2007 plant portraits photographs by John Metcalf
Geranium robertianum has found a niche halfway up a gum tree
Pennisetum macrourum against early morning light
Red Admiral butterfly enjoying eupatorium flowers
Romneya coulteri
Single white hollyhock
Panicum virgatum 'Warrior' flower heads
Rose 'Rhapsody in Blue'
Phlox paniculata 'Drama Queen' still looking good in September. New form raised by John Metcalf
Miscanthus sinesis flower heads looking like bronze wire in evening light
Aster pyrenaeus'Letitia'
Apples
Sedum spectabile 'Herbstfreude'
Eupatorium purpureum 'Atropurpureum'
Kalimeris incisa ‘Blue Star’ and Elymus magellanicus
Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Album’ and Pennisetum orientale ‘Tall Tails’
Pennisetum orientale ‘Tall Tails' and Miscanthus sinensis ‘Morning Light’
Phlox paniculata 'Eva Cullum' and Nicotiana sylvestris
Phlox paniculata ‘Eva Cullum’ and Kniphofia ‘Amsterdam’
Euphorbia dulcis ‘Chameleon’ and Alchemilla mollis
Echinops bannaticus ‘Taplow Blue’ and Pennisetum orientale ‘Tall Tails’
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ and Pennisetum orientale ‘Tall Tails’
Anemone hybrida pale pink and Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Album’
Persicaria amplexicaule 'Summer Dance' and Miscanthus s. 'Variegatus'
Solidago 'Early Bird' with Heliopsis helianthoides 'Asahi'