Flowers
Dogwood
Spring has finally arrived (still need rain in California) but we’re enjoying the colors of Spring. This is a red dogwood bloom.
Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii Hook. & Arn.
Baby blue eyes, Menzies baby blue eyes
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family)
Hibiscus
It’s officially Spring, so I thought a beautiful Hibiscus would be a good picture for the day. Taken last October at Mount Vernon, Washington DC
Japanese Tea Garden
After the conclusion of the 1894 World’s Fair, Makoto Hagiwara, a Japanese immigrant and gardener, approached John McLaren with the idea to convert the temporary exhibit into a permanent park. Hagiwara personally oversaw the building of the Japanese Tea Garden and was official caretaker of the garden from 1895 to 1925. He specifically requested that one thousand flowering cherry trees be imported from Japan, as well as other native plants, birds, and the now famous goldfish. After San Francisco’s 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition closed, he obtained the two large ornamental wooden gates, and probably also the Tea Garden’s prominent five-tiered pagoda, from that fair’s Japanese enclave.
Snapshots by Kats 