Macro Monday: Aug 8

oleander white 3

A bit of a tricky one (and decidedly monochrome) today. It is more often pink and is an evergreen, slightly tender shrub – that should help!

Answer tomorrow.

But now the answer to yesterday’s puzzler.

The plants were:

Stachyrus

Stachyrus

 

Lavendula

Lavendula

 

Hibiscus

Hibiscus

 

Aeonium

Aeonium

 

Nicotiana

Nicotiana

 

Strelitzia

Strelitzia

 

Ipomoea

Ipomoea

 

Diascia

Diascia

 

Iris

Iris

 

Nigella

Nigella

 

Rodgersia

Rodgersia

 

Grevillea

Grevillea

 

Amsonia

Amsonia

The first letters of these give you

S L H A N S I D I N R G A

If you rearrange these you get Garnish Island, a famous garden off the west coast of Cork in Bantry Bay.

http://www.garnishisland.com/the-gardens

 

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2 Comments on “Macro Monday: Aug 8”

  1. Unknown's avatar
    variegatus
    August 8, 2016 at 8:53 am #

    Nerium oleander. Happy Monday! KM

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