Eastern Redbuds provide a colorful contrast to the Gothic architecture of Duke Chapel and the surrounding buildings
Eastern Redbuds at Duke Chapel
Eastern Redbuds at Duke Chapel
Category Archives: Flowers
Lantana Camara at Chapultepec Park
Lantana camara, commonly called lantana or shrub verbena, with a multicolored cluster of flowers and fragrant oval-shaped leaves, adds color to Chapultepec Park, Mexico City.
Lantana Camara at Chapultepec Park
Yucca Gloriosa at Chapultepec Park
Yucca Gloriosa at Chapultepec Park, Mexico City. Yucca gloriosa Variegata is a very ornamental, broadleaf evergreen shrub featuring a basal rosette of attractive, rigid, sword-shaped, spine-tipped blue-green leaves. It is topped in mid-summer with spikes of beautiful, large, white, bell-shaped flowers that hummingbirds love.
Yucca Gloriosa at Chapultepec Park
Buds and Flower of Clivia Miniata
Clivia miniata, also known as bush lily, has a very faint, barely noticeable fragrance, but its flowers are stunning at Chapultepec Park, Mexico City
Clivia Miniata at Chapultepec Park
Bulbs of Clivia Miniata at Chapultepec Park
Flowers in the Park
Plants and flowers galore wait for you at Chapultepec Park, Mexico City. Here is a red sign adding color to the white African Lily flowers.
Cluster of White flowers at Chapultepec Park
African Lily at Chapultepec Park
Grove of Bamboos
An entire bamboo grove stands 20 feet tall within the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum at Sarah P. Duke Gardens. Here are just the stems, but when it blooms, it wows visitors.
A Thicket of Bamboos
China Pink
Spotted at Sarah P. Duke Gardens, China pinks, biennials, or short-lived perennials. This pink has an abundance of flat, heavily fringed flowers with a darker central eye.
China Pink
Mixture of Plants
The Terrace Gardens are the historic heart of Duke Gardens. Topped by a wisteria-covered pergola, the Terrace beds are filled each season with marvelous combinations of bulbs, annuals, perennials, ornamental grasses, trees, and shrubs. Container plantings complement the landscape designs.
Mix of Colors
Variety of Colors
Springtime is the peak growth time for colorful flowering plants in Sarah P. Duke Gardens in Durham, North Carolina
Colors around White Flowers
Colorful Flowers
Colors Galore
While the cherry blossoms are no longer in bloom, sights of spring flowers abound throughout Sarah P. Duke Gardens in Durham, North Carolina.
Colors in the Garden
Colors Galore
Flowers in Historic Gardens
The Historic Gardens are where Sarah P. Duke Gardens began in 1934. The iconic Italianate-style Terrace Gardens, designed by pioneering landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman, were dedicated in 1939, and the curated gardens with various flowers grew from there.
Surrounded by Colors
Mixture of Flowers
Sarah P. Duke Garden Flowers
In April 2025, we visited the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, which consists of approximately 55 acres of landscaped and wooded areas at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. We will post images of flowers from there.
Blend of Colors
Colorful Flowers
Blue Iris
Elegant and vibrant, Blue iris (Iris spuria) is a perennial iris known for its tall stature and stunning blooms, making it a captivating addition to any garden. Each plant can have multiple flower stalks, and each stalk generally bears 3 to 4 buds.
Blue Iris with Bud
Blue Iris
Blooming Rhododendron
The peak season for Rhododendron blooms would probably be May, but some Rhododendrons bloom earlier and later than this as well (March through June).
Blooming Rhododendron
Rhododendron
Passion Flower
Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) is a climbing vine with white and purple flowers. Its chemicals have calming effects. Passion flowers are lovely and unique, and some varieties even make delicious passion fruit!
Passion Flower
Bright Colored Azaleas
Azalea flower colors range from white to many shades of pink, red, yellow, orange, and salmon.
Azaleas Color Variation
Color with Green
A nice combination of colorful flowers on green shrubs
Color on Green
Azalea Closeup
Technically classified as rhododendrons, azaleas are characteristically smaller than most other rhododendrons.
Azalea Closeup
Bright Colorful Flowers
Bright, colorful flowers in Spring
Ascending Colorful Flowers
Bright Colorful Flowers
Colorful Entrance
Colorful flowers lined up on a driveway form a nice, inviting entrance
Colorful Flowers on the Right by the Road
Colorful Flowers on the Left by the Road