Flower bush antiqued

by Debbie Portwood

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Flower bush antiqued

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Debbie Portwood

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Photograph - Photomanipulation

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A Weigela bush in my back yard is a wonderful place to capture shots of bees, butterflies and Hummingbirds. It is a beautiful thing to behold when it is in full bloom and loaded down with pink and white blooms. I have this shot a watercolor and somewhat of an antique look. Beautiful on any wall in your home or office, or perhaps a greeting card.Many more wonderful works can be found in my various galleries, form photographs and photoart to digital creations and abstracts. Thanks for browsing, commenting and most of all for any purchases. Debbie Portwood :D.......... (Wikipedia........Weigela is a genus of between six and 38 species of deciduous shrubs in the family Caprifoliaceae, growing to 1-5 m (3-15') tall. All are natives of eastern Asia. The genus is named after the German scientist Christian Ehrenfried Weigel. The leaves are 5-15 cm long, ovate-oblong with an acuminate tip, and with a serrated margin. The flowers are 2-4 cm long, with a five-lobed white, pink, or red (rarely yellow) corolla, produced in small corymbs of several together in early summer. The fruit is a dry capsule containing numerous small winged seeds.The first species to be collected for Western gardens, Weigela florida, distributed in North China, Korea and Manchuria, was found by Robert Fortune and imported to England in 1845. Following the opening of Japan to Westerners, several Weigela species and garden versions were "discovered" by European plant-hunters in the 1850s and 60s, though they may have already been known to locals. The British Weigela national collection is held at Sheffield Botanical Gardens; along with the national collection of the closely related Diervilla genus. The German Weigela national collection, Sichtungsgarten Weigela, is in Buckow, Maerkische-Schweiz.)

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February 23rd, 2013

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