SUNNY SKIES
The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), also called sunroot, sunchoke, earth apple or topinambour, is a species of sunflower native to eastern North America, and found from eastern Canada and Maine west to North Dakota, and south to northern Florida and Texas. It is also cultivated widely across the temperate zone for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable.
The flowers are daisy-like and are produced in capitate flowerheads, which are 5–10 cm in diameter, with 10–20 ray florets. As the stems are up to 2.5 m tall, they look quite spectacular against the sky. These are growing in our garden presently and we are looking forward to the tuber crop!
This post is part of the Floral Friday Fotos meme,
and also part of the Skywatch Friday meme.
I really like that second image. The contrast is very nice. Happy Skywatching.
ReplyDeleteI love your perspective with the flowers in the foreground and a rich blue sky for a backdrop ~ beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. No blooming yellow here as yet and really enjoyed yours. Do you roast those tubers ??
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful...to see the yellow after all the rain and cold!
ReplyDeleteLovely contrast of the yellow flowers against the brilliant blue sky! Happy spring!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful contrasting colors!
ReplyDeleteLovely Flowers!
ReplyDeleteI love the hope & joy in these pictures!
ReplyDeleteThe yellow against the blue of the sky is special. Great images. Love sunflowers.
ReplyDeleteDiscovered your blog through Skywatch Friday. Following now :)
Mersad
Mersad Donko Photography
So beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful!!
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