Wednesday, November 16, 2011

November’s Foliage Follow-up

As I’ve mentioned our fall foliage here in Portland has been absolutely amazing this year. The fierce wind and rain that usually shows up around Halloween didn’t, instead it’s been the milder version that allows the leaves to stay on the trees as long as possible. With so much depth of fall color all around me you’d think that’s what I’d be focusing on for Foliage Follow-up this month right? Wrong. Ever since our photography workshop with David Perry at the Garden Bloggers Fling in Seattle last summer I’ve been dying to use the black and white settings on my camera (yes, that was the first time I’d discovered them, go ahead! Call me stupid…I deserve it). Since you’ve lost the color in black and white photography the texture is all the more pronounced…making it a perfect tool for really looking at foliage in the garden. Hope you enjoy! At the top is Eriobotrya japonica (Loquat) and above Schefflera taiwaniana. Here they both are in a mixed border... Agave americana Castor Bean Supermarket Taro Cyperus involucratus (Umbrella Palm) Dicksonia antarctica Echium candicans 'Star of Madeira' and Trachycarpus fortunei Echium candicans 'Star of Madeira' again ((hey, a girl can’t live in a completely black and white world…) Echium pininana Eryngium giganteum ('Miss Wilmott's Ghost') Fatsia polycarpa 'Needham's Lace' Gunnera Japanese Blood Grass Macleaya cordata Mahonia x media 'Charity' Maidenhair Fern Melianthus major Rubus lineatus Sedum spathulifolium 'Purpurea' Sedum NOID Syneilesis Tetrapanax Verbascum olympicum Need more foliage? Please visit our foliage follow-up hostess Pam at her blog garden blog named Digging, where you will no doubt find some links to colorful fall foliage!

18 comments:

  1. I love the black and white photos for your love of architectural plants. So great!

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  2. Love the black & white photos! I read once that you should always take b&w photos of your garden to see the tonal contrast...it's VERY interesting!

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  3. Your foliage garden would be gorgeous even in a b/w world, as your wide shots demonstrate so well. What an unusual and beautiful post for Foliage Follow-Up!

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  4. Did you take any cuttings this year from 'Star of Madera'? Beautiful B&W

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  5. Love those in black and white! Frame worthy collection!

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  6. your Schefflera taiwaniana is stunning! in fact, everything is! I even sense a collection of agave art in the works. Maybe for a collection?

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  7. Such a lovely post, Loree. Beautiful black and white photos and I love the surprise insertion of the full-color photos - they punctuate the group perfectly!

    I must now acquire several of your selections, including Rubus lineatus, Eriobotrya japonica, and any Echium!

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  8. Wow!

    They look cool 8-)

    I particularly like the effect on the Echiums, especially the Echium candicans 'Star of Madeira'.

    They remind me of the type of pictures you get from electron microscopes.

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  9. I'm a big fan of black & white photography, and now: the NOIR GARDEN! I love it, and it reveals texture and form in a most surprising way.

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  10. Really interesting. Some of the plants look better in b&w (Melianthus) and some look better in color (blood grass). Cool post!

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  11. You've got such beautiful plants....I'm still learning the settings on my camera yet....I have it on the thing but I don't know how to use it:)

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  12. The contrast in b&w is a testament to some great combo shots! Especially like the gunnera? in the tub!

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  13. Wicked photos! Enjoyed this eye candy post~

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  14. Great shots! David Perry would be proud. Now I want Syneilesis more than ever.

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  15. Love the way the B&W shot with the mixed border shows off all the foliage patterns. And the color on the Japanese blood grass makes me want to get out my paints...great stuff!

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  16. LeLo, thank you!

    scott, I think I've read that too and I really had fun taking these pictures, there were so many more that I didn't post!

    Pam, this little exercise really did have me looking at plants/combos differently.

    linda, no...I didn't. I love your heroic efforts to save your plant. I tried to comment on your post to ask questions but it never would let me.

    Three on Grove, ha! Maybe a cheap IKEA frame...

    Louis, I have an old b&w Saguaro photo that I picked up at Goodwill YEARS ago, I should get serious and try and add a few agaves to the mix.

    MulchMaid, yay! Excellent choices.

    Adam D, my husband said nearly the same thing! (about the microscope)

    ricki, uhm...wonder if that name's taken? Could be a fun blog!

    Thanks Hoov!

    Rohrerbot, you have an excuse since your camera is so new, I've had mine for a couple of years!

    Compost, yep, that's a Gunnera. It really enjoyed our wet spring and cool summer.

    Cyndi, wicked, ha! I like that description.

    Helen, get it! Seriously. Syneilesis starts out so amazing in the spring and just builds from there.

    Amy, thanks for stopping by!

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  17. Sorry about my fussy Posterous . I have quite the palova commenting on blogs myself !

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  18. LOVELY set! The black and white ones are fantastic.

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