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'+of+IMG_0660.JPG)
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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Flowers give leaves some pretty serious competition but they hold there own as you have so capably demonstrated here.
Cheers..Ann
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
Really Like your new header. Very pretty!
Hello from Seattle, Washington.
Enjoyed all your photos.
Linda
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.
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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