A Virtual Bloom Board for August 2010:-

 

 

Pictures, common and scientific name of

plants in bloom along with their locations in the San Diego Botanic Garden

 

Images provided by Herb Knufken and Allan Dodds

NOTE: The words underlined are links to more information on the web.

 

 

Shell Ginger Alpinia zerumbet African bank Mickey-mouse plant Ochna sp. African bank Australian bluebell Sollya heterophylla Australian Garden Emu bush 1 Eremophila sp. (1) Australian Garden Emu bush 2 Eremophila sp. (2) Australian Garden Tasman flax lily (berry) Dianella tasmanica Australian Garden Unidentified Australian Garden Lacebark Bottle tree Brachychiton discolor Australian Garden Diamond leaf pittosporum Pittosporum rhombifolium Australian Garden Ladybug Coccinellidae Bamboo Garden Island Mallow Lavatera assurgentiflora California Gardenscapes Acacia Acacia sp. Hamilton Children's Garden Red yucca Hesperaloe parviflora Hamilton Children's Garden Texas ranger Leucophyllum pruinosum Hamilton Children's Garden Blanketflower Gaillardia aristata Hamilton Children's Garden Water gum Tristaniopsis laurina Hamilton Children's Garden Balloon plant / Family jewels Asclepias physocarpa Hamilton Children's Garden Balloon plant / Family jewels Asclepias physocarpa Hamilton Children's Garden Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna Hamilton Children's Garden Frangipani Plumeria rubra Hamilton Children's Garden Frangipani Plumeria sp. Hamilton Children's Garden Blood flower / Monarch caterpillar Asclepias curassavica Mediterranean Garden Shasta daisy Leucanthemum x superbum Herb Garden Gaillardia Gaillardia sp. Lawn area Queen Emma Lily Crinum augustum Lawn area Frangipani Plumeria rubra 'Celadine' Lawn area Natal Lily Crinum moorei Lawn area Sobralia Orchid Sobralia macrantha Mediterranean Garden Sobralia Orchid Sobralia macrantha Mediterranean Garden Sea onion Urginea maritime Mediterranean Garden Orchid cactus Epiphyllum sp. Secret succulents Carpet geranium Geranium incanum South African Garden Rock purslane Calandrinia grandiflora South American Garden Daylily Hemerocallis sp. Tropical Fruit Garden Butterfly Unidentified Tropical Fruit Garden