Don and I visited the Albuquerque Botanical Gardens yesterday for the Winter Fire Colors Flower Show.
The show featured flowers in hot colors from Mediterranean climates.
There were eye-catching green globes of hanging sedums.
And cyclamens in shades of pinks and purples.
Forest lily.
Chilean bellflower.
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February 7, 2011 at 5:08 am
What welcome sights this morning!
I imagine you especially liked the plants in the fourth picture…? 😉
Only three more months…only three more months…only three more months…
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February 7, 2011 at 7:07 pm
June,
I have to admit it… I didn’t know what the plants in the fourth picture were called until today.
However, now that I do know what they are, yes, I do especially like the plants in the fourth picture. 😀
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February 7, 2011 at 5:15 am
That’s just what I needed to see after all this white stuff we’ve been experiencing lately. Definitely my kind of an outing.
Beautiful pictures. I could practically smell the earthy-ness. Ahhh…
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February 7, 2011 at 7:08 pm
C,
It smelled ahh-mazing in there.
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February 7, 2011 at 6:08 am
What a great place to spend a winter Sunday. The hanging plants in that fourth picture down are burro’s tails, right?
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February 7, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Carson,
Upon further investigation, yes, they are burro’s tails, a.k.a. sedum morganianum.
I did not know this until today. How cool!
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February 7, 2011 at 6:39 am
Beautiful photos. My mom had a donkey’s tail in the house many years ago. I hadn’t seen one in a long time. I agree, a nice place to spend a Sunday.
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February 7, 2011 at 7:11 pm
Denise,
Now that I know what they’re called, I want one. 🙂
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February 7, 2011 at 6:46 am
What a great theme for a winter show!
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February 7, 2011 at 7:12 pm
Flartus,
I agree. And, Don and I agreed that we’re going to make it a point to go there more often.
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February 7, 2011 at 6:53 am
A beautiful respite from brown and gray (landscape, not donkeys). 🙂
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February 7, 2011 at 7:12 pm
CeeCee,
It certainly was. 😀
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February 7, 2011 at 7:00 am
So beautiful and colorful! I imagine that you might wish to do the same in your big bathtub and it will make your master bathroom so beautiful! ,-)
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February 7, 2011 at 7:13 pm
MeeMaw,
You’re right! I want quite a few of those plants now. While we were there, I thought about where I could put them in the house. 🙂
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February 7, 2011 at 7:02 am
Oh YUM. 🙂
COLOR. Hot pink. Fuchsia. GREEN.
Yum.
Great shots, too! Love the color and light in the first. Ditto on that plant with all the pointy leaves and the strong light coming in from the right (under the cyclamens). Love all the different textures and colors of sedums………..
Very nice.
Thank you for taking us along! I should go visit our botanical garden……….
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February 7, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Vicki,
I totally thought about you while we were there.
Seriously, the plant with all the pointy leaves with the strong light coming in from the right? That is my favorite picture from yesterday. 🙂
Yes, you should go visit your botanical garden… I can’t wait to see your pictures.
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February 8, 2011 at 10:15 am
A very excellent shot. 🙂 The light…………… 🙂
I am such a lard … the botanical garden is, like, rilly far, you know, like, maybe a 20 min drive…..
Prying myself out to go DO things can be a real ordeal.
Once I go, I like it…. 🙂
The U’s botanical garden has different sections, like yours — I think it’s tropical, temperate, desert….
I should totally go.
Wish I lived close enough to go with you. 🙂 It’s so much fun to go with another photographer, and then to see, later, the similarities and differences in the pics.
My daughter is working away at posting her France pics, and I am VERY much enjoying seeing what she is posting.
Most of the time we were together, but we took some quite different pics, as well as some quite similar ones, and the things she choses to write about are different, too…..
Very fun to get to see another viewpoint on something I have done and enjoyed……
🙂
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February 7, 2011 at 8:10 am
The humid warmth and the smell of rich loam surrounds me. If I shut my eyes I can almost believe I am there. Thanks for the trip!
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February 7, 2011 at 7:16 pm
Cyndi,
You’re welcome! The humid warmth and the smell of rich loam were two of my favorite things about being there. It was so wonderful.
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February 7, 2011 at 8:23 am
It looks lovely and WARM!
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February 7, 2011 at 7:17 pm
CTG Ponies,
Warm is right. Wonderfully warm. I had the pleasure of taking my coat off while we were there.
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February 7, 2011 at 8:56 am
Wow. Love it! Absolutely gorgeous and a sight for sore eyes, this stormy, rainy, gray Monday morning.
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February 7, 2011 at 7:17 pm
Carolynn,
Happy to bring color to your gray Monday morning. 🙂 xoxo
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February 7, 2011 at 9:49 am
These are gorgeous photos, and I imagine even more beautiful as a retreat from winter!!! What a great idea for an “outing.”
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February 7, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Nancy,
Thank you! It was almost as if we “flew away” to a tropical place, if only for a couple of hours.
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February 7, 2011 at 11:45 am
Fantastic photos ! You’re not by any chance a Professional Photographer are you ? You sure could be judging by the way you compose a shot and use light to the best advantage. Every one of these pics is just amazing !
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February 7, 2011 at 7:19 pm
gazelle,
Thank you! That is so kind of you. No, not a professional photographer. I just love taking pictures of things that I love and am passionate about. 🙂
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February 7, 2011 at 12:49 pm
I think my blood pressure just dropped 50 points or so. Very lovely photos!
I love the donkeytail succulent. I have one in my house as well.
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February 7, 2011 at 7:21 pm
Cathy,
Looks like you’re going to have to share with us how to care for it!
Not only would I like to know, but Anoria as well. (See comment #17.) 🙂
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February 7, 2011 at 12:58 pm
What a great escape from the winter doldrums! I have always loved cyclamen. Your photos are beautiful!
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February 7, 2011 at 7:22 pm
Rosanne,
Thank you! It was exactly what I needed yesterday.
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February 7, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Thats just in time what I need Justina! Flowers, light and color! Wonderful photos! As always 🙂
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February 7, 2011 at 7:22 pm
Pia,
Me too! xoxo
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February 7, 2011 at 4:03 pm
@14: Is that what the plant in pic #4 is? I’ve had two baby versions of that but no idea what it was called. Now I can look for advice on how to take care of it, thanks!
Also: beautiful pictures! They’re exactly what anyone still snowbound at this time of year needs.
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February 7, 2011 at 7:23 pm
Anoria,
Yes, it appears that the plant in picture #4 is burro’s tail. I hope that Cathy will share with us how to care for it.
Thank you for your kind comment and for visiting!
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February 7, 2011 at 8:48 pm
How to Care for Donkey/Burro’s tail:
My plant is one of of the few succulents that forgave me when I got new windows (UV resistant windows). It sits in a South facing windowsill and gets watered when the other plants do. It is fairly fragile, so I don’t give it a shower in the sink like I do my Jade plant (and other plants). This is why mine is threaded through with cat hair. The plant doesn’t seem to mind, though.
If a piece breaks off, stick it in some succulent (cactus) potting soil. DON’T overwater until it starts to grow a bit. It may take a couple of tries to get a start going. Some say that instead of burying the piece in the soil, you could just set it on top of the soil, but I’ve never gotten that to work.
Honestly, I don’t do anything really special for it. I water it once a week and I use the Miracle Gro Liquid all-purpose plant food (the dilute kind that you are supposed to use every week).
At this point, mine is mostly roots and hardly any potting soil, but it is such a fragile plant that I don’t see how I could transplant the whole thing. It seems perfectly happy as it is.
I hope that this helps!
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February 7, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Cathy,
You ROCK! Thank you. 🙂
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February 11, 2011 at 10:58 pm
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February 16, 2011 at 5:55 am
Gorgeous plants, Justina!
I lost this post…
Love succulent! The hungry ants in my garden don’t eat them, fortunatelly.
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