The Weekend in Black and White

These fall flowers do come in some awesome
seasonal colors, but I think they speak for
themselves even in black and white.

[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.]

autumn in miniature

The trees around here took their sweet time
going from green to yellow/orange/red—but this
bonsai on display at the New York Botanical Garden
got with the program in a more timely fashion.

[It's Ruby Tuesday.  To see more, go here.]

Kiku—The Chrysanthemum Festival

Last week I showed you some nice chrysanthemums—
pretty much what you'd expect to find this time of year.
But then I visited the New York Botanical Garden
to see their spectacular chrysanthemum festival . . .  

with blooms arranged in the shape of bridges,
bonsai, and waterfalls.  On the left is an
example of ozukuri:  A single plant is trained to 
produce hundreds of flowers in a huge dome-shaped 
display. (This one was started a year ago.)

[You can see more Mellow Yellows at Gemma's meme.
To see more Macro Monday posts, go here.] 

Autumn red

I live a five-minute walk from the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, but last weekend
I visited the NY Botanical Garden, which is up in
the Bronx.  Considering that it's almost November,
I was a bit surprised at how many different
plants were in bloom—including these beauties.

[It's Ruby Tuesday; to see more, go here.
And for more flower macros, visit NF/Blo-Ma.]