Have you ever noticed plants that become sunbursts if you stare at them long enough and in the right way? They are favorites in semi-arid landscapes which I see frquently when I take my local walks; many are natives.
Too bad -- a bunch grass, though quite neat in the ground, is too thatched for its sunburst effect to show up in a photograph.
On the other hand, this plain, everyday weedy crab grass grows into its own small sunburst. The effect is especially effective once the frost has hit (below).
Definitely not a native (in fact photographed in Louisiana last summer) is this cycad. The shape of the plant certainly shouts that it is a close cousin to the pineapple.
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Only Granny J can find symmetrical beauty in crab grass! :)
That's why I luv ya, and look forward to your 2009 posts.
How's Georgene's web site coming? Did you post her URL yet? If yes, I missed it. :(
~Anon in AV.
anon av -- that crab grass really jumped out at me, especially seeing as how I almost never see it in my wanderings. As for Georgene's URL, go here to Yavapai Central. Check my previous post & see if there isn't a link on the mention of Yavapai Central in the first post -- and tell me what color it is! Tnx.
Good eye, GJ.
Real nice shots.
Thanks for name of the pineapple like plant...cycad! There are several I see around Austin.
cat-A -- we have wonderful grasslike plants hereabouts...
and, steve, they are why the pictures work! Oh -- just for the hell of it, point your eye at the center of the 1st picture & gradually scroll down. It's a fascinating effect.
diana -- we're a hair too chilly for growing tropicals like that. I saw the plant down in Cajun country.
What a great perspective! However... I'm a little dismayed that you're being nice to crab grass. :) - your gardening friend.
kate -- I already warned you that, as a photographer, I am the great defender of weeds. I presume that crab grass earns my protection under that flag.
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