Winter Fireworks

Helleborus orientalis (by flora-file)

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” 

― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America (via Goodreads)

living gems

succulent rainbow

Flowers aren’t the only way to bring color into the garden, and not all gems are precious stones. Pictured:

• Graptosedum ‘Bronze’
• Echeveria mazarine
• Sedum adolphii
• Sedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’
• Senecio radicans
• Graptopetalum titubans

Can you pick out each? All but one are members of family Crassulaceae.

Pinky Promise

Stenocactus blooms

Delicate and Dangerous.  Beauty surrounded by pointy things. Another day at the Ruth Bancroft Garden. (photo by flora-file)

The Force

the force is strong with this one (by flora-file)

This plant is a different color everyday. It is part chameleon and part jedi mind trick. Also known as Graptoveria ‘Fred Ives’ – crested form.

Floral-Friday

Sparaxis elegans (for Floral-Friday)

Lots more plant photos =======> HERE

variations on a theme

Echeveria

winter in California. More plant photos HERE

lush

Lushness, south side, Guam (more plant photos HERE)