Trees and Flowers

[yourlibrarian]

I wish I'd had our car in this photo as a reference point for how large those trees were, At least in the next photo you can see a park building in the bottom left which gives you some idea. It was very impressive to be driving through these roads of giants.



These were in Silver Falls State Park. Unfortunately the waterfalls were far enough to walk that one of our party couldn't do it but we loved the trees.





One of the many beautiful yellow bushes we saw in various places.



Don't know what these flowers are called but they're quite striking.





Roses outside our hotel.

Comments

[shirebound]

All of these shots are lovely. Thank you for sharing!

[yourlibrarian]

Glad to!

[cmcmck]

They are, I think a form of what get called 'red hot pokers' here.

Great pics!

[yourlibrarian]

At a distance they make me think of popsicles!

[ranunculus]

Red Hot Pokers are "kniphofia" genus. From South Africa, perennial, extremely drought tolerant, they can be invasive here in California. See the Wiki entry, there are 70 species in a variety of colors.

[weird]

Lovely photos, especially those tall tall trees. In the company of giants…

[yourlibrarian]

They were amazing to see!

[pameladean]

Those trees are awe-inspiring!

I think the gorgeous yellow-flowered bushes are Scotch broom. It's native to you but really widespread in California, which is where I got familiar with it.

P.

[yourlibrarian]

Good to know! We did see them in various spots though I've never seen any here in Illinois that I can recall.

[pameladean]

I'm sorry, I got my posters of great photos to this community mixed up! It's not native to the US at all and may prefer the milder climates here. I haven't seen it in Minnesota either. It's native to the UK and parts of Europe.

[yourlibrarian]

No worries! I kind of gathered that from the bush name 😊

[angelcage]

Those flowers are so bright, it's like someone turned up the saturation IRL! The yellow blooms in particular are really striking.

[yourlibrarian]

They really were!

[adafrog]

Pretty.

[yourlibrarian]

🦋

[mific]

Yes, broom and red hot pokers - lovely pics!

[yourlibrarian]

A bit of the familiar and the new it seems!

[elperian]

Absolutely beautiful trees!

[yourlibrarian]

Definitely, and whole forests of those.