Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Flowers category.
Lilac
Filed in Flowers, 31 December, 2008, 9:01 amSyringa vulgaris Common Lilac – Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC. When I was younger there was a house that we lived in for a few years in Utah. There was a towering lilac bush on the south side of the yard next to the fence. I hated the smell of it, I also [...]
Hibiscus
Filed in Flowers, 24 December, 2008, 8:39 pmHibiscus There are over 200+ species of Hibiscus and it’s Christmas Eve so I don’t think I’m going to attempt to identify the specific plant here, especially since I don’t have pictures of it’s leaves. But it is from the Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC.
Summer Snowflake Flower
Filed in Flowers, 17 December, 2008, 9:53 pmLeucojum vernum Also may be a Spring Snowflake, but I’m only taking guesses. A Southern garden favorite!
Camellia
Filed in Flowers, 9 December, 2008, 2:12 pmCamellia – though I’m not sure what kind. There are up to 250 different kinds of Camellias and lots of the flowers we see are hybrids or cultivars, of which there are thousands. With such small snapshots, looking back – there’s no way I can hope to figure out what kind of Camellia I have [...]
Dead Flower
Filed in Flowers, 5 December, 2008, 5:31 pmHm… Let me know when there is a visual guide for identifying dead flowers, because I can’t even begin to guess what this was. It was located in Coral Gables, FL in the butterfly park next to the public library.
