Dogman
Veteran
The vegetation around here has not been treated well by one hundred degree Fahrenheit days. Yet some survive and some thrive while others fade. I wandered around this morning with a Nikon D700 and a Micro-Nikkor 105/2.8D lens. I also include one from earlier in the week of the banana plants done with a Fuji X-T1 and an adapted Voigtlander 28/2 Ultron lens. I'm not much of a fan of flower photos but sometimes you gotta take what's there and make the best of it.
Darthfeeble
But you can call me Steve
We here at the Weed Ranch share your pain. Nicely done!
Darthfeeble
But you can call me Steve
Case in point. 
Dogman
Veteran
Thank you, Steve. I see we share the same garden skills.
Retro-Grouch
Veteran
Very nice, Dogman! Flower pictures are a guilty pleasure for me, but, yes, sometimes you just gotta!
dexdog
Veteran
Dogman, I like the photos, thanks for posting. I appreciate your perspective on these plants, it is something that would never occur to me to photograph. Taking WAGs, saw palmetto #1, Aztec lily #3, four-o-clocks on pic no.4
Dogman
Veteran
Thank you, Retro-Grouch and dexdog.
That's a palm frond in photo number one. The tree suffered some serious damage in the near zero degree winter we had couple of years ago. Those are four o'clocks in picture number four. The photo #3...I'm not sure what this is called. My step-son dug it up from a ditch on a country road and planted it here years ago. He's very much into plants and flowers with a jungle for lawns at his home so he would know the common name as well as species, etc. I'm much less knowledgeable than him about plants but he's a pretty bad photographer.
That's a palm frond in photo number one. The tree suffered some serious damage in the near zero degree winter we had couple of years ago. Those are four o'clocks in picture number four. The photo #3...I'm not sure what this is called. My step-son dug it up from a ditch on a country road and planted it here years ago. He's very much into plants and flowers with a jungle for lawns at his home so he would know the common name as well as species, etc. I'm much less knowledgeable than him about plants but he's a pretty bad photographer.
Yokosuka Mike
Abstract Clarity
Wandering in an overgrown garden
Sony A7III, 50mm f1.5 Heliar Classic VM lens
September 2023, Yokohama Japan
Image is lower resolution than original
September 2023, Yokohama Japan
Image is lower resolution than original
Yokosuka Mike
Abstract Clarity
It's a jungle out there!
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 30mm f2.8 lens
September, 2023 - Yokohama, Japan
Image is lower resolution than original
September, 2023 - Yokohama, Japan
Image is lower resolution than original