On a recent visit to Naples, FL I had to stop at the fairly new Naples Botanical Garden - and what a treat.
Magnificent display of bromeliads amongst the palm trees
Pink bougainvillea hanging over the tropical shrubs
Bromeliads
Bougainvillea archway - spectacular entrance
Love this papyrus planting in terra cotta pots in front of a beautiful mosaic planter with Bromeliads
The Giant Dutchman's Pipe Vine Plant (Aristolochia gigantea)
- can be up to 10 inches
Topping the waterfall in the Brazilian garden is the only
original Roberto Burle Marx ceramic mural in the United
States. He was knownknown internationally as the "father of
modern landscape architecture."
I was so excited to see the most amazing display of sculptures amongst the plant displays - all from Zimbabwe - and a few sculptors were there busy doing their thing to watch
Water lily reflections
The exquisitely buttery yellow Golden Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia Chrysotricha)
Another lovely soapstone sculpture from Zimbabwe
African Coral Tree ((Erythrina caffra) - spectacularly orange
against the blue sky
Blue Plumbago in the Caribbean garden
Cordia sebestana
Amazing mosaics in the Asian garden
The Candi Suka Ruin - inspired by a a Hindu temple in Javan,
this ruin looks like it was plucked right from the jungles and
placed here
Purple Trumpet Vine (Thunbergia Grandiflora)
More Golden Trumpet Tree
Pineapples - Ananas comosus
Beautiful Zimbabwean statue in front of the Burle Marx ceramic mosaic.
Walk beneath the purple clusters of flowers of the Queens
Wreath (Petrea volubulis) vines climbing up and over the
coral stone pillars of the pergola in the Caribbean garden
Caribbean garden
The gorgeous Petrea vine
Raised vegetable gardens
The Florida garden with palms and grasses
Bougainvillea beauty
Veges and herbs
Little cluster of terrestrial orchids
Water feature amongst the bromeliads
Such stunning statues from Zimbabwe
Woodpecker pecking away at the flower at the bottom of a bunch of bananas
WOW!!!!
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