Reaching Toward the Heavens
by Mary Jane Armstrong
Title
Reaching Toward the Heavens
Artist
Mary Jane Armstrong
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
An image of a Purple Wave Petunia is transformed into a textured beauty. Minimal editing to the original photo was done in Photoshop as well as two layers of texture.
Petunias are gorgeous flowers. Petunia is genus of 35 species of flowering plants of South American origin, closely related to tobacco, cape gooseberries, tomatoes, deadly nightshades, potatoes and chili peppers; in the family Solanaceae. The popular flower of the same name derived its epithet from the French, which took the word petun, meaning "tobacco," from a Tupi–Guarani language. An annual, most of the varieties seen in gardens are hybrids.
Hedgifloras or spreading petunias (sometimes called ground-cover)[ are characterised by their low height (usually about six inches), but they have a large spread (about three to four feet). They will cover a large area, provided they have adequate water and fertilization. ‘Purple Wave’ was the first introduced cultivar of spreading petunia and grows to a height of 4 inches (100 mm). 'Tidal Wave' is another spreading type of petunia, but is much taller (between sixteen and twenty-two inches). 'Surfinia' petunias are another type of spreading petunia propagated by cuttings. 'Opera Supreme' is a cultivar with large flowers. (Wikipedia)
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August 15th, 2013
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MaryJane Armstrong
Thank you Darren for featuring my image in the Photography and Textures group and thank you Charlie for the feature in the Nature and Landscape group. Very much appreciated!