Snowball
by Blair Wainman
Title
Snowball
Artist
Blair Wainman
Medium
Photograph - Print
Description
Powderpuffs are actually large, fast-growing, wide shrubs.
These hardy small trees branch out wide with very attractive leaves. The flower buds are as unusual as the flowers...like little rounded berry clusters. The puffball blooms attract honeybees, butterflies and even hummingbirds. Besides the typical bright red, cotton-candy pink and creamy white varieties, there is the stunning Surinam powderpuff tree (Calliandra surinamensis) with unusual flowers like white, fan-shaped artist's brushes dipped into deep pink paint.A powderpuff tree grows at a fast rate and can get 10 to 15 feet tall with a crown just as wide. You can keep it trimmed to about 8 feet tall by 10 feet wide. This plant prefers a full to part sun location. It's drought-tolerant once established but prefers regular waterings with time to dry out in between. Keep it watered during dry periods of no rain.
Powderpuffs are evergreen and moderately cold tolerant - doing fine in Zone 9B and southward. The leaves can be damaged - as can those of any plant, cold hardy or not - by harsh winter winds and frost. But after a spring pruning the plant will generally bounce back.
Uploaded
February 8th, 2013
Statistics
Viewed 651 Times - Last Visitor from Fairfield, CT on 04/19/2024 at 7:11 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Similar Images
Comments (29)
Jurgen Lorenzen
Awesome light and composition, Blair, congratulations on your top finish in the WHITE FLOWER contest!
Vickie Emms
Re-visit. Again, this is outstanding photography Blair! I can see the little tips of the spikes, like they are pins in a pin cushion!
Vickie Emms
This is amazing! Remember when I bought your cards ot this flower? I looked at them today!! This is fantastic Blair. What a gorgeous flower and photograph
Debbie Portwood
Wow Blair!! Gorgeous shot!! LOVE the light and the black bg.! Really shows off the gorgeous white details!!! Fantastic work!! v.f
Janet Ashworth
So tell me where do you go for these beautiful shots? Each little frond stands out so wonderful and detail is amazingly clear.... Again I love the wonderful white, cream going into the lime and darker green contrasts. I think you missed your calling Blair. v/f
Blair Wainman replied:
Well, I have this beautiful botanical gardens about 5 minutes away and I go there as often as I can to get away from the stress of the city. It's my home away from home!! The flowers and birds are amazing!! Hmmm, I guess I should write more about your analysis. I have been so thinking about this all, what I'm doing and where my heart is and you have captured it perfectly. Photography is where my heart is. I love creating and capturing and that's what keeps me going...really!! You hit the nail on the head...on this head!! Thanks so much for your kind words!! I have just ordered a new camera to hopefully capture more of the beauty that is all around me!! BTW, go ahead and paint all the images you want!! I'd love to see them some time!!
Recently Viewed
