Journeys and Flowers From the Gardens

Flowers & Fall Weather

What a wonderful delight it is to see the gardens thriving again. Rainfall is back to normal for October. Temperatures are perfect for flowers to blossom. Several seem to think it is Spring again!

The new items consist of Mums purchased by Patricia for the church in honor of her deceased father's birthday. She says if we plant them they will blossom again next year. Also at the Propagation Farm there is a new blossoming Mandavillia that will find a home at the Walkway Garden with the others.

The very cold winter damaged our Bottle Brush. But they have recovered nicely and now we see their first blossoms of the year. It has been several months since we have seen the "About Face" Rose. They are so attractive that I  do an about face whenever I see them blossoming.

There are several nice pictures of Butterflies today. One pretty little brown Butterfly has such big eyes. A species we have never seen before.

The most impressive display comes at the West Garden by the Philippine Violets. They are massive and very pretty.

I hope you enjoy your visit.

Richard

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• #1 Comment from readmereadyou 
  10/31/07 2:26 PM | Permalink

  How very lovely. I just so enjoy these photos of your gardens.
  We have the same weather here in NY today. It's in the 60s.
  
  That little butterfly with the big eyes was so cute. We had the largest butterflies I've ever seen here this year during August and September. They were the sizes of small birds. I have no idea where they came from. They looked almost tropical. They were colorful and VERY large. Just amazing. : )
  
  Thanks again,
  Angela