All of these photos were taken by me on Monday during my visit to the Botanical Gardens. I planned on this just being a Wordless Wednesday post with photos until I visited the Gardens website and found that due to budget cuts etc... the gardens will fall to demise unless they begin charging an entrance fee. There have been mumblings and rumors about this over the past year with a lively debate. Now you all know that I am there on a regular basis. If it has to permanently close I WILL NOT be a happy camper. The gardens have always been free unlike all the other venues in that area to include the DeYoung Museum, The Academy of Sciences of which you almost have to be a millionaire to afford their entrance fees, The Japanese Tea Garden and the Conservatory of Flowers. My position is that the Botanical Gardens should begin implementing fees. Why not? Everyone else charges fees to maintain their venues. If you buy a membership to the gardens which is as low as $60.00 per year, round...
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Daisy and Kebeni, It looks much like bottlebrush but it isn't. I'll have the answers for you tomorrow.
Margaret, Ah, you are sooooo close on the first one. The flower is gorgeous in person and I'll let you know what it is tomorrow.
2) We have this plant in VN and it is call ChomChom...well it looks like it anyways. :-)
Thanks for the visit. I think I know what the second one is. I lived in Australia for a few years I dont know what the scientific name is but the locals called it a Bottle Brush shrub. Thanks for sharing! : )
A 2 Z, It's actually not a bottlebrush. It looks like it but it is different. I'll post the answer tomorrow.
Angela, It is a pie but not pumpkin. I love pumpkin pie :)
Icy, It is a pie filling but not pumpkin. It resembles the chenille but isn't.
2- I also thought it was a bottlebrush.
Two for two....lol.....
I don't have a clue about the interesting plant.
Jean and Diane you are correct on the first one. It's a macro of sweet potato pie.
Katie, Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
No idea abt the plant name but it sure look like a hairbrush to me! ;)
xoxo
MrsM
1. Macro of a sweet potato pie.
2. Banksia Occidentalis aka Red Swamp Banksia from W. Australia from the Proteaceae family.
This was fun and I thank you all for commenting and participating.
Have a wonderful weekend Jo!
That is a beautiful flower, I have never seen it before.
Beautiful flower though! Thanks for joining us and see you next week..
You took a nice photo of the Banksia, Australia is part of my heritage. Yesterday, a niece was married and my daughter went.