Spring flowers

Just some cheery-looking springtime flowers seen around town.

Butchart Gardens April 7, 2011

I probably photograph this same view every year, but I like the backlit pots of tulips along the entranceway.

Pond in the Italian Garden.

Near the Rose Garden

The Sunken Garden

Butchart Gardens April 15, 2010

A few photos from a dewy morning.

Butchart Gardens March 14, 2010

Sunday March 14 - Daylight Saving Time begins

Outside

The new path is not open yet.

Lots of shoots are coming up.

A few red tulips are appearing in this flower bed in the sunken garden.

Ground cover under the fir trees.

I'm not sure that I've ever seen this kind of daffodil before.

More standard types were in this basket. I read that they planted nearly 80,000 of 75 daffodil varieties.