Thalia dealbata
Thalia dealbata
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Alligator Flags
Rhizomatous Lavender Bells
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Heliconia Squatter
Heliconia and Gecko
Hawai’ian Ghost
Anthurium andraeanum
Obake are ghosts or shapeshifting creatures from Japanese folklore. They’re also an alluring anthurium species grown in Hawai’i.
Makok Flowers
Elaeocarpus hygrophilus
Poppin’ Since April
Passiflora incarnata
Maypops are aprilpops this far south.
Two Aloe Blooms
Aloe vera
Aloe vera
Florida Snow
Richardia scabra
Papaya Flowers and Fruit
Carica papaya
Plantain Blossom
Nymphaea
Naples Botanical Garden Nymphaea
Naples Botanical Garden Nymphaea
Victoria amazonica
Water Garden at the Naples Botanical Garden
Water Garden at the Naples Botanical Garden
Twenty-one hybridizers from around the world submit (via post due to COVID) new varieties for the International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society’s 2020 competition. Read more and see photos of the beautiful flowers here.
Watch out for the baobabs!
Adansonia digitata
Medusa’s Bloom
One Happy Epiphyte
Tillandsia ionantha
Snake Plant Blooms
Sansevieria trifasciata
Sansevieria trifasciata
Kudzu Bloom
Pueraria lobata
Pueraria lobata
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Click here for buttonbush photos taken over 1,700 miles away from the one featured above.
Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
Evening Primrose, Oenothera macrocarpa
American Trout Lily, Erythronium americanum
Hikers flock to Raven Cliff Falls Trail for the rush of falling water, but a trip in early April offers subtler beauty along the way.
Since ninety-nine percent of trout lily plants are non-flowering, the illusive perennials pictured above are one-percenters thriving in the mountains of White County.
Mountain Laurel, Kalmia latifolia
Pedagogy of the Plants 