Four More Flowers

Marigold - Tagetes sp.

What a hot afternoon!

97F is about as hot as it gets here in Oregon.

I took a slow walk back to my car after work and stopped to admire some of the more often ignored flowers along my path.

Gazania sp.

Even this heat and drought tolerant Gazania was starting to get faded by the hot sun.

Here's another less faded one.

Ice Plant - Carpobrotus edulis

I love the way these flowers look almost metallic in the sun.

They also do well during cool wet weather like we had last October.

Lily of the Nile - Agapanthus sp.

These flowers are really pretty, but they have tall thin stalks with big bunches of flowers on top... which usually leads to some awkwardly composed pictures.

Luckily, the light was shining just so and I managed to get this very nice close up - my favorite pic of the day!