For the Flower Hour, share your images of flowers, gardens, fields of flowers, seasonal leaves and plants, fungus, algae, cacti, blossoms, berries, and wildflowers. Bouquets and silk/faux flowers are welcome.
There are no specific themes for the Flower Hour; please use your own photography.
New flower images are welcomed, and archived images are encouraged.
We spent almost three weeks in California on our spring road trip in March. While we enjoyed a few days in my former “home” town of Sacramento, I remembered why the city was known as the Camellia Capital. I stumbled on these fading beauties while visiting Sutter Creek in the Sierra Foothills. I’m told these are Camellia Japonica.
Sacramento, California, is famously known as the “Camellia Capital of the World.” The city adopted this title in the 1920s after camellias were introduced during the 1850s Gold Rush and thrived in the region. The city features over 800 varieties, and the Camellia Society of Sacramento hosts a large annual show.
“The camellias. I could see them, seemingly endless rows of big, bushy green trees with waxy leaves and showy flowers the size of saucers. Pinks, reds—bursting into bloom, as if they’d been painted by the Queen of Hearts.” – Sarah Jio
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