Honeysuckle

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Gardens • Tagged Goldflame, hardy, honeysuckle, leaves, photography, shadow, vine • 6 Comments

Another 2010 image from my garden. A Goldflame Honeysuckle, Lonicera x heckrottii, catches the morning light.

Gold Flame

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged branch, Goldflame, Goldmound Spirea, leaves, orange, photography, red, Spiraea, Spirea • 8 Comments

New leaves on the Gold Flame Spirea are lit up by the late afternoon sun. Also called Spiraea japonica or Spiraea x bumalda 'Goldflame,' this shrub is one of the most colourful and hardy in my garden. In spring, its leaves emerge a bright red and fade to yellow for the summer.