beautiful botanicals
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A little bit of summer color for yall back north.
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The dark flower thing is from Africa, and the fuzzy leaf is in the Sub-Antarctic plant house and is native to 54 degrees south.
Nice shots (these and the others). Thanks for shareing
Looks like California except for the fuzzy leaf, I guess all non-natives here. The black flower thing looks like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeonium_arboreum of which it and relatives are all over. The purple flower thing looks like a Cardoon.
Yes, lots of non-natives in the botanical gardens. There is a TAZ section, including a dozen different endangered species, but less flashy.