Wednesday, June 29, 2011

White False Indigo

White False Indigo
This is another plant that I consider very beautiful.  I have been thinking about a way to show its beauty in a photograph.  This is my latest attempt.  It is not a very dynamic image but I like the background.  The blooms are so tall and spread out!

White False Indigo Seed Pods


It is like clover in that it fixes nitrogen form the air and puts it into the soil.  Peas, whose blossoms resemble those of this plant, are also nitrogen fixers.  The the autumn, large seed pods, larger around than peas and not as long form.  Inside are the seeds looking much like peas in a pod.

seedpod

seed
The scale gradations are 1/64 inch.

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