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The "White Garden" with white petunias, roses, and dahlias.

Split Rail fence with various  colored coneflowers.

Pink, Adobe, and Red Coneflowers

Red and Yellow Coneflowers

Lettuce Patch with green and red varieties

Vegetable Garden with poles of cucumbers and new varieties of "Orange Lady"

and "Yellow Lady" Marigolds.  In the background, you can see the great ski jump

of the Olympic Village.  You can ride all the way to the top for a magnificent view

of the city.

Marigold and cucumber patch in Vegetable Garden

All the produce of these gardens is given to various food pantries.

"Black-Eyed Susans."  These flowers come in a number of different color combinations

and sizes.  This variety is all yellow.

These "Black-Eyes Susans" light up the whole garden with their bright yellow.

The "Rose Mallow Garden" is very unusual.  These flowers are each the size of a

dinner plate.  "White Ballet Slippers."  There are many colors and color combinations.

"Deep Wine"  Rose Mallows.  These are extra large, 14" diameter

"Jazzberry Jam"  Rose Mallows

"In Your Face"  Pink Rose Mallows

"Jazzberry Jam"  Rose Mallows and "Red and Orange Garden" in back

"Alice Longgown"  White and Pink Rose Mallow

"White Ballet Slippers"  Rose Mallows

"Pink Petticoats"  Rose Mallow 14" diameter

"Sweet Caroline"  Pink Rose Mallow with prominent veins

"Summerific Cherry Cheesecake"  Rose Mallow   12" diameter

Central  Esplanade leading to cafe.

Blue Scaevola,  Yellow and Orange Marigolds,  and Red Coleus

"Champagne Fizz" Stonecrop

Traditional "Black-Eyed Susans."

"Elizabeth Goodrich"  Dahlia.  All the varieties of dahlias this year are new.  I did not

photograph a single one of them last year.

"Scintillation"  Dahlia

"Pooh"  Dahlia

Bed of various orange colored dahlias.

"Bahama Festival"  large dahlia

Orange Cluster Dahlias

A perfect Orange Cluster Dahlia

A visitor amidst Black-Eyed Susans in the Vegetable Garden

To be continued  .  .  .

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The New Varieties Garden is always very colorful.

"Ruffled Apricot" Tuberous Begonia

"On Top Sun" Tuberous Begonia

"On Top Sun" Tuberous Begonias

In this area, they create beds based on a single color.  So this bed contains a new variety

of white petunias, plus new varieties of white roses and white dahlias.

Yellow Cockscomb, White Panicula Hydrangeas, and Yellow Dahlias

"Happy Days Lemon Yellow" Dahlias.  The leaves are nearly black, so they make

a very nice contrast for displays.

White Roses and White Petunias and Yellow Calibrachoa Trees

"Marguerite Daisies"

The arch features different flowers each season; "Dusty Miller" in front.

"Mexican Sunrise" Black-eyed Susans.  This variety really is extremely hot

and sultry with the orange and red petals.  They are part of the "Orange and Red Garden."

"Purple Sun African Daisy / Osteospermum"

"Purple Sun" close-up

"Calexis Calendula / Pot Marigold."  This variety has many more petals than usual,

and some are feathered.  They were part of the Yellow Garden.

"Ruffled Peach" Tuberous Begonias

"Lily of the Incas"  They come from Peru.

Pink Coneflowers; the petals kind of droop down.

"Dahlegria Red-Orange Dahlias" with very dark foliage.

"Dahlegria Star Dahlia" with black foliage

"Dahlegria Star Dahlias" with black leaves

"Burgundy with Eye" Calendula / Pot Marigold in the Yellow and Orange Garden

Decorative Cabbages with "Burgundy with Eye" Orange Dahlias

Various beds in Exhibition Gardens

"Kismet Raspberry Coneflowers"  

"Kismet Raspberry Coneflowers" - close-up.  They become even more dramatic

in close-up view.

"Kismet Cream" Coneflowers, with droopy petals

"Kismet Red" Coneflowers, set amongst a sea of greyish green Artemesia

"Dahlegria White" Dahlias with very dark foliage

"Kismet Yellow" Coneflowers with Artemesia

"Kismet Adobe" Coneflowers

"Heather Rose"  Daylilies

"Heather Rose"  Daylilies

A visitor in the Rose Mallow Garden

To be continued  .  .  .


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