Florals

I was so happy to see the blooms of paint brush and Western wood lilies decorate the sides of the highway when I was travelling through the mountains. I was inspired to buy a book on shrubs and flowers when I reached Nordegg and was I ever overwhelmed by the varieties! It is hard to determine which is which-so much information but I will try to keep it simple. I share with you the colours of the landscape with those blooms that I have identified as well as the rest of the “pretty flowers”. I am sorry about the blurriness of the first one but curious about what this is.

©Jane Chesebrough

This entry was posted on July 23, 2012 by Jane's Heartsong. It was filed under Photo Blog, Scenics and was tagged with Alberta, Canon Rebel XS, David Thompson Highway, nature, photo, Sigma 70-300mm, wildflowers.

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12 responses

Robyn Lee

Such lovely shots ~ not good at identification but love that that these are wild and so beautiful ~ Thanks Jane!!

July 23, 2012 at 7:43 pm

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dhphotosite

NIce shots Jane! It’s great you had all these beautiful flowers to guide you as you drove along.

July 24, 2012 at 8:06 am

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Emily B

All lovely, but that fourth one in particular… cracks right through the screen and into my living room in a burst of color.

July 25, 2012 at 9:34 am

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- janechese
  
  Thanks Emily, found out it is called Sisyrinchium montanum or Mountain Blue-eyed grass.
  
  July 25, 2012 at 10:43 am
  
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Fergiemoto

Lovely floral shots!

July 25, 2012 at 5:56 pm

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Ninni Raimondi

Really Wonder
Ninni Raimondi Journalist in Bologna, Italy

July 26, 2012 at 4:22 pm

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munchow

A series of lovely flower photographs. My favourite is the forth from the top. Simply beautiful.

July 28, 2012 at 11:07 am

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- janechese
  
  Thank you, Otto. Definitely went for a narrow DOF there.
  
  July 28, 2012 at 1:46 pm
  
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Cindy Kilpatrick

Great to find another Alberta wildflower lover! Looks like you have ID’d most of your lovely images and I think I can help you with the last one. From what I can see of it, I think it is a Wild White, or Richardson’s Geranium (Geranium richardsonii). If you took more pictures of it – leaves, etc., you should be able to confirm it.

July 31, 2012 at 5:04 pm

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- janechese
  
  Thank you Cindy. I think it is the wild white geranium but I am starting to pay more attention to the leaves because that is the first identifying factor in the guide book. I am happy for your comments and that you stopped to check the blog.
  
  July 31, 2012 at 10:50 pm
  
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Sartenada

Lovely shots. I love very much the photo presenting Bluebells.

August 4, 2012 at 2:12 am

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- janechese
  
  Thank you Matti. I always appreciate your feedback.
  
  August 4, 2012 at 2:03 pm
  
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