Every year for the last two years as we visit my brother in Fort Collins, Colorado we have gone to the Trial Garden at Colorado State University. And it is awe inspiring.
They tell us in their Purpose, "The outdoor display and test areas at the Annual Flower Trial Garden were established to allow students, researchers, industry representatives, homeowners, and extension personnel to learn, teach and evaluate through horticultural research and demonstrations projects conducted in the unique environmental conditions of the Rocky Mountain/High Plains region."
The day we were there it was just exquisite! The colors incredible and the variety just amazing. But the what was most exciting about our visit there was the number of bees we saw! They were in such abundance I cannot help but hope that their population is growing!
Not only the color was exquisite but the bees were exciting!\
Gorgeous colors and the beautiful bee.
Oh, vivid color
So beautiful to behold
Oh Great Creator
~~~^j^~~~
Thanks be to God!
Cathy
Wow, wow, wow. I haven't been to Fort Collins in a couple of decades ...I'm sure I wouldn't recognize it. Beautiful colors, beautiful images.
ReplyDeleteHello, the flowers are beautiful. It is great to keep the bees happy. Happy Sunday, wishing you a great new week ahead. PS, thank you for visiting my blog.
ReplyDeleteSo lovely! I have lots of bees too in my gardens. I try and make them welcome. :) Kit
ReplyDeleteWonderful -- beautiful flowers and lots of bees!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colors - so vibrant!
ReplyDelete...Cathy, I love your flower garden, it's a beautiful way to start my day. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWonderful bright fuchsia - the bees are in a paradise!
ReplyDeleteThe bees just LOVE those big beautiful blooms! What great photos!
ReplyDeleteDivine floral macro shots ~ so colorful and creative!
ReplyDeleteHappy Day to You,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Truly amazing.
ReplyDeleteAnd lucky to see a lot of bees.
The colors of the flowers are incredible indeed!
ReplyDeleteGood news aboug the bees.
ReplyDeleteQue maravilla un jardin con glores tan coloridas. Saludos desde España
ReplyDeleteCathy - yes, so encouraging to see so many bees. I have some plants in my garden that have a continual buzz going on!!! As you know, I am learning as much as I can about plants of the Rocky Mountains, so this trial garden sounds like my kind of place. Thanks for linking to Mosaic Monday!
ReplyDeleteTruly magnificent. Those colours! Great news about the bees.
ReplyDeleteWhat amazingly brilliant colored flowers. Such great photos
ReplyDeleteHi! The color of dahlia flowers arevery beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWonderful flower photos!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful. Thanx Cathy.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
How bee-autiful!
ReplyDeleteThe colorful Dahlias and abundant bees made me happy. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYoko
We have a beautiful park overlooking our capital - Kings Park. They have their annual Spring Festival in September, and I am hoping I can go and visit.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week, thank you for sharing the flowers, and for stopping by my blog this week.
Those dahlia's are exquisite, what a glorious shade of fuchsia, thanks for sharing you made our day! XOX
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to see these beautiful flowers and all the bees :)
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteYou went at a perfect time of year obviously. Nice to have some good nature news.
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