Garden Trips: Maymont Flower and Garden Show (Part 2)

Picking up where we left off, here's a scene that we might expect from a flower show, but it's nonetheless very pretty and lovely to see this time of year:



This picture holds more interest to me than you might expect. That's an 'Ann' Magnolia in bloom in front. Surrounding it (the evergreen shrubs) are Kleim's Hardy Gardenias (unfortunately, not in bloom. You may remember that I write about my Kleim's and Chuck Hayes gardenias because where I live, we are probably at the outer edge of their hardiness zone...about an hour an a half north of Richmond).



However, it was the sign accompanying the Kleim's Hardy that was noteworthy. Read carefully:



Did you catch that?? "...white daily like flowers cover this shrub..." (emphasis mine). Now, I thought about this and I suppose it could mean two things, i.e., 1) that it has daily flowers (I do think they last longer than a day, however...or does it mean they will open daily?) or 2) daylily like flowers. You can probably guess where I'm going! I prefer the second explanation and I can only say: Woohoo, daylilies have come a long way to now have gardenias being compared to them!

I don't just look up when I'm at shows (laughing), I look down:



Another nice scene:



Who doesn't like frogs?



These delphiniums were beautiful, especially since they are so difficult to grow in this area:



Here was a garden filled with orchids (the other side was also, but the lighting was poor, so I was unable to capture it...sorry):



Actual koi in the koi pond:



Obviously, not the real thing, but bright and cheery:



Shopping galore:



As I was leaving, I just had to have a picture of these pink tulips:



Look what I found as I was taking the pictures (such colorful leaves!):



It was a nice show, wasn't it? One last image, this of a building near the convention center (taken from my car window...as if you can't tell)...: