Showing posts with label FW Botanical Gardens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FW Botanical Gardens. Show all posts

Monday, November 8, 2010

Looking for color

Looking toward the rose garden at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens.

Hold on, I seem to be leaning.... my sweetie reminds me the path did have a slant to it.

Bloodgood Japanese Maple - little color.

Loropetalum (witch-hazel family, aka Chinese Fringe Flower)
and Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)

Looking past the roses to the tree line - not much fall color yet.

Sumac - alway good for some color.

Mexican Mint Marigold (Tagetes lucida, aka Texas Tarragon) excellent fall color.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Plant Sale!

Fort Worth Botanical Garden semi-annual plant sale. This is serious business when they bring their own red wagon.

My treasures... two more plumerias (How many is that? Don't ask). These two are from seedlings, supposedly they will be a "Ti Red" and "white". I will report next year when they bloom. Two violets - "Royal Robe" and "White Czar".

Royal Robe has a bloom!

The find of the day is the "Dwarf Beautyberry" Callicarpa dichotoma with its cute tiny berries.

It is a tall lanky thing - just coming from the nursery life. I laid it down to get a photo and Spice decided to give some perspective.

More exciting fall weekend adventures to be reported soon. I need to sort through the photos.

Hope is it a great fall day where you are!