Monday, May 02, 2011

First Blooms in the Alpine Garden

This is a small post for a small plant: Draba polytricha has bloomed in the alpine garden. This entire plant is about the size (and shape) of a golf-ball. It is a tight little bun of a plant and clearly very hardy, as it lived through two winters so far, including the terrible one of 2009. It looks like a hairy little grey-green bun the rest of the year and probably will look really cool many years from now, as it expands into its rocky crevice.

This photo reminds me that I need to get a useful tripod for my heavy camera and moderately heavy new lens. Unfortunately, I don't exactly know what to get. These little alpine plants require getting pretty low and close. Any photographers have some good ideas?

3 comments:

The Sage Butterfly said...

So lovely, these small yellow blooms among the green.

quu said...

So much power and greatness, in so tiny plant. Alpine plants are so pretty and I always try to find them in our hiking trips up to Lapland.

I wish my Pulsatilla would look so great as yours, lovely! One of my favourite plants ever.

krystl said...

you can get a 'table top' tripod. they are short- and just about perfect for these situations