Flowers, shrubs and trees, seeds and leaves.
Long before I became a bird photographer one of my passions was photographing flowers whether they were cultivated or wild. Some of my first digital images taken with my Sony Mavica were of flowers and flowering shrubs and trees that I grew in my backyard. That seems so very long ago and many cameras ago too.
Some of these photos also include birds, animals, insects, spiders and bees that were on the plant, shrub, or tree when I photographed them.
Plants, trees, shrubs, bushes, and wildflowers that are native are noted as such below, introduced nonnatives are noted as nonnative. Garden variety and cultivated plants and flowers are not noted.
I hope that you enjoy viewing my photos of flowers, shrubs and tree photos.
Ripening Blue Elderberry berries
Title: Ripening Blue Elderberry berries
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2017
Native
Berries of Blue Elderberry
Title: Berries of Blue Elderberry
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2017
Native
Clump of Blue Elderberry berries
Title: Clump of Blue Elderberry berries
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2017
Native
Painted Lady Butterfly on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Title: Painted Lady Butterfly on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2017
Native
Monarch Butterfly after landing on a Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Title: Monarch Butterfly after landing on a Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/18/2017
Monarch Butterfly landing on a Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Title: Monarch Butterfly landing on a Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/18/2017
Native
Monarch Butterfly in flight
Title: Monarch Butterfly in flight
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/18/2017
Native
Monarch Butterfly flying towards a Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Title: Monarch Butterfly flying towards a Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/18/2017
Native
Monarch Butterfly and Rocky Mountain Bee Plant in early morning light
Title: Monarch Butterfly and Rocky Mountain Bee Plant in early morning light
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/18/2017
Native
Monarch Butterfly resting on a Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Title: Monarch Butterfly resting on a Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/18/2017
Native
Monarch Butterfly nectaring from a Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Title: Monarch Butterfly nectaring from a Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/18/2017
Native
Monarch Butterfly nectaring on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Title: Monarch Butterfly nectaring on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/17/2017
Native
Stansbury Mountains and Wild Sunflowers
Title: Stansbury Mountains and Wild Sunflowers
Location: Stansbury Mountains, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 8/10/2017
Sunflowers blooming in front of the Stansbury Mountains
Title: Sunflowers blooming in front of the Stansbury Mountains
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 8/10/2017
Mountains, Canyons and Sunflowers
Title: Mountains, Canyons and Sunflowers
Location: Stansbury Mountains, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 8/10/2017
Common Sunflower with a Broad-headed Marsh Fly
Title: Common Sunflower with a Broad-headed Marsh Fly
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/1/2017
Native
Blooming Gardner’s Yampah
Title: Blooming Gardner’s Yampah
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/14/2017
Native
Idaho Streambank Globemallow
Title: Idaho Streambank Globemallow
Location: Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/14/2017
Native
Streambank Globemallow in Idaho
Title: Streambank Globemallow in Idaho
Location: Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/14/2017
Native
Silvery Lupines in bloom
Title: Silvery Lupines in bloom
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/10/2017