Great lead-in, Elaine, and I took a walkabout with my camera this morning.
My big Bougainvillea aborea is exploding with flowers.
This is Yucca gloriosa, sometimes called Spanish Dagger.
This cute little fellow will stick you without mercy if you're not careful. Here is Agave schidigera 'Shira Ito no Ohi'
This is called a wild date palm or Phoenix sylvestris.
The bald cypress are fully leafed out.
An entrance to the rose garden with a big queen palm in the center.
Red iochroma, yellow bells and purple iochroma.
A closer look at the purple iochroma.
Begonias
A basket of bromeliads blooming and some big Aechmea Blanchetianas
Lots of cycads in this garden.
Hibiscus and gardenias in front of a ribbon palm
The fountain
I have to go sing church music to the folks in a nursing home this afternoon. I'll continue this later.
Jim
