A walk in Birmingham Botanical Gardens. I have been vacationing at the beautiful Gulf Coast city of Destin, Florida this week. The area is beautiful and the seafood is world class. For your pleasure, I am posting photos taken this past week on a walk through the Birmingham Botanical Gardens where I volunteer each week.
Upper left is a mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia. These native plants are outstanding this year.
Middle right is a group of pitcher plants. This is of the genus Sarracenia and are native to South Alabama.
Upper right is woodland phlox or Phlox divaricata which is native to Alabama woodland forests.
Lower left is Amsonia sp or eastern blue star.
Lower center is a native azalea which have been magnificent this year. I am not sure of species here.
Lower right is a striking native known as firepink or wooland pinkroot. It is Spigelia marilandica.
I am adding this one for you which is a dogwood by appearance of the leaf but with this. striking blooms.
Those are my six. They are natives and local. I will be posting photos from my usual locations next week.
Have a look at our Six on Saturday posts tomorrow. The site is curated by Jim Stephens. Find the link here https://gardenruminations.co.uk.
Happy gardening!!
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Enjoy your holiday! I hope you get to see some lovely plants in Florida too.
Common names are really interesting. Fire pink, pinkroot, Indian pink. I need to track down that last one. Indian pink is the only thing I’ve heard it called.
I love the firepink! Little pops of color to catch the eye – also looks like tiny fern or fernlike plants growing in the moss- very nice! Cool to see pitcher plants growing in their native habitat.
Lucky you to be in Florida where I’m sure the weather is lovely! Your Christmas Poinsettia is fabulous looking! While I could keep mine alive, getting it red again was always hit or miss. And I agree with you that the flowers of the dogwood type shrub are striking! So very pretty. Enjoy the rest of your time away. 🙂
Thanks for the “follow” on my blog. I’m poking around on your lovely site and decided to follow you too. I can already tell that I will learn much from your blog posts. Have a blessed day!