Pretty Flowers

Sky Watch Friday #4

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The Rose Garden

I found another botanical garden at the University of Riverside here in Southern Cal. I kind of went crazy taking pics in the rose garden. It was beautiful, at least to me, and the aroma! Yumm! I took so many that I thought I would just post a couple of my faves and then show the other in a slide show for any of rose lovers to enjoy.

Milkweed

I thought this was a really interesting plant. It kind of reminded me of cornsilk but this is so much prettier...except for the bugs but apparently this plant is loved by a variety of insects, those that eat the pollen, nectar, leaves and stems and then those that eat the insects. I hope the pictures are clear enough for you to make out the pods that hold and the silky strands emerging from some of them.