spent a few hours at the Botanic Garden on Wednesday with middle sister Pam. i'd never been before and since she wasn't forthcoming with what she wanted to do, i asserted what i wanted to do. not much on words today but warning, picture heavy post. i made note of some of the flowers' names but not all.
we took the metro in, it's located 2 blocks from the Federal Center SW or Capital South stations, off the Orange or Blue lines.
a rose is a rose is a rose ...
mermaid hybrid bracteata rose - 'rosa'
rattlesnake master - eryngium yuccifolium
dense blazing star - liatris spicata
i stalked these bees. i'm surprised i didn't get stung.
i wrote down that this is a dwarf tulip but the pix i've seen online show the petals to be pointy ...
these just looked like butterflies hanging out with the pink flowers ...
my namesake
asconcenda - yip sum wah
this looked like a magenta caterpiller
butterfly pea - clitoria ternatea
plumeria - hausten white
anthurium
bougainvillea
this looked like it belonged on a cake ...
oyster plant - tradescantia spathacea
blue skyflower - thunbergia grandiflora
lollipop plant - pachystachys lutea
i barely made a dent in seeing all the flowers so i'll have to make a trek out that ways again soon, sans teen sister who was bored the second we arrived ...
Thanks for passing on the link to this post. The photos are just stunning. I especially love the orchids. So delicate, so many different colors.
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