Thursday, September 28, 2023

Butchart Gardens

We try to get out to Butchart Gardens a few times a year. It's always different, and always a delight. It's by no means "natural", but all the flowers and plants and trees are still living things. And you never know what else you might see, like dragonflies and lizards.

Blue-eyed Darner

Common Wall Lizard

Of course, the main attraction is the flowers, and in the fall the Dahlias.

flower

flower

The black backgrounds are a little artificial, but they focus attention on the flower itself rather than the setting.

flower

With flowers, come bees and there were lots, both bumblebees like this Yellow-faced, and honey bees.

Yellow-faced bumblebee

bumblebee on flower

honey bee on flower

And also flies like this Common Drone Fly and Western Pond Fly that are easily mistaken for bees.

Common Drone Fly ?

Western Pond Fly

The details of some of these flowers blow me away. Amazing what evolution can come up with.

flower

Even an old favorite, a Hibiscus.

Hibiscus flower

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