Echinops are just cool. But it’s hard to grow in my area; too humid. I had a landscape client who really wanted that particular blue color (it’s usually enhanced in garden catalogs) for her garden. I was willing to try it but warned her. It didn’t make it through the summer.
Reminds me of some of the scenery out of Rice Boy.
duvelthehobbit666says
My grandmother has those in her garden. Didn’t know they were special.
madtom1999says
They’re not special – just nice.
torquilmacneilsays
Planet Photoshop perhaps?
The flowers are real but that colour is not in nature.
julietdefargesays
That color, and other intense blues, certainly do exist in nature. Try anchusa, some petunias, gentians, lobelia, etc. I personally like the blues of Himalayan poppies and good ol’ roadside chicory.
It’s reeeaally hard for me to see this as not altered in some way. The shininess and crispness of them looks out of place compared to the grass/trees, and it’s very unreal looking. almost like they were digitally rendered 3D objects pasted over the background or something.
Though upon clicking the picture and seeing the full image it’s a bit more believable.
But damn, if those really haven’t been altered past good photography, I need me some. Even if they look like they would die instantly.
lauriesays
They really are lovely plants; in winter birds perch on the stems to eat the seeds. They never get all the seeds though, and you’ll have these beauties coming up everywhere the following year. Just be sure to pull the unwanted ones before they get big.
Caerie, Rage Flail says
Just knowing those exist make me happy.
kennypo65 says
That’s beautiful, and it really does look like an alien landscape. (Not that I actually know)
Glen Davidson says
Bestiality isn’t enough for Darwinists, now they’re breeding plants.
Glen Davidson
Caerie, Rage Flail says
Me fail English? That’s unpossible.
:sigh:
lynnwilhelm says
Echinops are just cool. But it’s hard to grow in my area; too humid. I had a landscape client who really wanted that particular blue color (it’s usually enhanced in garden catalogs) for her garden. I was willing to try it but warned her. It didn’t make it through the summer.
kosk11348 says
They look like viruses on stems.
vernonbalbert says
“A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
Antiochus Epiphanes says
Thistle go down as one of my favorites. My wife too. I aster.
Cuttlefish says
Those look like the photographic negative of our Earth flowers…
Naked Bunny with a Whip says
Black light. Who needs it?
Ava, Oporornis maledetta says
Planet of the Spore People
Amateur Hour says
Thistles are truly great, but Globe Thistles are the best of all.
carpenterman says
Seriously, man, if you have access to a starship, it’s time to share.
StevoR says
Pluto?
Trafamaldore?
Zubenelgenubi V?
thztds says
Fuck! That is an awesome pic. I want to live there.
birgerjohansson says
Baby triffids!
pentatomid says
I’ve got those in my garden. They’re pretty cool.
tyrannical says
Quite lovely, but the color looks a bit off as if it was shot through a filter to enhance the color. Reminds me of something out of Dr. Seuss.
LykeX says
Reminds me of some of the scenery out of Rice Boy.
duvelthehobbit666 says
My grandmother has those in her garden. Didn’t know they were special.
madtom1999 says
They’re not special – just nice.
torquilmacneil says
Planet Photoshop perhaps?
The flowers are real but that colour is not in nature.
julietdefarge says
That color, and other intense blues, certainly do exist in nature. Try anchusa, some petunias, gentians, lobelia, etc. I personally like the blues of Himalayan poppies and good ol’ roadside chicory.
Caerie, Rage Flail says
The color looks real enough to me. The angle and lighting help enhance it, though. Echinops pictures.
Ms. Daisy Cutter, Vile Human Being says
I… want to photoshop Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion flopping blissfully into that field.
pipenta says
One through which you do not want to run barefoot.
pentatomid says
No, the colors are real. That’s what those things look like just before sunset. Trust me, I’ve got those plants in my garden.
Grimalkin says
It’s reeeaally hard for me to see this as not altered in some way. The shininess and crispness of them looks out of place compared to the grass/trees, and it’s very unreal looking. almost like they were digitally rendered 3D objects pasted over the background or something.
Though upon clicking the picture and seeing the full image it’s a bit more believable.
But damn, if those really haven’t been altered past good photography, I need me some. Even if they look like they would die instantly.
laurie says
They really are lovely plants; in winter birds perch on the stems to eat the seeds. They never get all the seeds though, and you’ll have these beauties coming up everywhere the following year. Just be sure to pull the unwanted ones before they get big.