2015-7 Other Flowers, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, California
Hello All,
In addition to the wonderful rhododendrons within the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens there are many other varieties of flowers, bushes, and trees for visitors to enjoy, many of which we don’t have a clue as to their names or identity. We just found them beautiful and or unusual. It is our intent to share with you some of these lovely plants. We found strolling through the 47 acres of gardens, and slowly taking it all in, to be quite relaxing and refreshing.
In addition to the wonderful rhododendrons within the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens there are many other varieties of flowers, bushes, and trees for visitors to enjoy, many of which we don’t have a clue as to their names or identity. We just found them beautiful and or unusual. It is our intent to share with you some of these lovely plants. We found strolling through the 47 acres of gardens, and slowly taking it all in, to be quite relaxing and refreshing.
These daffodils behind a piece of gnarly driftwood made for an interesting photo in our eyes.
We found this plant fascinating. Leaves on the branches turned a bluish/purple color the closer they were to the tip. We would love to know the name of it if any of our readers should happen to know it.
Not only were calla lilies growing in the botanical gardens, but we found them growing all along the northern California coast. They were wild along roadsides and also planted in yards. It is such a distinctive flower that seems to bloom in the spring around Easter.
Bush lilies were also in bloom. Yellow centers with salmon-orange petals make them a lovely addition to any garden.
The deep vibrant red of this camellia really made it stand out. Camellias are evergreen shrubs or small trees that can grow up to 66 feet tall.
Something that was completely new to us was evergreen trees with blue cones on them. There were a number of different types of evergreen within the garden with blue cones. The following three photos are of a Faber’s Fir.
It appears that once the cones mature they change color. In the following two photos you can see last years’ cones on the tree with the new blue cones.
Here are new cones on a chihuahua spruce.
This flowering plant is a hellebore. It is one of many that were completely unfamiliar to us. The soft colors make it quite attractive.
Check out the unusual cones on this sapree wood. It is a type of cypress found in South Africa.
This beauty is the amazon sunset of the lotus vine family. It also has the common name of parrots beak.
We found these geranium maderense to be absolutely stunning! They are native to the island of Madeira--a Portuguese archipelago situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. They are certainly unlike any other geranium we are familiar with.
This most unusual flower is on a plant named a hybrid monkey hand tree--another new first for us!
However the plant that “takes the cake” as they say is this one. It stood out as being completely different from the norm in our eyes. We have yet to learn the name of it.
We will wrap things up this week with a lovely little flower named Cantua Hot Pants.
In our eyes is really stood out with the long tube flower hanging down and its shocking pink color. It seemed a fitting place to close our adventures at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. If you like flowers and gardens it is a good one to add to your bucket list.
For our next trek we will be departing Fort Bragg and driving south along the beautiful California coast. Hope to have you riding along with us for the trip.
Until next time,
Dave & Barb
The Traveling Browns
Until next time,
Dave & Barb
The Traveling Browns