Saturday, January 10, 2009

The Lure of Leaves

I often find the leaves of plants as attractive as the flowers. The colour, shape and texture is endlessly fascinating.

Here is a selection of leaves in my garden photographed over the past couple of years.

Grevillea 'Johnsonii'

Acer palmatum 'Seiryu'

Dodonaea (Hop Bush)

Eremopholia

Nandina

Liquidamber

Euphorbia

Phormium (New Zealand Flax)

Banksia

Dill (seed heads)

Marguerite daisy

Gaura (and raindrops)

Penesetemon

Jacaranda

Zonal pelargonium

Correa

Pyrethrum

Bronze Fennel

Cherry, Smoke Bush and Variegated Abelia leaves

Sapium sebiferum (Chinese Tallow Tree) ....1

..... 2

Sorbus (Mountain Ash)

Nectarine

Acer rubrum (October Glory)

Acer palmatum

Dodonaea (Hop bush - in winter)


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10 comments:

  1. a good yarn11:40 am AEDT

    Flowers give leaves some pretty serious competition but they hold there own as you have so capably demonstrated here.

    Cheers..Ann

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  2. Val1:04 am AEDT

    Some wonderful photos. I am interested to see the liquidamber, Ive heard a lot about it recently. But I havent heard of Chinese Tallowood, I shall investigate further. Lovely to look at these on a grey winter day.

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  3. Merle12:00 pm AEDT

    Dear Alice ~~ Great photos and so different. I like the ferns best, but there are some beauties there
    and so many colours'

    Thanks for your visit and comments. Glad you like the stories and jokes.
    Take care, my friend. Love, Merle.

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  4. Kerri3:44 pm AEDT

    Oh, beautiful, Alice! I'd love to touch all those lovely leaves. The colours are such a tonic when all we have to look at outside is monochrome...or so it seems.
    I particularly like the phormium, Acer Palmatum and Chinese Tallowood, but they're all gorgeous.
    Lucious leaves! Thank you!

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  5. Susan Tidwell10:00 pm AEDT

    Yes, Alice, here in the States it is very cold and frosty, with nothing but gray and browns to look at. But one can always find beautiful colors on your blog! Thanks for thinking 'outside the box' and sharing your wonderful leaf pictures with us!

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  6. Barbara5:39 am AEDT

    Indeed a very impressive selection of beautiful leaves in so different colours and texture. I wonder whether this Jacaranda (lovely name, sounds very exotic) also belongs to the family of ferns. The leaves look so similar. Is your "...2" a cercidiphyllum japonicum? I've got one and the leave and the colour is - I think - almost identical.

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  7. In transit8:04 pm AEDT

    Really Like your new header. Very pretty!

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  8. Linda4:55 am AEDT

    Hello from Seattle, Washington.
    Enjoyed all your photos.
    Linda

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  9. Kerri11:16 pm AEDT

    I was just having another look at your leaves and wondered...where are you going to plant that lovely jacaranda? Is there more than one pot there? More of Richard's seed endeavours, eh? :)
    Your new header is beautiful! I meant to mention it before, but was distracted by the wonderful leaves.

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  10. Noella6:23 pm AEDT

    Just rolling around in your delightful gallery of leaves, Alice!

    The liquid amber has always been a favourite of mine. We had one in our front yard when I was growing up, and I would endlessly collect the "best" coloured leaves as they fell on the ground.

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