redbuds are some of my favorite trees. Maybe it's because they're in full bloom around my birthday...
Jul 5, 2009
Picture This - July's Photo Contest
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Nice! You otta win! ;-)
Thanks for the recipe link. Looks like something Kim would really enjoy.
Nice photo. I like the contrast between the bright pink and the blue. And redbuds are much loved here in Austin too.
Oooh pretty! That stands a good chance I think. I don't think I'm entering this month, no good photos on hand.
Very beautiful photo- Good luck! :)
Kim & Victoria - Thanks! Hope you enjoy that recipe. It was easy and fantastic. Really.
Pam - Thanks! I adore Redbuds, and wonder how different Western and Eastern Redbuds are. I never seen an Eastern...
Heather - This was the first month that I actually had a worthy picture to enter! On hand, at that!
cola - Thanks for stopping by and leaving some encouragement. :D
nice pic - you macro'd the crap out of it :-)
Good luck!
Here are some of my older, not so exciting flowering tree pics. We pretty much have pear, apple, magnolia in these parts.
http://photos.crawfordcentral.com/gallery/2006apr-daily/300_2267
http://photos.crawfordcentral.com/gallery/2006apr-daily/300_2289
http://photos.crawfordcentral.com/gallery/2005apr-daily/IMG_1067
http://photos.crawfordcentral.com/gallery/2005apr-daily/IMG_0922
I wish my little redbuds would take off - three years old or four now - and still they are midgets, 2 feet tall, with scant blooms - just enough for me to miss the full show! I think the deer like them as appetizers. Your photo is great and very much that intense pinkish red redbud color. Good luck!
Jason - I macro'd the "hell" out of it (ala It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia). I love your apple blossom shot. You should enter it too!
Country Mouse - The redbuds pictures are along a walkway near our house. I wish I had some in my yard! Soon enough.... I didn't realize they grow so slowly, but it makes sense now.
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