Bloomin' Tuesday ~ Florida Trip ~ Plants

Today I'm joining MsGreenThumb Jean's Bloomin' Tuesday and posting some photos of the beautiful flowers we saw when we visited Florida recently.

Welcome to those of you visiting from Jean's blog. If you missed why I traveled from Virginia to Florida, you can read about it here.

This is the beautiful Bird of Paradise, and we saw it growing everywhere! It's definitely a tropical flower that I don't have in my yard. And here's another one below:

If anyone knows the name of this next flower, please answer in the comments. It has beautiful purple berries.

Doesn't this tree (below) look like a gigantic pineapple sitting out in the yard? On one of our shopping trips I made a turn into a residential area and then stopped in the middle of the street (no worries, no traffic around) and took this picture out the car window.

And what about this spiky plant? This one was outside goombay's restaurant.

The bush below we saw everywhere also, and most of them were covered with reddish-colored blooms. It looks to be a member possibly of the hibiscus family? They were all very pretty, bright, and colorful...and blooming gorgeously in sunny 84 degree temps.

I hope you've enjoyed seeing some of the plants we saw on our trip. It was amazing to me to realize that a flower-loving gardener could have beautiful flowers year-round!

Check in over at MsGreenThumb Jean's for more Bloomin' Tuesday entries. Thank you, Jean, for hosting.

~Deb

Other posts in this series:

Florida Trip ~ Eats and Shops

Blogger's Quilt Festival ~ Betty at the Beach

84 Degrees, Palm Trees, Having Fun, Wish You Were Here

Florida, Me?

Comments

[Racquel]

I love Bird of Paradise, such a gorgeous exotic plant. It won't grow in my area either. That purple berry plant is called BeautyBerry. It's a native plant to the east coast.

[Rose]

Deb we grow Strelitzia (?) Bird of Paradise. The spiky fern you showed is something that is quite prolific in our garden too. When you make it to Australia one day, I'll show you. :)

[Bet]

I saw a beautyberry this fall at a local nursery and immediately wanted one for my yard.

[Bet]

Oh...and it's supposed to be a mosquito repellent too. Another reason I need one in my yard!

[Darla]

The American Beautyberry grows wild here in North Florida, I wonder if your spiky plant is a Windmill Palm. Thought your blooming tree might be an Althea which is in the Hibiscus family but I can't make out the leaves....does indeed look like a hibiscus bloom though. Hope you enjoyed your stay in our state!

[Rosemary]

Bird of Paradise is an impressive flower. Being a Northerner I always enjoy seeing the subtropic flora.

[Jean]

The Bird of Paradise is beautiful and so are the berries! Thanks for giving us a little bit of Florida. Jean

[vicki Boster]

Love that Bird of Paradise Deb - wonderful pictures. You have captured the sunny weather and the Florida flora perfectly!

Did you get the Maddy pictures I sent to you?

Vicki

[Tonya]

I have no idea what that is with the purple berries, but I love it!

Wonderful photos!