Friday Flower Fiesta — It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature, but it sure is fun!
San Diego gets only about 10½ inches of rain a year. I’ve been in afternoon thunderstorms in my home state of Texas had dropped 10½ inches of rain in a few hours, not to mention hurricanes, of course. San Diego’s Mediterranean climate in terms of temperature means that anything will grow here as long as you meet its watering needs. Consequently, its not unusual for some plants that normally bloom once a year to have two or three blooming periods here. Other plants that normally bloom for three or four months, such as hibiscus, will bloom year round.
Right now is a great time to visit the cooler coastal areas because roses are acting like it’s April instead of November:
Another excellent place to visit right now is the San Diego Zoo. They have both regular hibiscus and giant hibiscus blooming profusely right now.
This next hibiscus picture is one of my favorites, so I was playing around with it in Photoshop. Which one do you think is the original? Which one do you like best?
And from my own garden, my Stapelia just keeps putting out these star-shaped flowers, probably in honor of me!
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Posted on November 16, 2012, in Adobe, Digital photo editing, Flora, Friday Flower Fiesta, Mother & Father Nature, Photos and tagged hibiscus pictures, rose pictures, san diego zoo, stapelia pictures. Bookmark the permalink. 15 Comments.
Hmmm, I think the top and bottom hibiscus photos are the photoshop enhancements of the middle one by nature…Hibiscus are a big favorite of mine, too. When I was growing up in Venezuela, they bloomed all the time. Who knew they had seasons? Have a great weekend! xoM
Beautiful! Loved all of them and yep you are a star!
I think the red one is the original with the dark crimson and sandy ones the edited versions.
I love to see flowers all year round. But having said that, a long cold winter does actually make you look forward to, and appreciate, the spring and summer flowers all the more.
thanks for sharing.
…….long cold winter…….uh, no……..lol
That’s why you live in San Diego!!!
Ohhh, so beautiful and I think the red hibiscus in the middle is the real deal.
They are all beautiful photos! I haven’t seen Stapelia before – it is spectacular
You should see Stapelia gigantea. Its star-shaped flowers can get up to 12 inches across.
Love all the flowers; especially the stapelia!
of course my favorite is the stapella, but i’ve read that it emits a certain kind of scent?
The flowers are called carrion flowers because they are supposed to smell like rotting flesh. However, I have owned about 20 different varieties and I’ve never had a bad-smelling one. In fact, all the ones I’ve had didn’t have any smell at all. They simply look STARtling.
Saw some hibiscus in Portugal last year, and wondered what they were. Thanks.
Great photos, flowers and colours.
Wow Russell I have never seen a Stapelia before pretty amazing. Thank you for sharing these beautiful pictures
Beautiful pics, buddy!
The middle one I think…… Lovely photos and that last one is amazing