Granny Stump's Hat is a photograph by Wild Thing which was uploaded on August 3rd, 2015.
Granny Stump's Hat
Loved this idea of reusing an old pot of some kind as a planter on top of a tree stump! Filled with geraniums and what appears to be sticks it made... more
by Wild Thing
Title
Granny Stump's Hat
Artist
Wild Thing
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Loved this idea of reusing an old pot of some kind as a planter on top of a tree stump! Filled with geraniums and what appears to be sticks it made for a lovely accent in a yard close to a wooded hillside.
Geranium (true friendship, comfort)
Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. The long, palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have five petals and are coloured white, pink, purple or blue, often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semiripe cuttings in summer, by seed, or by division in autumn or spring.
The genus name is derived from the Greek γέρανος (g�ranos) or γερανός (geran�s) �crane�. The English name �cranesbill� derives from the appearance of the fruit capsule of some of the species. Species in the Geranium genus have a distinctive mechanism for seed dispersal. This consists of a beak-like column which springs open when ripe and casts the seeds some distance. The fruit capsule consists of five cells, each containing one seed, joined to a column produced from the centre of the old flower. The common name �cranesbill� comes from the shape of the unsprung column, which in some species is long and looks like the bill of a crane. However, many species in this genus do not have a long beak-like column.
Geraniums are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including brown-tail and mouse moth.
The species Geranium viscosissimum (sticky geranium) is considered to be protocarnivorous.
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August 3rd, 2015
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Comments (4)
VIVA Anderson
Love your Stump Gallery, and bio: agree...sit quietly,listen.............this is beautiful...congrats on your feature at WFS...........fv........VIVA
Randy Rosenberger
This piece of fine artwork has earned the honor of being chosen to show off to other artists and prospective buyers here in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. It is an honor to share this piece of well composed and beautiful art on our Featured section of our homepage. Thanks much for sharing! Liked and Faved Randy B. Rosenberger (administrator of the WFS group)