A fancy kind of abutilon (‘Tiger’s Eye’), with dark purple bud casings. Seen (of course!) at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory.

Red, yellow and orange veins, and a dark, velvety bud casing in this small tropical flower.

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Had a great time vending at the Plant Sale at the Lake Wilderness Arboretum in Maple Valley, WA last weekend. This view of red Japanese maples in the afternoon light looked almost like fall colors.

Backlit Japanese maples in the Lake Wilderness Arboretum in early May

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Thought you’d like to see a picture of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, in the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. I visited at this time of year a few years ago. What a great spring scene!

Springtime in New York at the Haupt Conservatory in the NYBG

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In my front yard, a blush coral tulip after some rain.

Rosy pink-orange tulip with shiny raindrops

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Huge, breathtaking glass floral forms overhead in the atrium at the Chihuly Garden and Glass museum in Seattle. Don’t they look like sea creatures? #chihuly

Undulating floral forms overhead in the atrium at the Chihuly glass garden in Seattle

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One of my all-time fave cloudscapes.

Layers of orangey-pink and white clouds in the Florida sky at dusk

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At Flamingo Gardens near Ft. Lauderdale in Florida, there were lots of…flamingos! Does anyone know the name of the white birds? Later: American White Ibis. Thanks, Kitty!

Colorful flamingos and ibises drinking at a water hole

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The Northwest Flower & Garden Show has ended but the photos of flowers live on. Here are two beauties: a bookcase full of bouquets and a ravishing and exotic protea bloom below. Be sure to scroll down a few photos for several more I posted last week from last year’s show, or just put NWFGS in the search box at right.

Several bouquets in pale tones and shades of turquoise decorate a bookcase at the NWFGS

Thrilling and otherworldly protea blossom in a bouquet at the NWFGS

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A break from the Florida pictures to bring you something from today’s visit to the Northwest Flower & Garden Show. Isn’t this something?

A rainbow of flowers arranged in a golden frame

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More fabulousness seen at Seattle’s Northwest Flower & Garden Show.

Deep magenta lilies and apricot roses in black ceramic bowl