22 October 2008

1345-1400

In and all around the botanical garden of Willamette University.

This is my first observation in the Botanical garden. It is really amazing I need to come here more often it is like a hidden paradise. I also love that all the plants have been identified so I can really know what I am looking at. The planted herb and other bedded plants are not as interesting to me as the more wild unkempt part of the garden, I also think that the water elements like the mini falls are quite a nice touch. One three that I have found that I like a lot is the lauschneria Californica that apparently is a hybrid of the California fuchsia. It was quite odd because I was really attracted to this plant and it turns out that it is from California, so I must have seen it before and was brought back to it again. But it really is a nice plant to look at it is stemy and has green small pin like leaves sticking out from its straight limbs. Bit then near the top it has these small horn like bright orange red flowers, which is my favorite color. Any way these flowers sort of have rimed this plant with a fiery red that give it this illuminated look. So I love this plant.