In downtown Hendersonville, 20 works of bear art are displayed during the Annual Bearfootin’ Art Walk program. Here are some with artsy, colorful designs of flowers and leaves.
Bear with Flowers and Greenery
Bear with Flower Designs
Bear with Leaves and Flower Designs
Flowery Bear
Walking on the streets in Brevard, we saw unusual items – an old bicycle as a flower-pot holder, and a smiley scarecrow.
Bicycle Art in Brevard
Scarecrow
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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Azalea flower colors range from white to many shades of pink, red, yellow, orange, and salmon.
Azaleas Color Variation
A nice combination of colorful flowers on green shrubs
Color on Green
Bright, colorful flowers in Spring
Ascending Colorful Flowers
Bright Colorful Flowers
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
In the language of flowers, the bluebell is a symbol of humility, constancy, gratitude, and everlasting love. Bluebells are often called fairy flowers. Some people believe that the dainty petals form perfect fairy hats, others that they are fairy thimbles, or that fairies climb inside the bells to shelter from the rain.
Common Bluebell
The magnolia flower symbolizes nobility, purity, perseverance, and dignity. In the United States, it’s often associated with luck and stability. The color of the magnolia also affects its symbolism: white typically represents purity, while pink symbolizes joy and innocence
Magnolia
Periwinkle is also called vinca or myrtle. Of the 12 species of periwinkle, two are popular groundcovers. All species have opposite leaves and single flowers.
Periwinkle
From animals at the zoo to flowers, this week. A blend of colorful flowers makes nature’s painting
A Blend of Colorful Flowers