Sophie’s maze

Plants

Tree suckerTree bark Vegetation

A close-up on tree bark, and a little tree sucker fighting against asphalt.

RaysRays The adult poplars in the same street cut the morning light into rays. Not far away, the sunrays cut through dense vegetation.

RomanescoGreen leaves Green leaves rimmed with white, and the puzzling Romanesco cauliflower.

Mossy tree trunkRiverArdennes woodArdennes wood In the Ardennes wood, you can follow paths, discover a river, mossy tree trunks and white flowers.

FogBudBud Hint of spring as tender buds appear on trees, against the blue sky.
At the end of summer, a carpet of fog in a field.

Vegetal wallLagureTeasel A teasel on the sea shore, and lagurus ovatus in the sun. The vegetal wall of the Quay Branly museum.

Palm treeMontjuïc garden The gardens of Montjuïc hill and one of their palm trees.

Worm tracksMushroomLichenFern A fern unfolding. An orange lichen on a rock. A small red mushroom. Worm tracks on a trunk.

Red cabbageFrozen roseFrozen shrubGrassSpring grass in the sun. Shrubs and a pink rose caught by the frost. A maze-like slice of red cabbage.

Morning roses Flowers

One of my first photos, roses on a misty morning background.

Quince treePollen treeApple blossomApple blossom Apple shrub tree blossom in the garden, from buds to flowers, helped by a pollinator tree. White flowers in a standard tree. Nearby, the quince tree is also blooming.

RosemaryDandelionHeatherPrimrose The wild primroses and the heather are also blooming. The seeds of the dandelion are ready to fly away, and the rosemary has little mauve flowers.

BerberisGorseNarcissusNarcissus flowers are among the first, and gorse display flowers almost all the time. Berberis also keep their orange flowers at the end of winter.

Apple treeDaffodilPink flowersPink flowers In the garden of a restaurant at the end of spring, pink flowers lit from behind or in full light, a daffodil, apple tree flowers.

MagnoliaMuscariBudWhite flowers In another garden, a shrub with very small white flowers, a bud with its first leaves, muscari flowers, and a blooming star magnolia.

Fleurs rosesUnfolding Later in summer, cow-parsnips are unfolding, very small pink flowers bloom on the rocks of the cliffs.

Yellow rose after the rainYellow roseSucculent A Haworthia succulent with flowers, and a yellow rose blooming, even after the rain.

DaffodilSpringtime hedgePear tree flowerFlowering currant Early, sunny and warm spring: a flowering currant, a pear tree flower, spring carpet of flowers and daffodils.

Pink roseEcheveria flowerSmall echeveriaFlowering echeveria An echeveria succulent flowering and spawning young plants, with a detail of the flowers. A pink rose.

PolygalaEcheveriaPink coastal flowersLittle pink flowers lining coastal dunes and rocks. Another variety of echeveria in bloom. A flower of the polygala family.

TeaselSheep’s bitCentaureaTeasel On the cliffs of the Roscanvel, another teasel, a centaurea jacea visited by a bee and a sheep’s bit. One more teasel on the sea shore.

Pink flowersMauve flowersNightshadeQuaking grassQuaking grass, a nice grass in the sunset light, and close by, the very small mauve and yellow flower of the nightshade. Another mauve flower and small pink flowers.

ChrysanthemumSageGauraFuschia Pink and red fuchsias. A delicate gaura flower. A two coloured decorative sage. Pink chrysanthemum flowers.

Fleurs des falaisesFleurs des falaisesHydrangeaHeatherPrimroses, heather and hydrangeas under a late spring snow. In summer, various flowers line the rocky cliffs.

Red flowerPink flower and beeBlue hydrangeaBlue hydrangeas among backlit leaves. A bee on a pink flower and a red flower.