The last major trip to the Botanical Gardens, for rose season, turned out to be a doozy - i took 451 shots (thats about one every 20 seconds i was there). It took a looong time to cull. I think the majority of roses were a little beyond their best before date.

Kind of looks like flowering trees like crabapple and cherry (not surprisingly, as they're part of the rose family).

lavender?

Foxglove! Powerful magic and medicine.

Busy!

Didn't see the ladybug when i took the pic.

Inside the Turner Pavilion Tea House in the Rose Garden.

I decided to do "when in Rome" - black currant teas scones with strawberry jam and cream, and iced tea (it was hot and humid).

Almost like a tudor rose.

You can almost see her wings beating.

Coming in for a landing.

You can see her pollen baskets.

Earwig! UGH!

"Every rose has a..."

Take off, eh?

The medicinal garden.

More foxglove.

Unripe blackberries.

Poppies!

Queen Anne's lace, a.k.a. wild carrot (not actually wild to North America).

Definitely lavender.

Some grasses.

Some young women planting.

The end.