Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. ~Rainer Maria Rilke
Showing posts with label Gazanias. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gazanias. Show all posts

Saturday, May 2, 2015

"All right, (Ms. Farmlady), I'm ready for my close-up." ...

 Gazania species are grown for the brilliant colour of their flowerheads...
 which appear in the late spring and are often in bloom throughout the summer into autumn.
 They prefer a sunny position
.and are tolerant of dryness and poor soils.
The little pale yellow specks are pollen... flying everywhere. You don't even see this until you us a close up lens. It's in the air. It's what makes you cough and sneeze.
I love these colorful flowers. They are so hardy and this is the third year that they have returned, bigger and better than ever.
I used a Nikon 5100 camera with a 105mm macro lens for all of these images.