Here's a flower blooming in a wonderful but neglected part of Airlie Gardens outside Wilmington, North Carolina. A beautiful place. My daughter and I visited the gardens last week. There we saw a 450-year-old oak tree, a butterfly house, a sculpture garden, and countless other beautifully landscaped areas. The site was once the playground of a rich couple who liked to entertain their guests in style!
Today's Flowers
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what a beautiful red flower-looks like something from Hawaii.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is a wonder of Nature Sandy
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!
ReplyDeleteLove that brilliant color and what a beautiful flower! You do find the very best to share with us, Sandy! Looks and sounds like a wonderful place. Hope you have a beautiful day! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteSylvia
Beautiful and colorful flower, Sandy! Is it a Hibiscus?
ReplyDeletei also posted hibiscus.:p marvelous composition.
ReplyDeleteYes, a hibiscus with another petal (leaves?) underneath?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful in the sunshine!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLeft a comment below on post and also daughter's.
What a beautiful flower. I love that shade of red. Very bright and joyful.
ReplyDeleteThat looks to be a huge bloom.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a place I would like to visit. You get that far south you start seeing those tropical plants.
ReplyDeleteWhen you and Adella bake a birthday cake for the 450 year old elm, with candles spaced one inch apart so they don't melt each other, the round cake will need to be 2' in diameter. Please check my math.
ReplyDeleteNow, how long will it take to light 450 candles with one match? If we don't plan it, the first candle will be burned all the way down before we get very far!
Oh my! How beautiful! And the garden sounds lovely!!
ReplyDeleteHugs
SueAnn
I'm not familiar with Airlie Gardens, but if this beautiful blossom is any indication we need to check it out.
ReplyDeleteWow! I have never seen a hibiscus like this, with the petals so widely separated from each other!
ReplyDeleteI like Greg's comment about the birthday cake for the 450 year old tree - sometimes math geeks can be so interesting!
A beautifully composed photo. The red of the hibiscus is very striking. Thanks for sharing.
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AH! A glimpse into the lives of the rich and famous. That's a gorgeous hibiscus!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThe sun looks so strong and the red is still so vivid - nice work. :)
It's great that so many of the gardens of old estates are now open for the rest of us to enjoy.
ReplyDeleteWonderful image of a lovely flower!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy it!
It just goes to show that the brightest flowers can thrive when neglected.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful composition on this one! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI love hibiscus flowers and I wish the flower would last for more than a day. This is a great shot!!!
ReplyDeletewhat a big, beautiful bloom!
ReplyDeletebeautiful bloom.
ReplyDeleteI love how wide those petals are opened, like they are straining to catch every ray of sun!
ReplyDeleteAmazing flower, never seen this oin real, but I love to ..
ReplyDeleteThanks for being here.