🍁🪵🌾 Close Ups of Leaves, Bark and Seedheads

Plantminded

As the end of the growing season approaches and flowers start to disappear, please brighten our forthcoming short, dark days by posting some close ups of leaves, bark and seedheads in your garden here. 

To start off, here's a maturing seedhead of Miscanthus sinensis "Zebrinus", Zebra Grass.

GardenerSuze

@Plantminded Lovely photo I must let my photographer bro know about these lovely close ups.
Great start to a new thread that I will look foreward to seeing many more.

rowlandscastle444

Interesting that you include seedheads.


I know these were on the flower close ups, but I like them so much.

Plantminded

Lovely photos @rowlandscastle444, do you know the plant name?

rowlandscastle444

Sorry, @Plantminded but I was out for a walk, and passed this in someone's garden 

Plantminded

Thank you @rowlandscastle444, I was just curious as it doesn't look like anything that I know - apart from goose feathers!

Plantminded

Miscanthus Malepartus fading to its winter colour and Tree Fern crown and frond:

NormandyLiz

I'd sort of thought we could include this sort of thing either in the flower close ups which is including leaves, etc. or in the creative photography thread if that's more appropriate. I'm concerned that we may end up with too many photo threads if we're not careful, and not know what to put where. Just my personal thought.

Plantminded

My intention was to replace the Close Up of Flowers thread with this one as the season fades, which @bertrand-mabel and others thought was a good idea. These are just ordinary garden photos, not creative photography, so I think it's appropriate to place them here. There's never been a sense of ownership or rules and regulations to these threads, they develop or fade as regular and new contributors show interest or lack of interest.  

GardenerSuze

@rowlandscastle444 Just wondered if the seed heads were clematis?

NormandyLiz

I'm with you now, @Plantminded.