Hey, there might be something to all this talk about the morning light. I caught it just right the other day as I was going out to pick up the paper. The sword-like foliage in back is Sisyrinchium striatum, surrounded by heathers. A hinoki cypress is the dark shape in the middle (it actually is frosted with golden edges when not in shadow). In the foreground is an unnamed grass from a neighbor, with a bit of Stachys ‘Helen Von Stein’ peeking into the left corner.
The same cast of characters backing up a native Madrone.
Carex buchanii adds color between Birds’ Nest Spruce and Iris foliage.
Stepping back, the spruce is crowding into a mislabeled Viburnum, but they do look pretty together.
The bright new growth on the weeping Norway spruce is always dramatic, but even more so catching the light like this.
All of the above photos were taken from the back side of Delusional Drive to take advantage of the light. Moving around to the front, Artemisia ‘Valerie Finnis’ is backed up by Sedum ‘Cape Blanco’. Valerie came from Linda (Whatsitgarden) in all its silvery goodness. Let’s hear it for Pam (Digging) for dreaming up Foliage Follow-Up and hosting it every month.
Wonderful photographs. The morning light really set off the grasses and foliage in your first picture! Happy spring!
Well worth an early start…but not every day.
Beautiful morning light shot. Couldn’t have been taken this weekend !
I had to give my VF the ” Chelsea chop”, which by the way starts Monday. She was awfully floppy.
I’ll do that as soon as she threatens to bloom.
Lovely morning light, and I’m glad you had your camera with you. Hopefully there was coffee too?
Coffee waiting. I’m not so good at juggling coffee, camera, lens cap…all at once.
Nothing like the morning light shining through to really highlight the beauty of foliage. Great pics, Ricki. Thanks for joining in with your faves.
Thanks, Pam…especially for hosting each month.
So it was worth getting up early. It is light here very early now and I would need to get up at 4,30 or 5 for images like these, and I’m just a bit too lazy. When the weather is really hot I might as then I could sleep in the afternoon when it is too hot to do anything.
I’m not much of a morning person either, so it takes a lot for me to say it’s worth it.
Some would not even think of 8ish as very early, so I shouldn’t be too prideful.
Pretty photos of all that foliage. I’m partial to the silvery plants so those are my favorites and the spruce which I must admire from afar.
I tend to wait for light from the opposite direction.
Ah…another evening light person. This evening was our first to eat on the deck and watch the light fade over the garden. It was lovely.
Gorgeous photos, Ricki! You timed these for great lighting. I keep finding myself admiring my garden when the lighting is like this, then I go back to my coffee. By the time I’m done, the light has moved on.
Gotta drop everything and dive for the camera to catch fleeting moments. Sometimes, like yesterday for me, the camera just refuses to see what I do.
Some lovely shots in there, thanks for sharing.
And thanks for commenting.
Do you have a blog? Clicking on your name took me to a Google page.
I’d say you and the Sisyrinchium have definitely made the case not just for morning light, but for foliage backlit by light of any kind.
Thanks. I think Scott was the one to make that case first. I’m just following where the greats have led.