From colorful flowers at Fullerton Botanical Garden, we move to the beauty of desert trees and plants.
In 1954, the State of Arizona named the Palo Verde as its State Tree. The legislature did not distinguish between the two species of this tree that are native to the State; therefore, both the highly contrasting Foothill and the Blue share the honor. The dry desert adapted Foothill Palo Verde shown below is very common (>95%) compared to the desert wash-adapted Blue Palo Verde
Palo Verde Tree
An abundance of yellow in different forms at Fullerton Botanical Garden in California.
Prairie Zinnia (Zinnia grandiflora) is a tough, low-spreading native perennial that excels in hot, dry, sunny landscapes where many other plants struggle.
Aloe buhri, commonly known as yellow aloe, is a succulent perennial adapted to many summer-dry climate gardens. This unique plant features striking yellow flowers that add a pop of color to any garden space. Aloe buhri grows in a rosette form, with thick, fleshy leaves.
Prairie Zinnia
Aloe Buhrii
A combination of colored flowers at Fullerton Botanical Garden.
California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum) is a beautiful species of willowherb, native to the California foothills and coastal areas.
California poppy, the state flower of California, is native to the Pacific slope of North America from Western Oregon to Baja California. Seeds of this plant were introduced into English gardens in the nineteenth century. Some examples at Fullerton Botanical Garden.
California Fuchsia and Poppies
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