sacred datura
Many beautiful flowers grow wild in the Desert Southwest. Sacred Datura (“Jimson Weed,” “Georgia O’Keefe’s Flower”) is one. You may see it along the roadsides throughout New Mexico.
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Sunset July 29 Susan Brandt Graham
Tonight’s offering. . .
The Desert Rose Society of the Palm Springs, California, area is sponsoring a very exciting rose photography show this coming November. Judging will take place on the evening of November 12, and the show will be open to the public on November 13 and 14.
Entries are invited from around the world, and entrants do not have to be members of any rose society. In other words, it is open to anyone, anywhere, who likes both roses and photography. The entry fee is $20.00 US.
The complete schedule is here, along with rules, registration form, etc.
Note that entries may be mailed in, with a deadline for receipt of two weeks before the show. Prints may also be entered, with prior reservations, on the morning of November 12. Entered prints will become the property of the Desert Rose Society and will not be returned, but the photographer otherwise retains full rights in the submitted photos.
The rose photography show will be held at the same time as the American Rose Society Fall Convention and Rose Show, also sponsored by the Desert Rose Society. Complete information about that can be found at www.desertrosesociety.com
Flower Girl, a shrub rose Susan Brandt Graham, photographer
‘Flower Girl’ is one of my favorite roses to grow in Albuquerque. It blooms early, continuously, and well into the fall. As you can see, it makes huge sprays of delicate flowers. It is disease-free, and requires little more than an occasional feeding and the addition of iron once a season to keep its fresh pink look.
This rose was grown by Lois Brandt.
Sunset July 27 2009
With skies like this, it is hard not to be out photographing!
Summer Sunset
Sunsets in New Mexico are usually beautiful. It seems that this summer we are having even more spectacular sunsets almost every night. Light is so involved in the beauty of the American Southwest.
Green Rose
This really is a rose, officially a China. In rose shows, it is eligible for the Genesis Award.
The cluster of green you see are really the sepals. I have been told there are true flowers deep inside the cluster of sepals; I have never seen one.
When I took the test to become an ARS Accredited Rose Judge, one of the questions was “What is the ARS color of the Green Rose?” There is no ARS color “green,” so I answered “no clue.” I think I was given partial credit for that answer.
The official color of the flowers of the Green Rose is “white.” Just some rose trivia.
The 2009 American Rose Society will have its Fall Convention and Show in Palm Springs, California, this November.
Being held in conjunction with this is the 2009 Palm Springs Rose Photography Show. Entries are being invited from all over the world.
Judging will be held on Thursday, November 12, and show will be open to public from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm on Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14.
For all the details, see the Photography Schedule.
Sunset during monsoon season
Sunsets in the Desert Southwest are nearly always spectacular. Storms during monsoon season can be visually impressive. This is a storm rolling in over the Sandia Mountains last night around sunset; the thunder and rain arrived shortly after dark.
