Dwarf Spruce

Posted on July 22, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Trees • Tagged art, close up, coniferous, copyright, green, light, needles, Ontario, photography • Leave a comment

Close on the warm brown tones of a Picea abies Pusch at Whistling Gardens.

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Branch Lichen

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Trees • Tagged branches, brown, close up, copyright, green, lichen, photography • Leave a comment

Another view of the Larix kaempferi ‘Paper Lanterns’ tree with its rose-like little cones.

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Paper Lanterns

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Trees • Tagged art, branches, close up, contre-jour, copyright, light, Ontario, photography, silhouette, Whistling Gardens • 3 Comments

A view of the tree Larix kempferi ‘Paper Lanterns’ in the bright summer light.

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Pops of Green

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Trees • Tagged branches, close up, copyright, green, light, nedles, Ontario, photography • 2 Comments

Mid-day brightness lights up some type of Larch tree at Whistling Gardens.

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Cesarini Blue

Posted on July 9, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Trees • Tagged bright, close up, copyright, green, light, needles, Ontario, orange, photography, pop • 4 Comments

Close on a beautiful pine tree – Pinus flexilis – at Whistling Gardens. Quite a nice compact tree with some nice colour.

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Tricolor Beech

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Trees • Tagged bold, branches, copyright, fuchsia, light, Ontario, photography, Whistling Gardens • 2 Comments

This bright tree also goes by the name Roseomarginata and it certainly looks rosy! It’s a beautiful tree at Whistling Gardens in Southern Ontario.

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Green Fringe

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Trees • Tagged branches, close up, copyright, light, photography • Leave a comment

Close on the Hinoki Cypress in the front garden.

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Pink Filled Branches

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Trees • Tagged beauty, copyright, flowering, petals, photography, pink • 2 Comments

Spring is in full bloom!

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Redbud in May

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Trees • Tagged branches, buds, copyright, leaf, photography, pink, white • Leave a comment

Happy Thursday! We’re on a warming trend here which is nice. Hopefully no more frost!

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Redbud Pink

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Trees • Tagged bold, branches, Civic Garden Complex, copyright, Flowers, fushia, London, Ontario, photography, pink, spring • 8 Comments

This beautiful native tree, Cercis canadensis, is a popular tree here. It is so bright and bold in May that it’s not hard to see why.

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