Loved this rusty bloom!

The Bromeliad garden

Lots of lovely specimens

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Queen's Tears (Billbergia nutans) in bloom

Now we headed over to the Theatre garden http://www.lotusland.org/garde...
the weeping branches here caught my eye. (enlarge)

"The theatre was constructed in 1948 and designed to resemble an outdoor theatre on the grounds of Madame Walska’s chateau in Galluis, France."
http://www.lotusland.org/garde...

Characters in the theatre (theater) garden.

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Hunchback

Cement fruit

Walking up large lawn area

Topiary garden

"The central feature of the topiary garden is a large working clock, 25 feet in diameter, that dates from 1955. The clock was originally planted with cacti and other succulents that were replaced over time with colored gravel. The clock was renovated in 1998, and the clock face now features three different low-growing succulents and copper zodiac signs that were crafted to replicate earlier ones."
http://www.lotusland.org/garde...

Close up of the crab section

More topiary

Even some giant chess pieces.

Looking toward house, hard to get colors right as it was almost high noon by now, so washed out.

In the center of the walkway was this water feature coming from a fountain further up and running down these narrow tiled channels and ending into this small fountain.

Here you can see the larger star shaped fountain and the channel as it drops down to the next level.