Showing posts with label orchids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orchids. Show all posts
So. Cal. Spring Garden Show
In April I went for the first time to the 22nd Annual Spring Garden Show, at South Coast Plaza in Orange County. My friend, Robert, who is a plant guru to me recommended it as the best local show. |
| Moorish Flourishes in a Contemporary Garden - Orange Coast College Horticulture Club |
It had over a dozen landscape garden exhibitions prepared by landscape designers and architects. With over 75 specialty plant vendors, seminars and events, there was a lot to do.
I primarily bought plants and took photos, so much that I couldn't find my friend there as my eyes were all on the merchandise. Here are the highlights.
Nepenthe:
This plant catches insects in it's pitchers, but I found these flowers irresistible.
Bromeliads:
Dahlia:
Epiphyllum:
Fairy Duster:
This vendor carried California native plants. I picked up some Coral Bells from them.
Clematis:
These flowers were so big and beautiful, I had to touch them to believe they were real.
Tuberose:
One of my favorites with their intoxicating fragrance. I've planted half a dozen bulbs which are mostly all sprouting this spring.
Poppies and verbena:
Two of the many delicate flowers from the English Cottage Garden booth.
Violets:
Violets starter kits, various types.
White lilacs:
Sweet purple blooms - unsure of name:
Sweet orange blooms - unsure of name:
The coloring reminds me of candy corn.
Irises:
Orchids:
Peony:
Staghorn fern:
Green foliage:
Huge tropical bean pods from Thailand:
Blue Imperial Plume cactus:
Succulents:
Robert's promise was that you will always find something you've never seen at this show. Very true. There were many kinds of beauty and inspiration.
Spring Garden - Orchids
Cymbidium orchids are truly classic. They are sturdy enough to stay outside in the shade. At home there are a line of 6 of them right outside the bedroom window.One of the highlights of late winter to spring for me is watching the blooming cycle of these plants, as you can see in these photos.
Once they reach full bloom, they make beautiful and long lasting cut flowers for inside the house.
