Trailing Lantana (Lantana montevidensis) 'Luscious Grape'

 

Trailing Lantana (Lantana montevidensis) 'Luscious Grape'. A small strongly scented flowering low shrub with oval-shaped green leaves. The flower-head is a cluster of several purple to lavender to white funnel-shaped flowers with lobed corollas each nearly a centimeter wide. In Australia, this plant is a noxious weed and is toxic to livestock.

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Garlic Chives Flowers Macro

 

Although Garlic chives, (Allium tuberosum), are classed as an invasive weed in Australia, they are grown by many people for use in cooking. They flower from late Summer into Autumn and as you can see, the flowers make an excellent macro subject. 

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Echeveria Pulvinata

 

Flowers of Echeveria pulvinata, called the plush plant, is a species of flowering succulent plant in the genus Echeveria, native to southwest and central Mexico. It has stems tipped with small rosettes of green spathulate leaves covered with silvery-white hairs. The plant produces yellow and orange, bell-shaped flowers.

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