Patterns II
About this time last year a post called Patterns helped start the new year, so why not try again.
Since that one started with an Actaea seed head, I'll start this one with the flower...
Brunnera always have interesting veining.
This crested euphorbia has the look of a candelabrum.
And while we are bottled up for winter, if you want to brush up on ID skills, I'd bet a buck some sharp eyed member could ID this flower...
Feel free to post your favorite patterns.
tj
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9 years agoGorgeous tj - I'm in. Last year I really enjoyed it and this year I really need it. It ended far too soon last time around. I took lots of pics so like you I will start with A and go from there.
Achillea 'Coronation Gold' - hundreds of tiny flowers packed in one flower head.
Achillea ptarmica 'The Pearl' with raindrops.
Actinidia kolomikta 'Arctic Beauty' leaf displaying veining and July coloration.
Allium senescens just starting to open.
Allium sphaerocephalum
Allium tuberosum - buds, flowers and seed pods all in one. Back tomorrow with more.
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A couple more...
Eryngium 'Blaukappe' has a nice pattern en masse...
...but individually they draw interest as well.
With a bit of root pruning I have kept a volunteer clump of Solidago canadensis in check. They say it is all edible and though I've not tried it, every winged pollinator seems to enjoy it.
Close-up of the above...
Okay, this is not a plant but the natural pattern I find enjoyable. Found in a rock quarry barely showing much black before I dug it out. I know we humans tend to see faces in many things but this looks like E.T. to me...
A bit closer and you can almost see the sparkle in his eyes.
tj
- 9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
Your ET doesn't need to phone home, he has found one with you and his little buddy. I love rocks too and if there was not 3 ft. covering them I would show more pics of them. I do have one to show today, but first...
Astilboides tabularis leaf unfurling in spring - like a giant snowflake.
I call this my hedgehog rock.
This is where he lives.
Hope others join in too but I have plenty more.
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada - 9 years ago
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9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoI love rocks, too, hence the name of the place I live...
But in keeping with the "patterns" theme, I submit the humble dandelion in all its delicate beauty...
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked shaxhome (Frog Rock, Australia 9b)- 9 years ago
Continuing the radial theme:
Pyxie, a tiny early spring pleasure in the New Jersey Pine Barrens.
Bladderwort, one of the many carnivorous plants in the Pine Barrens (that filmy stuff in the water has tiny bladders that suck in little insects).
And finally, the ratty gawky Ric Rac Cactus that's been taking up space in my houseplant collection for 20 years or so came through with this. I had no idea.
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked weedwoman 
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agobramble and bark
early spring catkins
Iris reticulata
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked NHBabs z4b-5a NH- 9 years ago
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- 9 years agoAstrantia - like fireworks.
Iris domestica immature seeds lined up in a row.
Chelone
Chelone - no wonder we call it Turtlehead.
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Snails hibernating on a gravestone - there is Lichen so I claim there is a plant connection.
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK 
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoAll but the conifers are dead for the winter outside, here in the PNW. Inside, though, patterns and color are present and stunning:
Hoya praetorii:
Hoya javanica:
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked aurorawa- 9 years ago
Ugh. Houzz having issues processing images, so I will have to make multiple posts!
Lc. 'Mari's Song':
Hoya sp. Kalimantan (leaves):
Hoya australis 'Lisa' (leaves):
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked aurorawa - 9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
Do chickens count? I mean, their feathers can have amazing patterns, and they cannot seem to stay OUT of my garden! Two of my flock of four (22 week old Double Laced Barnevelder hens; their lacing will become nicer as they mature):
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked aurorawa - 9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
And lastly, here is a beauty from late spring of last year (gladiolus nanus):
I love how delicate the flower looks amidst the sharp looking contast of the leaves.
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked aurorawa - 9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
So glad so many folks joined in. These are all great pix. Thank you all.
And yes, birds, rocks or any other pattern will be accepted.
Like this Cooper's Hawk feather pattern...
It didn't puff up its chest to brag. It was 10*F when I took the pic.
tj
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Thought you might be pleasantly surprised by the response tj.
Clematis integrifolia 'Rosea' two ways. Above like a bizarre bird and below the color pattern.
An elegant Clematis seed head.
Clematis tangutica seed head looking like a mop.
Delphinium grandiflorum such a gorgeous flower looking like a bucktoothed creature.
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9 years agotsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked xiangirl zone 4/5 Nebraska- 9 years ago
"Thought you might be pleasantly surprised by the response tj."I was, and still am...and very glad.
...by any other name...it would still have nice subtle markings...
This one's name is Gemini.
tj
- 9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
Even weed can have great pattern.
What ever you all have to overcome, I wish you the best luck this year..
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked tofi tropic (my posting appear 2hr post-posting) 
9 years agoBlc. Kyle 'Hearts of Gold' orchid has an unusual color pattern, but not one I'm sure I favor...
Parrot's beak
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked gyr_falcon- 9 years ago
The first Sakura blooms I saw this year, just this morning, and the feathery friend was grateful.
This winter will end..tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked tofi tropic (my posting appear 2hr post-posting) - 9 years ago
I generally only lurk, but because I appreciate all the knowledge on this forum, I am contributing two flowers that have the same pattern of opening in rings, from the outside toward the center.
First, edgeworthia:
And secondly, scilla peruviana:
:)
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked holleygarden Zone 8, East Texas 
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoCosmos with Megachile policaris
Yellow Zina with red spots
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked plant guy- 9 years ago
I am really enjoying everyone's pics and trying to keep this going.
Dictamnus
Digitalis ambigua
Euphorbia myrsinites holding onto raindrops.
Laetiporus sulphureus I think.
Lycoperdon pyriforme?
Trametes versicolor?
Astraeus species I believe.
Fungi are difficult to ID sometimes, if I am wrong on any I really would like to know.
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱ thanked peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada - 9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
Don't get me started on fungi! I love the look of them all. These pics were taken in Bhutan, all from the banks of one river. I've identified a few and others, not. But I don't need a name for them to enjoy the beauty of Mother Nature...
And to throw in a wild card, this was attached to a local oak, Q. griffithii...
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