Columbine Beauty ~ This blue columbine bloom was the largest I had ever seen and was very pretty. I fell in love with the blue version of this plant when I lived in Colorado, where it grows in the wild, and is the state flower.
~ One section of Descanso Gardens is called the California Garden, and is planted with only native plants of this state. One of the wildflower sections had these beautiful Baby Blue Eyes. They were one of my favorite wildflowers as a child, and I enjoyed seeing them there.
~ This beautiful flower was the only bloom on a Thorn Apple or Jimson Weed plant at Keys Ranch in Joshua Tree National Park. It was the largest flower of this type I''seen--about 8 inches across. I loved the purple edges on the petals.
