#mountain laurel

[zegalba]

#mountain laurel #flowers #white #nature #leaves #plant

[holmes-ja]

Oh dear, I think the compression is not playing nicely with this one.

So instead of my normal months-of-the-year themed nouveau stuff, I've lately been working on a commission! This is Kata. She stabs people.

#art #my art #artistsontumblr #drawing #painting #art nouveau #commission #commission art #commissions open #human artists #this took a long time #but thankfully my client was very patient #mountain laurel #foxglove #flowers #character art #client's OC

[vandaliatraveler]

Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) is now in bloom throughout Central Appalachia. For many natives steeped in the region’s culture, this gnarled, tenacious evergreen shrub is emblematic of Appalachia’s resilient character and enduring will to survive under the toughest circumstances. The plant is celebrated throughout the region in place names and festivals. But mountain laurel isn’t the only beauty showing off its inflorescence in the local woods; deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) and mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) are both at peak gorgeousness. The flower longhorn beetle (Strangalepta abbreviata) with a face full of viburnum pollen made my week.

#appalachia #vandalia #west virginia #coopers rock state forest #june #late spring #mountain laurel #deerberry #mapleleaf viburnum #flower longhorn beetle

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

#mountain laurel #flowers #crystal springs rhododendron garden #plant photography #plant blog #plants

[dk-thrive]

Mountain Laurel (Kalmia Latifolia). ‘Sarah’. 69° F. June 7 2023. Darien, CT (@dkct25)   

#flower #bloom #blossom #mountain laurel #kalmia latifolia #original photography #photographer on tumblr #red #pink

[naomimaria]

Mountain laurel illustration I did for myself. It's part of a pair.

I wanted it to look like it was something I could have made with in litho with crayons and I think it came pretty close.

Botanical illustrations are hard. Foreshortening is hard. But I got it done hahah.

#botanical illustration #plants #mountain laurel #flowers #pink #floral #drawing #illustration #drawblr #artblr #artists on tumblr #illustrators on tumblr #adobe fresco #digital illustration #dibujo #tumblr creators #creatr #nature

[samguayart]

A sketchbook spirit of rain-washed mountain laurel, of a gloomy June. And another unfinished spirit of the solstice sun, of a garden's unfurling rainbow.

And a little bonus of bugs in love on the milkweed.

#nature #cosmos #milkweed #mountain laurel #flowers #painting #gouache #sketchbook #fae #nature spirits #bugs in love

[lizacharlesworth1]

Mountain Laurel, NYC by Liza Charledworth

#mountain laurel #photographers on tumblr #original photographers

[zoeflake]

🌿 Mountains of laurel 🌸🌱

#lunaladee photos #mountain laurel #weiser & bald eagle state forests #june 2023 #hiking #original photography

[hexasart]

A poisonous pride icon for @ladyrabahber ! :>

The flowers here are Lantanas, Mountain Laurels, Azaleas and Oleanders!

#commission #poisonous flowers #oleander #azalea #mountain laurel #icon #pride icon

[lilybug-02]

Happy Early Spring! 🌈🌸🌷🍃

Many early flowers don’t last too long, but what they don’t have in longevity they give in a wonderful fragrant smell.

#Texas redbud #paperwhite daffodil ‘ziva’ #Texas rosebud again #white knock out rose #mountain laurel #bread #art #photos #my photos #flowers #spring

[aisling-saoirse]

Laurels at Blue Mountain Lake - June 5th 2022

#mountain laurel #nature #forest #original phography #summer #photographers on tumblr #lake #delaware water gap #pink flowers #appalachian trail #new jersey

[hermeticbridgetroll]

Sun lit mountain laurel & dogwood blossoms.

#flowers #garden #mountain laurel #sunlight #cottagecore #gardencore #grandmacore #dogwood #my photos #my photography #photography #snapshots

[vandaliatraveler]

Dolly Sods and the adjacent Flat Rock and Roaring Plains sprawl across a rugged plateau at the edge of the Allegheny Front, which drains much of the moisture from passing clouds. The water drains poorly on the plateau, resulting in sphagnum bogs that host a variety of plants and animals uniquely adapted to the cool, acidic environment.

From top: Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), which in combination with blueberry, huckleberry and minniebush forms impenetrable thickets along the edges of the bogs; spoonleaf sundew (Drosera intermedia), also known as spatulate-leaved sundew, one of two species of carnivorous sundew to grow here; small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos), also known as bog cranberry, whose tiny flowers have strongly recurved petals; possumhaw viburnum (Viburnum nudum), also known as wild raisin due to its vibrantly-hued fruits in the fall; canaan fir (Abies balsamea var. phanerolepis), a recognized subspecies of balsam fir known from only a few locations in West Virginia and Virginia; and bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), which grows prolifically in the dappled sunlight along trail edges.

#appalachia #vandalia #west virginia #allegheny mountains #allegheny front #dolly sods #dolly sods wilderness #flora #wildflowers #wetlands #sphagnum moss #peat bog #sphagnum bog #kalmia latifolia #mountain laurel #drosera intermedia #spoonleaf sundew #spatulate-leaved sundew #vaccinium oxycoccus #small cranberry #bog cranberry #viburnum nudum #possumhaw #wild raisin #smooth witherod #abies balsamea var. phanerolepis #canaan fir #cornus canadensis #bunchberry #monongahela national forest

[argyleheir]

July 13 | Through the mountain laurel grove

#nature photo set #nature photography #mountain laurel #my snapshots

[windandwater]

London, Richmond Park: Mountain Laurel

These are the last pictures I took in England in 2022. It did take me 2 years to go through them for a reason (the first year was its own thing, but that second year was tough), and I won't lie that this last batch was very emotional for me. These were all flowers my dad loved, especially the rhododendrons. He would hike to specific places to see them and to get photos of in specific lighting. I felt him over my shoulder looking at these pictures with me the whole time.

I will always regret that he never got to see these. But I am very, very proud of them and I can see my growth as a photographer in every single one.

And to close, and to show you where I started, here is the first ever picture I took of mountain laurel, in my backyard (in a state where it grows native). I thought I'd lost this picture but it turns out he recovered it from my hard drive and apparently forgot to tell me--I only found it after his death.

I wouldn't say this is a terrible photo, but what I mostly see in it is potential. I see an 18 year old full of creativity waiting to burst out of her chest, who just needed a chance. And I see the person who encouraged her to take that and run with it and turn it into a passion.

#london #richmond park #mountain laurel #flowers #photographers on tumblr #my photo #made by me #london 2022 #england 2022 #my dad