Camellias and other flowers at Duke Gardens

Here are more photos from last Sunday's walk at Sara P Duke Gardens. Those of you that know me a little would know that I was looking for camellias in bloom, lots were! Here are some photos of the camellias and other delights.

Not a camellia this is an David Austin Rose called 'Belle Story'. The gardens had a small grouping of Austin roses and this one was my favorite. They had an aroma I could smell from about 20 foot away. Speaking of aromas many parts of the garden had two kinds of fall blooming hollies that really gave one the sense of spring hollies in bloom.

Above is an anemone hybrid called 'Pamina'

Below is another anemone hybrid called 'Prince Heinrick'
Believe I'll be looking for some anemones for our garden,  Duke Gardens had lots of patches of anemones even the whites were stunning, most reached 2-3 foot tall too!

A fall crocus goulimyi.
There was just a small patch of these in the garden and lucky for me they had a tag to tell us what kind they were.

Above and below is Camellia sasanqua 'Slim N Trim'

This was in the newest garden with camellias that I discovered last spring. Certainly one of my favorites seen on Sunday. Sasanquas are the normal fall blooming camellia for those of you that don't know about camellias.

Above is an camellia hybrid called 'Autumn Spirit'

Camellia hiemalis 'Sparkling Burgundy'

I also saw another Camellia hiemalis 'Kanjiro' that I thought was a sasanqua 'Kanjiro' which is doing great in our garden, this one was just starting with a single bloom. Kanjiro looks a lot like this one BTW.

Speaking of 'Kanjiro' here is an open seed pod on it.

Japonicas are supposed to be spring bloomers yet the next two camellias are japonicas.

Above is Camellia japonica 'Rosea Supreme'

This one is a wow for a white no question Camellia japonica 'Ballerina'

The gardens have several decent planting of ginger. But it appears I came too late to enjoy the ginger in bloom. This was about all that was left.

I'll leave you with a local fall color photo of Flowering Dogwood berries.

Wow Tropical Waterlilies

This photo is why I just love my G11 camera! These are from Sunday's walk in Sara P Duke Gardens on a beautiful sunny day.

Tropical Waterlily 'Lindsey Woods'

Tropical Waterlily 'Panama Pacific'

Mosaic Plant (Ludwigia sedoides)

This is the Duke Gardens tropical waterlily garden. It was totally sunny and getting a real good photo was not possible. Without the sun the above waterlilies would not have been blooming, so one or the other.

Soon I'll post some other photos from my Duke Gardens visit. Lots of camellias in bloom and maybe 20 I'd not seen blooming before. I did get a few photos of seeds on the camellia plants too. At least 2 japonicas were in bloom as well as many hybrids and sasanquas.

 Also autumn crocus, hardy tapioca, a new lantana that was awesome and several anemones to name a few.

 Camellia sasanqua 'Maidens Blush'
The main path down the center of the garden was lined  for 150 foot with Maiden's Blush planted on both sides about every 6 foot with a 10 foot tall plant. Each 10 foot camellia had hundreds of blooms on them it was really something.