Ornamental Kale CU @ A & A Nursery, Brown Summit, NC

This image should have been posted on Friday, Dec, 18th,.  In the winter time Ornamental Kale can be found in various border beds, by mailboxes,or in planters.  They come in various colors from greens and whites to dark purple/lavender.   I was at a nursery and took this image a couple weeks ago.  Not like you have a choice of light or the best surroundings.  So, I decided to take a close up. iPhone 6, Camera +,  used accent edges filter in PSE to make the texture stand out..

Air Plant CU - A & A Nursery

On Saturday at the A & A nursery they had a few air plants.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillandsia_xerographica  Unfortunately these are not portrait type specimens but i really like these plants.I could not really remove the debris and there were leaves that had been clipped.  The Daniel B. Stowe Orchid Conservatory in Belmont has arches with these plants and I love taking those images because of all the textures.  iPhone 6,  edited with PSE  11.  Straightened & cropped, adjusted lightness and darkness sliders, sharpened
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Christmas Cactus Blossom - CU

I really like Christmas Cactus blooms this time of year. I may have waited too late to get close up images.  They come in different colors.  The one I purchased, just has not produced additional blooms.  At A & A nursery yesterday I tried to take one red bloom close up but unfortunately you cannot move plants around--so plants are crowded together or have other pots, tags, etc, in the view. Neither can you pick a blossom up and put it somewhere else on the plant like those you own.  This was the only good blossom in this pot.  Other varieties the petals were droopy or had a translucent look which was less than optimal.  So this is my attempt to capture a close up.. May see if my friend has any that look better.   She actually propagates for our H.S.A. Plant Sale.