Red Hots camellia, with scarlet petals, yellow stamens. , and dark foliage.
“Fred Sander Variegated,” mostly flat pink-red petals with hints of white, around a stand of yellow stamens.
I forgot to tell you yesterday I went to visit some camellia friends. #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #camellias #NorfolkBotanic
9-pack of photos, camellias and water reflections.
9-pack of photos, camellias and sunset lake
This walk at #NorfolkBotanic
Clear blue sky reflected in calm lake ringed with trees.
Mirror Lake at #NorfolkBotanic
Jan 16, 2026, 4:08 pm
Blue above, blue below.
Windswept lake surrounded by trees, almost devoid of color on a cloudy gray day
Mirror Lake #NorfolkBotanic
Jan 11, 2026 8:17 am
51°F, cloudy and breezy, a few raindrops
An egret near the opposite shore of the lake, ducks paddling around nearby.
A pink camellia with yellow stamens. #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling #camellia
A camellia called Fir Cone Variegated, for good reason. Red and white variegated petals in the shape of a little fir cone
A sculpture of an otter, on a pedestal with a plaque: Given By Page & Clalborne Fitchett June 2000 (clients of mine)
Everything is terrible but I was able to go for a morning walk around Mirror Lake and other parts of #NorfolkBotanic, and at least there’s that.
Magenta camellia with flat, wrinkled, back-curving petals around a tall cluster of yellow stamens. #camellia #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling.
A dramatic pink camellia on the way out of #NorfolkBotanic.
See you next time.
A beautiful medium pink camellia that is still opening; the petals will get paler and paler.
A beautiful medium pink camellia that is still opening.
I stopped by to see Little Bo Peep
#camellia #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling #NorfolkBotanic
Chaotic deep red camellia with yellow stamens Camellia japonica (Mell's seeding #109）
I made it out for a walk at Norfolk Botanical Garden #NorfolkBotanic #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling #camellia
Brown and green trees on a gray day, reflected in still lake water.
Brown and green trees on a gray day, reflected in still lake water.
Lake Whitehurst and Mirror Lake reflections #NorfolkBotanic
November from my Mirror Lake 2025 calendar, featuring a picture from November 2024. Scattered sunset clouds are reflected in a leaf-littered lake.
November from my Mirror Lake 2025 calendar, featuring a picture from November 2024. Blue sky reflected in still water.
November’s leaves strewn across the surface of Mirror Lake are all at the bottom when December comes. #NorfolkBotanic
Fallen leaves litter the surface of a small lake with still water.
Mirror Lake at #NorfolkBotanic
Nov. 21, 2025, 4:23 pm
Drab, muted fall colors on a November day
Afternoon walk along Lake Whitehurst, fall trees
evening coming on quick, cloudy sky reflecting on breezy water.
We have reached the #NorfolkBotanic portion of the day
a bird flying overhead at sunset
Lake Whitehurst at sunset, on the way out of #NorfolkBotanic
Wider view of Lake Whitehurst at sunset, on the way out of #NorfolkBotanic
parting shots on the way out of #NorfolkBotanic
Mirror Lake, variably cloudy and breezy conditions.
Close-up on the far shore of trees in fall color.
Another lake view
I was walking and didn’t feel like typing, so I didn’t get around to posting the rest of my afternoon walk at #NorfolkBotanic yesterday…
Calm day, cloudless blue sky, a small lake ringed with trees.
Mirror Lake #NorfolkBotanic
Oct. 20, 2025, 4:54 pm
so much blue
White sasanqua camellias with clusters of yellow stamens.
Today is the last day of late closing at #NorfolkBotanic, so I’m out for a late afternoon or early evening walk, depending on how you look at it.
Camellias! #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling #camellias
Small yellow-orange chrysanthemums just opening up, plus a cute ornamental pumpkin.
It was Mum Central over at #NorfolkBotanic today. I love this yellow-orange color range.
Still water in small lake reflecting trees and sky and moon.
Mirror Lake #NorfolkBotanic
Oct. 3, 2025, 6:22 pm
Waxing gibbous moon makes an appearance.
Pink clouds in a sunset sky, windswept water below, ring with dark trees.
Lake Whitehurst at sunset, parting glance on the way out of #NorfolkBotanic
Gray sky and dark trees and windswept water.
Mirror Lake #NorfolkBotanic
Sept 30, 2025, 6:19 pm
Not so much of a mirror today.
Lake reflecting blue sky swept with white clouds, and trees falling into shadow.
Mirror Lake at #NorfolkBotanic
Sept. 22, 2025, 6:12 pm
autumn equinox; I’m going to need to start walking earlier.
Blue and calm lake scene
Cloudy and blustery scene
Mirror Lake at #NorfolkBotanic
Friday evening / Sunday morning
A calm evening on Mirror Lake, blue sky reflected in calm water of a small lake ringed with trees
Mirror Lake #NorfolkBotanic
Sept. 19, 2025, 6:05 pm
clear blue sky reflected in still water
Vertical shot of the canal and a small bridge in the distance.
Vertical shot of the view from the bridge.
View of and then from the Cobblestone Bridge. That’s all for today’s #NorfolkBotanic walk.
Morning shot of Mirror Lake from the causeway, sun at top left, lots of clouds overhead, rippled water, and green vegetation all around.
Mirror Lake #NorfolkBotanic
Sept. 21, 2025, 9:06 am
light breeze demolishing the mirror
Low clouds overhead, and big breezes roughing up the little lake.
Mirror Lake at #NorfolkBotanic
Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 pm
September skies and the lake not such a mirror
Pale pink panicle hydrangea at the end of bloom cycle.
Panicle hydrangea on the walk to yoga. #NorfolkBotanic #FlowerReport
