I know this is grown in gardens in some parts of the world, but here in
Australia, it is a much detested, obnoxious weed. Still it does have a
pretty flower. :-)

"Maroochy" writes:

I know this is grown in gardens in some parts of the world, but here in
Australia, it is a much detested, obnoxious weed. Still it does have a
pretty flower. :-)

How are you achieving the black background?

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Dan Espen

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"Maroochy" wrote:

I know this is grown in gardens in some parts of the world, but here in
Australia, it is a much detested, obnoxious weed. Still it does have a
pretty flower. :-)


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It's a weed here in Texas, too, but people do grow it
intentionally in some gardens and pots.

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On 10/06/2012 8:26 AM, Maroochy wrote:
I know this is grown in gardens in some parts of the world, but here in
Australia, it is a much detested, obnoxious weed. Still it does have a
pretty flower. :-)




In England they grow mullein in gardens. Here, it's a roadside weed. It
grows in disturbed subsoil, and presumably helps improve it for "real"
plants. ;-)

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Wolf K.

On 10/06/2012 9:08 AM, Sj wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:26:04 +1000, "Maroochy"
wrote:


I know this is grown in gardens in some parts of the world, but here in
Australia, it is a much detested, obnoxious weed. Still it does have a
pretty flower. :-)

I replied in the photo ng ... weed???

No way ... they're gorgeous ... I feed them every few
weeks, have LOTS of flowers,& the hummingbirds
LOVE them! As do the bees

Sj

+1

--
Wolf K.

Dan Espen wrote:
How are you achieving the black background?

Mostly by selecting a flower that had a lot of dark foliage behind it, then
using a wide open lens (f5.6) and the fastest shutter speed I could, without
everything being too dark (I was using a 400m lens). Also a little curves
adjustment in PSP

Suzie-Q wrote:
It's a weed here in Texas, too, but people do grow it
intentionally in some gardens and pots.

It's just about a hanging offence here in Australia to cultivate it. They
did produce a hybrid that was suppose to be sterile, however it was found
that if grown near "wild" lantana it did reproduce.
We have removed so much of it from our land, in the past 2 years, it's been
a major job, as it was entwined in trees and in same cases had killed small
trees. I think we have now totally eradicated it from our place, but there
is still an awful lot of it on council land, the other side of our fence. On
day we will tackle it.

Sj wrote:

I know this is grown in gardens in some parts of the world, but here
in Australia, it is a much detested, obnoxious weed. Still it does
have a pretty flower. :-)

I replied in the photo ng ... weed???

A noxious weed at that. In our climate it goes totally wild, takes over
acres and acres of land and eventually nothing else will grow there. It's
hard to eradicate and (as my arms show) it becomes very prickly and the cuts
can be come infected.

No way ... they're gorgeous ... I feed them every few
weeks, have LOTS of flowers, & the hummingbirds
LOVE them! As do the bees

Yes, but here the birds pass the seeds on to another area and more of the
freaking stuff grows and kills more native vegetation.

Weed or no weed... it does have beautiful flowers

In article , Wolf K
writes
On 10/06/2012 8:26 AM, Maroochy wrote:
I know this is grown in gardens in some parts of the world, but here in
Australia, it is a much detested, obnoxious weed. Still it does have a
pretty flower. :-)


In England they grow mullein in gardens. Here, it's a roadside weed. It
grows in disturbed subsoil, and presumably helps improve it for "real"
plants. ;-)


We also allow several native mulleins to grow in gardens: they're all
handsome and they seed themselves without being invasive.

Lantana fortunately isn't hardy here, in fact I know a couple who have a
lavender-coloured form of it that they protect with a temporary
greenhouse every winter and heating in cold weather!
--
Sue ]

"Maroochy" writes:

Dan Espen wrote:
How are you achieving the black background?

Mostly by selecting a flower that had a lot of dark foliage behind it, then
using a wide open lens (f5.6) and the fastest shutter speed I could, without
everything being too dark (I was using a 400m lens). Also a little curves
adjustment in PSP

Thanks.

--
Dan Espen