Coreopsis?? (2006-05-30)
Cinquefoil (2006-05-30) Cinque (Pontentilla) is in the rose family.
Hardy Ice Plant (2006-05-30) Hardy Ice Plant Ice Plant (Delosperma spp.) is a good ground cover for the Salt Lake Area. This picture makes an interesting background. Click on the picture for a 1MB version of this image.
Columbine (2006-05-30) A hybrid white Columbine.
Yellow Flower (2006-05-30)
Pot of Cacti (2006-05-30) A pot of Cactus.
Yellow Flower (2006-05-30) A yellow flower (perhaps a coreopsis).
Sage (2006-05-30) Sage is a tasty herb that thrives in Utah low water gardens.
Pine Leaf Penstemon (2006-05-30) The Pine Leaf Penstemon is a Utah native species with bright red flowers that does well in rock gardens.
Red Leaf Penstemon (2006-05-30) Red Leaf Penstemon is a native Utah Flower.
All My Weeds Are Wildflowers (2006-05-30) When growing a native garden, you often have to explain to neighbors why you are planting weeds. The weeds are Penstemons and Globe Mallow.
Tiny Plants (2006-05-30) This tiny piece of garden has Alyssum and Hardy Ice Plant.
Bedstraw (2006-05-30) Bedstraw (Galium spp. in the Rubiaceae family) is so named as it was used in making bedding before in the invention of bed springs.
Tiny Penstemon (2006-05-30)
Rocky Mountain Penstemon (2006-05-30) Rocky Mountain Penstemon has a stems. We planted this bunch about 5 years ago.
Native Garden (2006-05-30) This picture includes a blue Rocky Mountain Penstemon and orange Globe Mallow.
Pontentilla (2006-05-30) A bush of scrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla) in the rose family.
Native Garden (2006-05-30) This garden includes a light pink scarlet gilia, blue Rocky Mountain Penstemon, orange Globe Mallow, Golden Eye on the left and a Palmer Penstemon on the right.
Sage and Rabbit Bush (2006-05-30) Sage and Rabbit Bush.
Penstemon (2006-05-30) This might be a firecracker penstemon.
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Flowers are great picture subjects. It is extremely difficult to take good flower pictures with a standard autofocus digital camera. I recently upgrade to a Nikon D10 Digital SLR. The Single Lens Reflect camera gives me greater control over focussing on the flowers. I am using a 28-90mm lens. Professional photographers are would likely use a more expensive micro lens for this type of photography.