The summer rains are keeping flowers in the forest nice and watered.
The bumblebees are doing well this year.
This one is loaded up with pollen on its legs.
Jewelweed is growing abundantly. This stuff is useful for treating poison ivy as the juice from their leaves seems to counteract the oils of poison ivy. They also have a nice looking flower.
Here is a strange wildflower I've never seen before. Tiny little wasps were crawling over them for pollen.
Here is some butterfly weed aka orange milkweed. Sadly no butterflies were swarming it probably because the rains soaked them the day before.
These are the flowers I see at the train station nearly every day. The early morning sun lights them up nicely before I have to go into the concrete jungle.
These roses are also at the train station. I was trying to get a clear shot of the bumblebee but it buried itself deep inside.
Here is a yellow hibiscus my neighbor decided to plant in the community planters.
I found these strage blue flowers by the lake.
I think these are morning glories. They open up in the morning then close when the sun comes out to avoid getting roasted.
I'm not sure what kind of flower this is. It sort of looks like a hibiscus but this is much larger and it seems to also open and close with the sun.
That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)
The blue flower I thought was Commelina Virginia Wandering Jewel, but then I noticed the leaves were different, so I'm not sure...
The last one is a hibiscus, I have a white one just like it.
Aha so it is hibiscus, can you make tea out of all types of hibiscus or just specific species? The blue one was a bit of a mystery by the lake, I've never seen it there before.
I suspect you need a specific variety for tea....
Great collection of flowers dear, Is this the most beautiful parts of our nature, specially if you cooked it.
Beat regard.
I'll have to see if those last hibiscus are useable for tea.
Yeah delicious to uses in cold days.
The yellow hibiscus!😍 my fav! Nice pictures my photographer🤌😊
That one really turned out nice and bold.
Great photos! Flowers are enjoying the rain even if the fungi aren't 😉 gotta be versatile, go with the flow. Love the lighting on the morning glory 😍 looks like it is glowing. We have lots of jewelweed. It is a favorite of our hummingbirds.
You sure did get some beautiful flower photos.
I believe that last one is a Rose Of Sharon and I think I read one time that they are cousins to the Hibiscus.