Friday, January 20, 2012

White Alder


Cuban Buttercup, White Alder, Turnera Subulata

White Alder is a perennial herb, native to West Indies, Brazil and Central America.  It has also totally invaded my aunt's perimeter fence.


The secret to living contently and sanely in this modern world is to find the beautiful in the ugly-but don't get confused which is which.  ~ Terri Guillemets




22 comments:

Lois Evensen said...

"Invaded" sounds as if it is not wanted, but it is very pretty.

Sallie (FullTime-Life.com said...

Lovely flower -- I assume you mean it has taken over some other flowers that are also wanted! We used to have morning glory in Oregon, which is pretty itself, but when it gets started it chokes out everything else.

Jama said...

They are commonly grown here in our parks , very pretty.

Maia said...

Though it's an invasive crawler, its flowers are very beautiful.
Your first macro is amazing.

Claire Justine said...

Beautiful flowers and pictures :-)

Vhen said...

pretty flowers... tiny but beautiful :)

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SportyMummy said...

Just beautiful flowers. I just love the vivid colors in the center of the first shot!

Giga said...

Pozwoliłabym mu obrosnąć moje ogrodzenie w ogródku, bo jest piękny. Pierwsze zdjęcie jest wspaniałe. Pozdrawiam. *** Let it grow on my fence in the garden, because it is beautiful :-). The first picture is great. Yours.

SquirrelQueen said...

The blooms are beautiful. Why is it that invasive species always have the most beautiful flowers? I love that quote.

betty-NZ said...

You did a great job on these shots! Lovely.

Linda said...

Marvelous!!!!

Lui said...

But what a lovely invader!

Tinas PicStory said...

pretty flowers. if you like join us at weekend flowers :)

Eden said...

Gorgeous blooms.

Rajesh said...

Very beautiful flowers.

Chubskulit Rose said...

Beautiful blooms. The name reminds me of my high school friend hehehe.

Visiting from Today's flower, here's my bed of roses, have a blessed Sunday!

Arija said...

They have such superb painted throats.

Mildred said...

Wonderful shots and very nice quote!
Thanks for sharing;o)

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Carver said...

Wonderful shots of the beautiful flower.

Carletta said...

I like the light and shadow play in the first shot.
Lovely blooms!

Angi said...

so beautiful and the colors are great too

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