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Beautiful photo!!!
Thank you, Trini! â¤
It’s all in the details. I often think about how nature manage to look perfect in every phase. Great photo Eliza.
Thanks much, Maria. The beauty of nature always captivates me. â¤
Me too đ
Elegant!
Thank you, Audrey!
I don’t think I ever let my hosta go to seed (or never noticed a seed head). They are quite pretty. Did you ever think of growing some from seed??
They do self-sow and while most are rather dull green, some have been nice, esp. the big H. sieboldiana crosses. I like to bring the seed heads in for dried arrangements. They look like little pagodas and last for years. The inky, blue-black seeds offer a nice contrast to the pale outer parts.
I had a seedling (I guess I must have had a seed pod!) last year come up with a leaf cut right down the middle with one side light green, one side dark green, like a yin/yang pattern. I’m growing it on to see if it stays that way.
That is pretty cool, a chimera!
Gosh, that’s pretty! You really caught the delicate beauty.
Thank you, Laurie! The morning light was nice in this one.
I love this image!
Thank you, Catherine! x
Lovely. I really like seedheads and they can add much interest and beauty to the garden- and of course lead to more plants. It seems a lot of gardeners cut them off because they think they are untidy?
Thank you, Carol. I know there are those few who don’t like their flowers, but the bees love them and I have a couple varieties that are either very fragrant, or one that I love that has deep purple flowers against large deep green leaves – a crime to cut away such beauty!
The Bumbles love Hosta Flowers..easy to picture them climbing in! Have you ever grown Hostas from seed?
Yes, I leave mine to self-sow and move them around where I want them… some interesting crosses!
Beautiful image Eliza!
Thank you, Reed! đ
Not only is this a lovely yet poignant image, it is symbolic of the cycle of life – some seeds still clinging on whilst waiting for their dispersal.
Thank you, Anne. Seeds are nature’s best hope. đ
This is a Hosta?? We used to have some, but they’re all gone now. I like them best when they put out delicate lavender-colored flowers, but you’ve captured a beauty I never realized they have. Gorgeous!
Thank you, Debbie. I leave some things in the garden as ‘winter interest’ and Hosta seed heads hold up well, even in snow. I try to leave hiding places for overwintering insects, too. With a 40% drop in both insect and bird populations, gardeners have an important role to play in helping them out. đ
Beautiful picture.
Thank you very much! đ
I was utterly perplexed as to what this was, Eliza. I recognized it as a seed head but that’s as far as I got until I read the comments. As you might expect, we don’t see many Hostas in my area.
Yes, even where it is commonly grown, few let them go to seed, most deadhead them. Personally, I love them and if they self sow, I find places for them.
Love the dappled light in the background of this image Eliza
Thank you, Karina. The play of light was just right. đ
Golden beauty đź
Thank you, Karen. đ
Resting their ‘wings’ before the last great flight. :0
One good breeze will do it! đ
The hosta against that background is lovely!
Thank you, Belinda. Reminds me of twinkle lights. đ
Darn if this image doesn’t almost have a Christmassy feel about it, Eliza. Cool!
Thank you, Amy. Twinkle light bokeh!
Not knowing what the plant is, I read through the comments. Then I found more in Wikipedia: “Hosta… is a genus of plants commonly known as hostas, plantain lilies and occasionally by the Japanese name gibĹshi. Hostas are widely cultivated as shade-tolerant foliage plants. The genus is currently placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, and is native to northeast Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and the Russian Far East). Like many ‘lilioid monocots’, the genus was once classified in the Liliaceae. The genus was named by Austrian botanist Leopold Trattinnick in 1812, in honor of the Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host.”
Thanks for adding that, Steve!
Though not the blog’s host, I figured adding information about Host would help.
That background really makes this shine, Eliza. I always appreciate what remains of summer blooms as winter approaches.
Thank you, Steve. They remind us that, though dormant, there is still life under there.
Dried-up seed pods, cobwebs, and the sunshine — what a fantastic, even dazzling, display this is.
Thank you, Jet. đ
Fun background with the bokeh specular highlights.
Thank you, Denise! â¤
Love, love, love. Great use of aperture to make your background sparkle and your subject stand out.
Thank you kindly, Jane, much appreciated! x
Really like this one (too)!
Thank you, LD!
An example of the beauty in every stage of growth. đ