laurestine

[tozka]

Another fascinating flower spotted on today's walk: a Laurestine (Viburnum tinus)! (Thank you again to PlantNet for the identification. I'm hopeless with flower names.)



This was taken with the "macro" mode on my phone camera app! Normally I just use the "portrait" mode to focus in on a bloom, but the macro lets me get closer to tiny blossoms like these ones.

Fun fact from Wikipedia:

In south-east Britain Viburnum tinus is the principal host of the viburnum beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni), the country's "number one pest species" according to the Royal Horticultural Society.

Comments

[shirebound]

They're lovely and delicate blooms.

[full_metal_ox]

Thank you for that study in greyed pale violets that infuse, reflect upon, and mute even the surrounding green foliage:

[tozka]

Oh, I love that palette! Thank you for sharing it!

[a_natural_beauty]

Wow, that is a beautiful flower. Thanks for sharing it. :)

[adore]

So pretty!

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Very pretty!

[pauraque]

Very nice!

[kaishin108]

How pretty, I love Viburnums. They don't grow around here but we studied them in my Horticulture class and the instructor had planted one.

[yourlibrarian]

Like the mix of open flowers and buds 🙂

[turlough]

What lovely flowers! Also, thank you so much for telling us the Latin name! I don't think I've ever seen it before but apparently it's not too uncommon in gardens in the very mildest parts of Sweden.

Isn't macro photography wonderful?! I absolutely love taking closeups of flowers.

[tozka]

It's definitely one of the handier tools! I still need to practice some more to figure out how to take the best photos, but I do like having the option to zoom in close without having to actually fiddle with the "zoom" setting.

[adafrog]

Neat.

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

All those shades of purple <3