#WildlifeFriendly

Gloriously sunny morning. First time this season that the temperature has dropped below zero, -3.3º C. #Echinacea purpurea #seedheads covered in light #frost.

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This landscape orientation colour photograph shows Echinacea purpurea covered in light frost in the foreground. The area is still in the shade. In the background at the top a brighter patch, where the sun catches the ground and plants.

Artists Garden

2 weeks ago

One of my favourite views at this time of the year, a jungle of #seedheads and ornamental #grasses. A few evening primroses dotted around, hard to spot, are still budding.

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This photograph is impossible to describe adequately. It is, as the post says, a jungle of seedheads and ornamental grasses.
In the foreground, there is a row of mostly seedheads going across. On the left is a partial branch of an old greengage tree.
Middle distance, centre, a tall ornamental grass, Miscanthus sinensis ‘New Hybrids’. The grass is flowering, going to seed, whilst its stems are already turning yellow.
The green corner towards the back on the right is a bamboo.

Artists Garden

2 weeks ago

#Vibrant #autumn colours on a November's day: #Salvia #involucrata #Hadspen, still flowering, before yellow #dogwood, #Cornus #sericea #Flaviramea.
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Upright photograph of the bright pink flowers of a Salvia involucrata ‘Hadspen’. The blurry yellow background is from the autumnal leaves of a yellow dogwood. The also blurry darker patch in the background top left is a large Cotoneaster.

Artists Garden

2 weeks ago

#Vibrant #autumn colours on a grey November's day: #Flowering #Hylotelephium spectabile, previously called #Sedum, or ice plant in the process of going to #seed.

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Landscape orientation closeup of the purple flowers of a Hylotelephium spectabile. Some growth from other plants around the edges.

Artists Garden

2 weeks ago

#Vibrant #autumn colours on a grey November's day: A #Hydrangea (not sure which variety) with fading flowers and #autumnal leaves.

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This landscape orientation colour photograph shows a closeup of an autumnal hydrangea. The fading flowers are a pale pink colour, the leaves go from green to yellow, red and dark red.

VegPlotter

2 weeks ago

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Artists Garden

1 month ago

Yesterday working in the #garden, #sunshine and #showers. #April in #November. It takes an awful lot of #rain to make it show so clearly in a #photograph.
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This upright colour photograph shows a tall ornamental grass on the left and a tall spruce tree in the background on the right. The scene is dominated by heavy rain and sunshine.

Artists Garden

1 month ago

#Seedheads in the Garden of Delights in the #November #MorningSun.
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This upright colour photograph shows seedheads (mostly Monarda didyma) against the morning sun. In the background to the left a large cotoneaster and to the right a yellow dogwood.

Artists Garden

1 month ago

Look what just started to #flower now, in #November. Self-sown and very keen.
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This upright colour photograph shows a small sunflower, which had self-sown in a border in the garden and started to flower at the beginning of November.

Artists Garden

1 month ago

The first #primrose of the season.
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This upright photograph shows a primrose with two flowers, seen from above. There are a few blades of grass, small weeds and a few autumnal leaves.

Artists Garden

1 month ago

Been away a few days. This morning the #garden greeted me with #AutumnGlory
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An upright photograph of our garden in the foggy morning light. In the foreground is a small shrub, Euonymus alatus, or Burning Bush. Its leaves have turned and are now a wine red colour.
In the middle distance tall, flowering grasses and in the distance the faint indication of a tall evergreen hedge.

Artists Garden

2 months ago

Rediscovering my passion for black & white photography: Ornamental #grasses in two borders separated by a narrow strip of grass are leaning towards each other and have created a #mysterious hollow.
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An upright black and white photograph. Two borders leading away from the viewer are separated by s strip of grass. Tall ornamental grasses in both borders are laning towards each other and create a mysterious hollow with a brighter spot at the other end.

Artists Garden

2 months ago

Our surprisingly tall #Miscanthus #sinensis 'New Hybrids’. It is #flowering now and has grown to around 2.5 m.
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An upright photograph of my garden. In the foreground to the right is a very tall, flowering ornamental grass. To the left more ornamental grasses, not quite as tall. Immediately behind a glimpse of the top of a bamboo. In the background the top of an evergreen hedge and beyond that, to the left, the top of a tall tree, which belongs to the neighbour across the road. The sky is cloudy, light grey with only the faintest indication of blue.

Artists Garden

2 months ago

A lone #Echinacea purpurea #flower amongst #seedheads as we move deeper into #autumn . We leave the seedheads standing over the winter.
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A faded Echinacea purpurea flower amongst Echinacea seedheads, seen from above.

Artists Garden

2 months ago

After a sunny morning, #fog sets in as the sun rises. The world outside the #garden disappears.

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The photograph shows an elevated view of my garden in the autumn fog. The colours are muted and there is little contrast. The mood is one of peace and silence.
In the foreground, running horizontally across, is a row of shrubs, some are turning in colour. The area in the middle distance is largely obscured and in the background to the right is a tall evergreen spruce tree. On the right, a curved path leads away from the viewer.

Artists Garden

2 months ago

Glorious early #October #morning back-lit by the sun, which is already so low in the sky at this time of the year. The #seedheads will stay over the winter.
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A section of a border in my garden. The photograph is back-lit by the rising morning sun. The Salvia microphylla ‘Pink Blush’ is still flowering, as are some Verbena bonariensis. The Echinacea purpurea have largely gone to seed. The low seedheads in the background are Salvia nemorosa 'Ostfriesland'. Satisfyingly, the scene is decorated with spiders' webs.

Artists Garden

2 months ago

Cut out the #bamboo by taking the lower leaves off and took out some stems. Looks a bit radical but may have the desired effect of letting more light through.

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In the centre of the photograph the yellow and green stems of a large bamboo, from which I have removed the lower leaves. The bamboo is framed by tall ornamental grasses. Some are flowering, the grass in front of the bamboo has already turned yellow. In the foreground, very close to the camera left of centre, one shoot of a second bamboo. The bits of white in the background, barely visible through the growth, belong to the greenhouse.

Artists Garden

2 months ago

An unexpected use for my new #Japanese #ladder (see prev. post) is to #photograph the #garden from new angles.
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Photograph shows an elevated view of two borders with a narrow strip between them. Visible are mainly tall, flowering ornamental grasses and an assortment of perennials, which have now nearly all gone to seed.

Artists Garden

2 months ago

#Moisture (a #drizzle in this case. Frost also works.) makes normally #hidden and #delicate structures visible. It really is #autumn now. So much #wildlife in the #garden !

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Close-up of a shrub. Countless spiders’ webs are hanging off the branches and leaves. The webs remind me of heavily laden fishing nets in shape.

Artists Garden

2 months ago

Sunny morning on the last day of September. Shortly after I made this photo it turned cloudy.
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Autumnal view across part of my garden, looking towards the morning sun. There is a slight reflection in the lens.
Close to the camera top left of the frame is a partial branch of a greengage tree. In the middle ground a densely planted border. The most noticeable plants in this photograph are Salvia nemorosa, which has gone to seed, the seedheads of Echinacea purpurea, a Salvia, which is still flowering (purple flowers) and, to the right, a few tall sunflowers.
Just behind some shrubs with a gap roughly in the middle of the photograph, revealing more shrubs, trees and a hedge in the background.

Artists Garden

2 months ago

Hylotelephium spectabile (sedum, ice plant) and Cosmos. Both late flowering, very popular with the insects, bees in particular, at a time when other flowers are becoming rare.
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Upright photograph of flowering Hylotelephium spectabile (sedum, ice plant) in the foreground before tall, flowering Cosmos.

Artists Garden

2 months ago

The Garden of Delights this evening. See alt text for more info on plants in this photograph.

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Closely planted: Symphyotricum novae-belgii (New York Aster; I think they should be blue, not white) and Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Blackfield’ (Kiss me over the garden gate) in the Garden of Delights. The seedheads are Monarda didyma ‘Panorama Mix’. There are also ornamental grasses, daylilies and Iris. The shrub in the background is our Mexican Orange Blossom, Choisya ternata.

Artists Garden

2 months ago

The #garden is looking ever more #autumnal and #melancholic . The #seedheads and flowering #grasses are beautiful.

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The photograph shows a section of a densely planted autumnal border. From the front, Achillea filipendula seedheads, Echinacea purpurea going over and seedheads, weeds, Echinops ritro seedheads and flowering ornamental grasses.
The light has a hazy, soft, autumnal quality.

Artists Garden

2 months ago

Not a huge #nuts #harvest . Too early but squirrel is already coming to visit. I left plenty. His/her needs are greater than mine.
The #pears are ours, too.

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Photograph shows a rustic woven bowl containing nuts and two pears, all freshly harvested. The bowl stands on a table with a wooden top. Viewing angle is from slightly above. To the left the indication of the backrest of a white painted, worn, wooden chair. In the background the feet and bottom of a larger cabinet made from red-brown wood, standing on a light wooden floor. Chair and cabinet blurred.

Artists Garden

3 months ago

Sunny #morning in the #garden . The plants are bowing low after yesterday's heavy rain.

#SunnyMorning #artistsgarden #imperfectgarden #garden #gardenphotography #artist #wolfkettler #photography #gardenwiltshire #wiltshiregarden #wiltshire #sustainable #healthylifestyle #healthyliving #autumn #biodiversity #natural #naturalGarden #WildlifeFriendly #PlanetFriendly #pollinatorFriendly #autumnal

Photograph shows the central part of my garden in the low autumnal morning sun, which is just coming up.
In the foreground, perennials borders run across the image from left to right. Some plants are still in flower, others have gone to seed. The predominant colour scheme is purple, pink and blue with highlights of yellow.
Trees and shrubs in the middle ground form a barrier to the bottom of the garden in the background, which is only visible as a tempting indication of the garden continuing without showing much detail.

Artists Garden

3 months ago

Been working on my #website all day, especially to give the garden the #love it deserves. Take a look if you are interested: http://www.wolfkettler.com

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Artists Garden

3 months ago

#Foggy morning in the #garden - The light is so beautiful, #soft and #diffused. Gives a #pastel quality to the colours.
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The photograph shows a view of two neighbouring borders in the soft light of a foggy morning. The path between them is almost impassable at this time of the year, when the plants have reached their full size. The borders are planted with ornamental grasses and perennials, some of which are going over, others have already gone to seed.
Some of the identifiable plants in this photograph are Salvia nemorosa, Rudbeckia, Achillea, Echinacea, Verbena bonariensis and Scabius.

Artists Garden

3 months ago

Last week we were enjoying a few days of sunny, dry, hot and #summery weather. What else can you do but sit lazily in the #shade of a big tree?
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#weedgardening #weeds #wildflowers #WildlifeFriendly #PlanetFriendly #pollinatorFriendly #Lythrum #loosestrife #selfSeeded

Photograph shows the area around our garden pond. In the foreground flowering Echinacea purpurea, ornamental grasses and several other plants. Behind a large fern. The area behind that is planted up with various wild plants, such as Blue alkanet, Sedge, Comfrey and other wildflowers. The large purple flowering plant in the background is self-seeded Lythrum salicaria (Purple loosestrife), I think. The bees adore it. To the left is a very large spruce tree. Along the back runs a beech hedge.

Artists Garden

3 months ago

The light was beautiful this morning. All hazy, gentle and soft. The path in the middle on the right is the entrance to the #stumpery. Lots of new planting this year, which will only reach full height next year.

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Photograph shows a part of our garden with a fern and a perennials border in the foreground. In the middle distance shrubs and another border and in the far distance a tall evergreen hedge. In the middle ground on the right is a narrow path, which snakes off into the stumpery, which is out of view.

Artists Garden

3 months ago

Early morning in the garden, sitting on the patio amongst the plants with a cup of steaming hot coffee. Priceless!

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Photograph shows the patio in my garden. In the centre a perennials bed. Predominant plants at this time of the year and in this shot are Cosmos and Chives. The Hylotelephium (Sedum or ice plant) are coming into flower. The patio is framed by shrubs. In the background a blue painted garden shed. The scene is lit by the early morning sun.

Artists Garden

3 months ago

This morning in the #garden after a rainy day and a rainy night. Suddenly it has become #autumn

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The photograph shows a wide view of my garden. Close are two densely planted borders running across the photograph, in the middle trees and a hedge and beyond that an indication of where the garden leads.

Takako 🐀

3 months ago

#LookABunny in my community garden plot. 😂💚🐰💕

#cottontail #rabbit #communityGarden #humaneGarden #wildlifeFriendly

A cottontail rabbit standing up by the low wire-mesh fence in my community garden plot, calculating how high she needs to jump over the fence.

She’s in the calendula bush, and only top half of her body is visible. She keeps an eye on me.

A moment later, she made a spectacular jump to get out of my plot. She’ll be back!

Artists Garden

3 months ago

Morning in the garden. It’s almost beginning to look #autumnal

#hazy #foggy #silentsunday #sundaymorning #artistsgarden #imperfectgarden #garden #gardenphotography #artist #wolfkettler #photography #gardenwiltshire #wiltshiregarden #wiltshire #natural #naturalGarden #wildflowers #WildlifeFriendly #PlanetFriendly #pollinatorFriendly

Densely planted borders with perennials, biennials, ornamental grasses and a large bamboo in the hazy morning light.

East Anglia Bylines

3 months ago

Last autumn, Anglian Water aired an advertising campaign claiming their commitment to preserving clean waterways through the creation of #WildlifeFriendly #wetlands. But...

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/anglian-water-guilty-of-greenwashing/

Artists Garden

3 months ago

Relaxing in the #garden this afternoon after ... a day's work in the garden.

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Photograph shows two borders separated by a narrow path. The borders are planted densely with tall, flowering perennials. The most noticeable plants in the photograph are sunflowers, Echinacea purpurea, Monarda didyma and ornamental grasses. In the background is a tall hedge.

Artists Garden

4 months ago

If #coffee isn’t for you (last post), we can also look at this rather lovely #Crocosmia Lucifer in the #Garden of Delights, being friends with a #Monarda didyma.
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A red flowered Crocosmia Lucifer mingles with the pink and purple flowers of a Monarda didyma in this densely planted border.

Artists Garden

4 months ago

Fading light of an overcast evening: #Echinacea purpurea, #Verbena #bonariensis, #Achillea millefolium (yarrow), #Salvia x jamensis Violette de Loire and gone over Salvia nemorosa #Ostfriesland.

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A border with flowering Echinacea purpurea, Verbena bonariensis, Achillea millefolium (yarrow), Salvia x jamensis Violette de Loire and gone over Salvia nemorosa Ostfriesland photographed in the fading light of an overcast evening.

Artists Garden

4 months ago

When we first moved to this property, this was a fussy rockery. I let it all get out of control. Now the #evergreens are huge and interlaced with self-seeded plants, #poppies #yarrow and St. John's wort. It’s all rather beautiful now.
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Self-seeded poppies, yarrow and St. John’s Wort are interwoven in a profusion of large evergreen shrubs.

Artists Garden

4 months ago

One for #SilentSunday — #morning coffee in the #garden
After a grey start this morning, briefly gloriously #sunny and now grey again.

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Photograph shows a densely planted border to the left. Plants are Echinacea purpurea, Echinops ritro, Achillea filipendula ‘Parker’s Variety’, ornamental grasses and many more. A light blue painted garden shed is partly visible in the distance, hiding behind a bamboo. To the right a sundial on a stone column, standing in a border with Hollyhocks.

Artists Garden

4 months ago

At this time of the year the paths become ... impassable.

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Two densely planted borders, one to each side of the paved path that runs through the photograph from bottom to top. The plants in the borders are partly growing into the path.

Artists Garden

4 months ago

The #garden is swarming with #butterflies, bees and lots of other individuals. So satisfying!
This photo, a #peacock #butterfly on a #Buddleja.

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A peacock butterfly on a flowering Buddleja. Its wings are almost completely closed, only revealing just enough of the pattern on the upper sides of the wings to identify it.

Artists Garden

4 months ago

A female #Gatekeeper #butterfly and a #bee share a flower on one of the #Echinops ritro, also called Blue globe thistle.

#EchinopsRitro #GlobeThistle #sharing #wildlife #gardenwildlife #insects #artistsgarden #garden #gardener #gardening #gardenphotography #artist #wolfkettler #photography #gardenwiltshire #wiltshiregarden #wiltshire #summer #WildlifeFriendly #PlanetFriendly #pollinatorFriendly

A female Gatekeeper butterfly and a bee sit on the same flower of an Echinops ritro.

Artists Garden

4 months ago

After a sunny morning a grey afternoon. View across the width of the garden. Very satisfying to think that only a few years ago there was nothing except grass, the trees and the hedge in the distance.

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View across the width of my garden. Two large borders, densely planted with many types of different perennials (now in flower), are separated by a narrow path. At the other end a cream painted greenhouse is partially visible before a tall evergreen hedge. The flowers bring colour to a grey afternoon.

Artists Garden

5 months ago

#Monarda #didyma ‘Panorama Mix’ in a part of the garden that I call the Garden of Delights.

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A ‘field’ of flowering Monarda didyma in shades of pink and purple before the dark background of an evergreen hedge.

Jake Rayson

5 months ago

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Artists Garden

5 months ago

Morning in the garden.
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A densely planted border with Salvia nemorosa, lavender, Miscanthus sinensis 'Kleine Fontäne’, budding Echinacea purpurea, Yarrow, snapdragons and many other plants backlit by the rising sun.

Artists Garden

5 months ago

Some #butterflies, such as this Red admiral, are easy to photograph because they sit still and pose. Others are far more skittish and camera shy.

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A Red admiral butterfly sits on the flower of an Echinacea purpurea, wings open.

Artists Garden

5 months ago

One of the areas of grass, which has not been cut once yet this year, has turned into a #meadow of Lesser or Common #knapweed (Centaurea nigra) and #Yarrow. Both plants are among the top nectar producers, loved by insects and also birds.

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A dense wildflower meadow of uncut grass, Lesser or Common knapweed and Yarrow, both flowering.

Artists Garden

5 months ago

The #Echinacea purpurea have started to flower, the #Echinops ritro in the background are still taking their time. Also in the photograph (from bottom left) #Achillea filipendula ‘Parker’s Variety’, #Eupatorium cannabinum, Ragwort and #Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’.
‣Upright. Click to see it all.

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A densely planted border with Echinacea purpurea, Echinops ritro, Achillea filipendula ‘Parker’s Variety’, Eupatorium cannabinum, Ragwort and Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’.

Artists Garden

5 months ago

Hello from the #garden!
#Breezy day, partly cloudy with a lot of sun. Nowhere near as #windy as forecast. I reckon gusting F6, #MetOffice thought thundery, gale force winds (F8). (So far, at least.)

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A garden densely planted with flowering perennials, wildflowers, ornamental grasses, shrubs and a tree.

Artists Garden

5 months ago

A #leafcutter #bee takes his/her piece of leaf, cut from a rose leaf in the garden, into a hollow log in the #stumpery . It is so rewarding to see the wildlife utilising my garden!
@HampshireKarin @Buglife

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A log with a hollow centre seen from above. Approaching the centre is a leafcutter bee carrying a section of a cut leaf.

Artists Garden

5 months ago

I love the garden in the early morning light or, as in this photograph, in the evening light. Just gone seven o’clock.

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The photograph shows a romantic garden densely planted with trees, shrubs, annuals and perennials. Layer upon layer, it is difficult to gauge the size of the garden. The scene is back-lit by the low evening sun. A curved, paved path is partially visible. To one side of the path is a small sculpture of a Venetian flying lion.