I’ve decided to enter this month’s photo contest on Gardening Gone Wild.
Reason 1) Why not?
Reason 2) I am in love with Nancy J. Ondra’s book, Fallscaping, and since she’s the judge, my ego wants to rub elbows with her genius.
The bronze colored grass is our CO native, Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)
Longtime readers of Invisible Bees will remember the photo I’m entering from a previous post. It’s a beautiful display of Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem Grass) and another golden, ornamental grass I didn’t look closely enough to identify. I took this photo on one of my “Lord, help me get through this fall and winter” pilgrimages to the Denver Botanic Gardens.
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Wow, this is a truly amazing textural and color composition. This is all that is best about grasses.
Greetings healingmagichands. Welcome to Invisible Bees, and thank you for your kind compliment! The Denver Botanic Gardens is always a great source of inspiration, modeled best practices and amazing garden experiences. Northern Colorado is lucky to have this amazing resource in our community!
Hi Alexa, this shot captures exactly the description Nan Ondra gives of what she will be looking for in the winning grass shot of this month’s contest: movement. Good luck!
Frances
Fantastic shot but is it just me then that thinks it looks like the close up off a man’s head after an ill-advised hair dye adventure…?
Too funny, Dawn. It’s not just you. This definitely reminds me of Ryan Seacrest’s hair or a little sun-bleached kid with birthmarks and cowlicks in his hair.
Frances, thank you for visiting and thank you for your words of encouragement! You always have such beautiful images on your site… I love watching the seasons unfold over in your neck of the woods!
Love the movement and texture you captured! Good luck!!
Thank you, Linda and welcome to Invisible Bees! It was such a happenstance to even pass by the grass that day. My husband and I got separated, and he was reading on a bench near this grass. He, too, felt the simple, pure energy in that movement and texture.
This is a fantastic photo Alexa! I love how it swirls and moves. Little Bluestem is one of my favorite native grasses. gail, clay and limestone.
Hi Gail - I love Little Bluestem, too. I love its chameleon-like, silvery blue sheen in summer, and then as fall comes on I love how it evolves into that toasted medley of hazelnut and rose. Thanks for sharing your appreciation! I hope you’ll visit with me and Invisible Bees again, soon!
Congratulations on your win! I love this photo and have always loved Little Bluestem. Your photo makes me want to lie down in it, ha!
Jean, thank you for visiting and for sharing your support! …You’re absolutely right, it would be a FABulous place to lie down, entertain some of that inner child, think not think, just be! Hope to see you here again, soon!