Nature Study--Flowers

In the Green Hour Challenge that I am a part of, we've been encouraged to choose a focus for our nature study. We have chosen flowers. I was initially going to do wildflowers but have now decided to learn about flowers in general. I realized that we have so many flowers growing right in our own backyard--most of them not wildflowers--that we should learn about and be able to identify. So, today we did a walk through of our yard looking for flowers. We found about 20 different flowers blooming. I will not be boring you with pictures of all of them but I will include some of the prettier or more interesting ones. It was neat to see all that was blooming and to be able to identify all but about 3 of them. We have to get out there with our field guide to identify those. So, here's what we found. Here's our list of what we found:

• Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow


• Antique Roses


• Calla Lily


• Azaleas


• Blue Violets


• Wandering Jew


• Jaboticaba


• Amaryllis


• Avocado


• Squash


• Wisteria


• Macadamia


• Lantana


• Blackberry


• Orange


• Carissa


• Pentas
  
  

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

An Antique Rose (can't remember the specific name)

A weed that we haven't identified yet.

A Blue Violet

Jaboticaba flowers--they are the fuzzy, blurry looking things in the picture. The green balls are the fruit.

A surprise--Wisteria!

Macadamia nut tree flowers! Maybe we will get more than two nuts this year. These flowers are all over it.