These shiny tropical flowers, really bracts, are so pretty and much easier to photograph than matte flowers. Anthuriums are also called “sweetheart flowers” and “little boy flowers.” Must be the heart shape, right?

Pink anthurium at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory, at night

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Went to fun Oktoberfest at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory and really loved the evening lighting on the blooming, heavenly scented flowers. No wonder they call them Angel’s Trumpets!

Golden yellow brugmansia or Angel’s Trumpet blooms in the nighttime at the Conservatory in Seattle

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Dahlias are the queen of late summer flowers.

Magenta, yellow, orange and red dahlia in sunshine

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Hydrangeas are beautiful for such a long season.

Purple and blue tones in hydrangea petals in early fall on a sunny afternoon

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In my friend’s dahlia garden, this mandala bud.

Pointy, red-orange petals of a dahlia bud

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Such a simple but complex flower. I really love this image and I am calling it my Best Post of the Week.

Single petalled Japanese anemone with yellow center

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A friend grows dahlias. Wow!

Exciting yellow and orange dahlia blooms in the garden

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A flower from my yard, a cosmos.

Cosmos blossom with magenta single petals and a bright yellow center

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A visit to Pike Place Market, so of course there were dahlias.

Pink, red and other colors of dahlias for sale at the Pike Place Market in Seattle

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Before the big rain and wind that was predicted, I picked almost all the roses in the garden.

Peace roses and a magenta pink rose in a bouquet, up close

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