Focus on flowers

Not surprisingly, Waitakere Gardens is full of flowers.  Today's post will take a look at a few of them. Their colors and patterns astound me.  

(I hope you don't mind me taking a very close look at some of them.) 

The flowers below are gazanias (African daisy). They grow below and among the orange trees.  

I also took some photos in the garden that borders the café and some other places as well. 

I love taking a really close look.  I hadn't realized there were hairs inside.  

A sudden downpour chased me to the shelter of the covered footpath next to the café.  

I didn't mind, I had enough pictures anyway. In the foreground are some roses, and across the putting green and croquet court you can see the orange trees and gazanias.   -djf

You know, once when we were in Rotorua, we stopped in a park that, among other things, featured a garden for the blind. All the flowers planted in it were especially fragrant, and one could walk along the path and enjoy a constantly changing olfactory feast.  

I sometimes think that Waitakere Gardens is not that different.  I walk through it sometimes and find myself stopped in my tracks by a zone of "Wow!, does that smell good!"

We have a long summer ahead of us. I'll probably show you some more visual delights later on.  Stay tuned...                  -djf