west trip #2: rech botanical gardens

after leaving dory and her yurt, my trip took me northwest to olympia WA where i met my friend linda. her husband dennis has quite the green thumb! look at all the beautiful flowers growing in their yard. i don't know the names of all them, but i did learn some...

i was lucky and got pictures before the deer came though and 'pruned' all the flowers....they ate them....stupid deer....




this is a moonflower.

lots of moonflowers

this was quite the treat. flowers don't last long here. it gets too hot and with the humidity, they 'cook.' to see so many flowers all in full bloom and in so many different colors- i was like a kid in a candy store.

this is foxglove....i love the spots

calafornia poppy

i have tons of reference pictures for flowers in my applique now!

i love the colors...don't you?

iris

look at the tinny orange center in all those tinny flowers...so cool!

day lily

i wasn't the only one in the garden enjoying the flowers!

petunia

there was a swallow nest on the front porch and these were in a pot on the steps of the porch...while i was taking this picture, i was being dive bombed by very territorial protective swallows...

i love the center of this one! remind me of those fiber optic trees...

pretty blue flowers with a great shape

my favorite flower- a morning glory. i'm use to blue and yellow glories, so the white ones were 'different'

i think these are english roses...

lime green!

don't these look like crepe paper flowers?

california poppies

a poppy that was ready for a close up

this flower was a deep dark crimson...

some flowers were not so friendly...

clematis

another of my favorite flowers- a thistle. i know that they are a nuisance weed (especially to farmers in hay fields) , but i like them. a beautiful flower comes out of such a harsh exterior....

the smell on my photo yard trip was amazing! glad you could come along.