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Saturday when we went to the South Coast Botanic Garden, I snapped this of an African Daisy, also known as “Whirligig.” Click on the image for a larger view.

We took the time to visit the Botanic Gardens today to enjoy a walk through the various sections of the garden. Together, we took over 200 pictures and it was tough to pick one out for the blog today. I finally settled on this picture of a Palo Verde tree in the cactus and succulents garden. There were scores of California Golden Poppies surrounding the tree today. Click on the image for the large view.

It’s as if the legendary King Midas, himself, had touched these golden flowers. These gorgeous Ranunculus Tecolote Gold flowers glisten in the morning sun after I watered and sprayed the patio flowers yesterday morning. Click on the image below to enlarge.

Here’s some interesting facts about sunflowers from WikiPedia

What is usually called the flower is actually a head (formally composite flower) of numerous flowers (florets) crowded together. The outer flowers are the ray florets and can be yellow, maroon, orange, or other colors, and are sterile. The florets inside the circular head are called disc florets. The disc florets mature into what are traditionally called “sunflower seeds”, but are actually the fruit (an achene) of the plant. The true seeds are encased in an inedible husk.

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I went out this morning to water the flowers and got this nice shot one of the new flowers from the Santana Hibiscus we got last August. I just misted the plant with the water spritzer and these nice little droplets accented the colors.

I know, it looks fake, but it’s the real deal. Click on the image for the 800×600 view.

All these are just popping out in one of the planters. Clusters of two and three on a stem of these nice little miniature daffodils. Several new ones just today.