A visit to the Descanso Gardens with family.
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Descanso Gardens
Tag: floral
Aeonium
Lemonade Berry
We smelled a really strong lemony scent on this short trail but we couldn’t locate it. The aptly named Lemonade Berry did not seem to be the source.
Perez’s Sea Lavender and Camellia
A Visit to Leo Carillo Ranch
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Bird of Paradise Lost?
Encinitas
More Flora
Cones
Houseleek
What no homeowner wants to hear
According to Google image search this is a houseleek, another plant I don’t recall ever having seen before coming to Southern California.
Agave Shawaii
Wild Palms?
And some Birds of Paradise with their late afternoon shadows from our day trip to Coronado.
‘Allo Aloe
I see these beautiful orange cones everywhere. Turns out they’re Aloe Vera.
Bird of Paradise
These appear to be a popular local plant. They’re beautiful. Expect to see lots more of the local flora over the coming weeks which may look quotidian to Westerners but are exotic to me.
Flower Display
Blue-Eyed Beauty
Victoria Garden
Farnham’s Victoria Garden is across the street from us here. During Heritage Week we joined a tour and talk at the garden giving it’s history (it used to be a public bathing pool). Although I’ve taken pictures here many times before, I took a documentary sample (see below) again on the day.
Flower
Thistle Do for Now
