More Beautiful Vegetation

I thought I'd add a few more of the pretty vegetation we saw in Florida and show you the stark difference of vegetation in the desert southwest. I think you'll be able to spot the tropical vs. desert growth!

Amaryllis

Lavendar roses

Trumpet vines

Cypress knees (roots of the cypress trees)

Yucca cactus in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico

Prickly Pear cactus

It has a beautiful yellow bloom in season

Unknown cactus

Possibly in the challo family

All the Beautiful Flowers

Although both my husband and I grew up in the South, we have lived in Colorado for 13 years. I love Colorado. It is absolutely one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. But then I guess I have always taken for granted how green and lush the South is. I took a few pictures of some of the beautiful flowers at my in-law's but wish those stubborn magnolias I have always loved would just go ahead and bloom, already!

I think they have every shade of azalea, daffodils, lillies, irises, ferns, palms, phlox, bottle brush, hydrangea, hibiscus, wisteria, clematis, honey suckle, rose bushes, magnolias, pecan trees, apple, cherry, pear and banana trees, blueberry bushes, grape, muscodine and scupernon vines, hostas, spider plants, and lantanas, Oh My!

And of course, I can't forget all the towering pines and 300 year old live oaks that just beg to be climbed (by someone younger and more nimble than myself)!

And this is the rosebush that has been in the family for 150+ years.