Plant of the day ? well the leaves anyway.

[Lyn and Malcolm]

Nikon D90 and Tamron 90mm 2.8 macro lens handheld

Geranium Blue Sunrise

The leaves don't stay this colour, just when they are new.

Malcolm

[ideasguy]

Now thats what I call close up!

You must have a very steady hand Malcom. Great shot and lovely foliage

[Lyn and Malcolm]

Thanks George, and now one with a flower.


Nikon D90 with Tamron 90mm 2.8 macro hand held

Tulipa batalinii 'Bright gem'

I do like to play with the bright lighting. 

Malcolm

[ideasguy]

...and to good effect, I have to say
It sure is a Bright Gem

Since the tulips are side on, were you flat on the ground again for that one?

[Lyn and Malcolm]

Not flat on the ground this time George, as too many plants in the way, just a kinked neck and half an eye to the viewfinder.
But worth the pain. 

Malcolm

[ideasguy]

The average surfer has no idea about the extremes web masters go to when it comes to taking all those photos they just happen to find on the net

[newplantguy]

Excellent photos.
The Geranium Blue Sunrise - introduced by Blooms a few years ago from Dutch Plantsman Hans Kramer.
 http://www.hessenhof.nl/
His nursery is well worth a visit if you are ever in the Netherlands.  
Paul.

[ideasguy]

Found it on their website Paul (eventualy)
Havent managed to get a direct link to add here for the page its displayed on (Ive never seen so many frames on one web page!).
However, from the page, heres the description:

Onze eigen toevalstreffer, die we in 1991 als spontane zaailing in een bedje van G. 'Buxton's Blue' aantroffen. In het voorjaar verkoopt de plant zichzelf door de zeer in het oog lopende oranje-gele scheuten, die langzaam naar een soort bronsgroen verkleuren. De bloei begint vanaf eind juni op gang te komen, waarbij de bloemen door de hoge zomertemperaturen nog niet mooi op kleur zijn. Ze zijn lilablauw, maar zodra het seizoen vordert en de nachten sterker afkoelen, verkleuren ze naar zuiver blauw en lijken haast groter te worden. In Engeland, waar de plant door Blooms onder kwekersrecht is geregistreerd, is de plant heel populair geworden. Wij zijn er nu heel trots op dat onze selectie in 2005 een Award of Garden Merit gekregen heeft door de Royal Horticultural Society.

I see it also has the AGM
On the page, I see a photo of the whole plant and a photo of the leaf.
Not as good as yours Malcolm

[Lyn and Malcolm]

Thanks for the info on G. 'Blue Sunrise'  Paul, I will add that to our review page for the plant when I next update. I am not updating so often recently, as you may have noticed George, that I am having to add some text manually to the Plants and Plant menu htm pages, as we are getting a lot of visitors arriving on those pages.

Glad you both liked the pictures.
I am reluctantly starting a Blog page on our website, which will have plenty of pictures, as you know I take quite a few. They are then mostly confined to hard drives, no one sees them. Plenty of room on our webspace, only used 10% of the 1.5gb

Malcolm

[newplantguy]

That photo of Blue Sunrise really is good.
How do you find Blue Sunrise does in your garden, it is one of my favorite Geraniums alongside Ann Folkard.
Paul.

[Lyn and Malcolm]

Paul

Lyn says the plant is rather lax here, could be the watering we do, and of course the plant has some near neighbor's.

Malcolm