Senna didymobotrya, commonly known as African Senna, is an evergreen shrub with a hairy, aromatic presence, native to open woodlands and grasslands in the mountainous regions of East Africa, including countries such as Kenya and Uganda, and is also grown at Fullerton Botanical Garden.
African Senna
Clusters of pinkish-white, 5-petaled, rose-like flowers in spring give way to firm blackberries of excellent eating quality that mature in summer. Rubus Fruticosus flowers, but no blackberries at Fullerton Botanical Garden.
Rubus Fruticosus
Nasturtiums have fragrant, showy flowers ranging from yellow to red. An edible plant with a peppery taste, it is often used in salads. The leaves, seeds, flowers, and flower pods are all edible.
Nasturtiums Flowers
Vibrant Nasturtiums
Seen at the Fremont Botanical Garden, Datura wrightii, or “Sacred Datura”, is the name of a flowering and poisonous ornamental plant of the Nightshade Family (Solanaceae), endemic to southwestern North America.
Sacred Datura
Cream-colored garden roses offer a luxurious, romantic aesthetic, blending soft butter, ivory, and faint peach tones. They are highly sought after for elegant bouquets and centerpieces due to their dense, ruffled petals and high petal counts, which often mimic peonies.
Found one with a bud at Fullerton Botanical Garden.
Cream-colored Garden Rose
Rosa ‘Louis de Funes’ is a fragrant, hybrid tea rose with striking orange-red blooms. It has a classic, elegant shape, a strong scent, and is disease-resistant.
Here is one from Fullerton Botanical Garden, with water droplets on the petals.
Rose ‘Louis de Funes’
A Grandiflora Rose and Rosa Crocus Rose at Fullerton Botanical Garden.
Grandiflora roses are a hybrid class that blends the refined beauty of hybrid tea roses with the abundant clusters of floribunda roses.
Rosa Crocus Rose is a very robust and free-flowering rose, bearing large, rosette-shaped flowers with 41 petals.
Grandiflora Rose
Crocus Rose
Tickseed is a native perennial wildflower in the aster family. It has very showy bright yellow flowers and blooms from late spring to late summer. Saw this at Fullerton Botanical Garden.
Tickseed
The Pride of Madeira, known as Echium candicans, grown at Fullerton Botanical Garden, is a striking evergreen shrub celebrated for its towering spires of vivid blue-to-purple flowers and silvery-green foliage.
Pride of Madeira
Onion weed, grown at Fullerton Botanical Garden, is a small plant with onion-like leaves and white or pale pink flowers. It is a weed of cereal crops and arid range lands.
Onion weed
Every part of the Nasturtium plant is edible, including the leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds, all with a naturally peppery flavor that comes from mustard
Nasturtium Plant
Nasturtiums Duo
Saw these at Fullerton Gardens, tropaeolum, commonly known as nasturtium, is a genus of roughly 80 species of annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants.
Nasturtiums Garden
Nasturtiums Vibrant Colors
Since July 4, 1776, the US has grown from 13 colonies with 2.5 million people to 50 states, 14 territories, and one district with more than 342 million people. We’re all connected by some 5,000 airports, 161,000 miles of federally supported highways, and 5.5 million miles of power lines.
Happy 250th Independence Day, USA!
Various colors of roses at Fullerton Botanical Garden
Red Rose
Pink Garden Roses
The Rose Garden at Fullerton Arboretum offers a variety of colorful roses, including shades of yellow
Yellow Rose with Orange-red Hints
Creamy Yellow Peach Colored Roses
The Rose Garden at Fullerton Arboretum is home to thousands of roses and offers the perfect backdrop for photoshoots and weddings.
Garden of Roses
Amidst Daffodil reflections at Fullerton Botanical Garden, turtles are sunbathing on a rock
Turtles on a Rock
Daffodils at a pond at the Arboretum and Botanical Garden at Cal State Fullerton create artistic reflections
Daffodil Reflections
Saw in Fullerton Arboretum a Woodmansee Windmill. It typically refers to the iconic galvanized-steel water-pumping windmills manufactured by the Woodmanse Manufacturing Company in Freeport, Illinois, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These antique mills are highly prized by collectors and agricultural historians for their unique oil-bath and back-geared designs.
Woodmansee Windmill
Woodmansee Windmill behind Flowers
Visited the Arboretum and Botanical Garden at Cal State Fullerton, California, which is a 26-acre botanical garden with a collection of plants from around the world.
The crown jewel of the Fullerton Arboretum is the Heritage House. Originally built in 1894 and located in downtown Fullerton, the Heritage House gives visitors a glimpse into the Victorian-style of architecture popular with Orange County homes in the 19th century.
Fullerton Arboretum
Heritage House in Fullerton Arboretum