I’ve got a crush – an orange crush – on this magnificent plant! It’s a “Mexican Bird of Paradise” and we’ve had it in our landscape for about 2 years. They are so beautiful at this moment that I picked some the other day and created the above bouquet by just placing them in this orange vase. I’ve taken multiple pictures over the last several weeks, documenting the bloom cycle of these beautiful bushes.
Working on maximum magnificence and integrating nicely with the landscape!
Our bushes in the glow of twilight of the vanilla sky! Can you feel the motion of the blurry flowers in the pictures above?
The orange vase was a birthday present from a good friend, with its own equally beautiful bouquet of mixed flowers (thank you, Debra!) and once her flowers were spent, I saved the vase. Lucky me – “Round Two” is equally beautiful! Unfortunately, my picked orange crush bouquet only lasted 2 days before wilting! So, lesson of the day: some flowers are not meant to be picked, rather enjoyed in nature!
Coco is crazy for Orange Crush, too, and he’s telling me all about it!
Finally, satisfied that I “get it”, Coco sits down to relax!
Hope you enjoyed the show and that these beautiful bushes (and Coco) brightened your day!
Tootles,
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Beautiful flowers Carole n nice to see Coco !
Yes and thanks for giving me the first bouquet in the orange vase and being the inspiration for this post!!!
I’m in full agreement! These are amazingly beautiful plants.
I’m sitting here on a Saturday morning in AZ looking into my own backyard at my Mexican Bird of Paradise. Great flowers. The desert has a beauty of its own that grows on you the longer you live here.
Dawn…I know just what you mean about the desert beauty, sometimes I can’t believe there are things I miss about Phoenix, but it was a great place to live!