Kyoto Botanical Garden

23 April 2023

We had a few hours to kill before leaving for the airport, so we wandered around the Kyoto Botanical Garden
-- the oldest and most comprehensive botanical garden in Japan.

German irises	Poppies	Poppies	Tree peony	Tree peony
Magnolia	Last of the cherry blossoms...	Koropetalum chinense aka Chinese fringe flower	Koropetalum chinense aka Chinese fringe flower	Camellia
Camellia	Camellia	Camellia	Camellia	Camellia
Weeping Katsura	Azalea	Azalea	Sunlit conifer branch	Pplum grove
	vine	Water wheel	Camassia leichtlinii
Spirea	Black swallowtail butterfly	Black swallowtail butterfly	Davidia involucrata Common Name(s): Dove Tree, Ghost tree, Handkerchief tree, Laundry tree	Enste lasiocarpum aka Golden Lotus Banana
Irirs laevigata	Irirs laevigata	Rosa banksiae aka Climbing rose	Contrails	Wisteria
Wisteria	Bonsai	Bonsai	Bonsai	Bonsai
Bonsai	Bonsai	Bonsai	Bonsai	Bonsai
Bonsai	Bonsai	Bonsai	Bonsai	Bonsai
Iris	Bletilla Strista aka Chinese ground orchid	Gazania rigens aka African Daisy or Treasure flower	Gazania rigens aka African Daisy or Treasure flower
				Kerria japnica
Torii gate at Nakaragi Shrine	Shadows on shrinen roof	Litsea coreana bark (a type of laurel tree)		Prunus Iannediana Wilson aka Dwarf Apricot
Lotus				Chenille plant
	Fuschia	Fuschia	Fuschia	Fuschia
Fuschia	Fuschia	Water lilites	Calla lily	Heritiera littoralis aka looking-glass mangrove or tulip mangrove
Sterulia nobilis aka tropical chestnut	Aristolochia grandiflora aka Pelican flower	Saraca asoca aka Ashoka tree	leaf	Hibiscus schizopetalus Its common names include fringed rosemallow, Japanese lantern, coral hibiscus, and spider hibiscus.
Alyogyne huegelii aka Blue hibiscus	Ti leaves	Medinilla Magnifica aka Rose grape	Heliamphora heterodoxa aka marsh pitcher plant	Heliamphora heterodoxa aka marsh pitcher plant
Backlig Bird's next fern	Bertoloniga marmorata	Echinopsis calochlosa	Cactus	Lily of the Valley
	Hippeastrum evansiae aka Evan's amaryllis	Psychotria poeppogoana aka Hot Lips	Psychotria poeppogoana aka Hot Lips	Psychotria poeppogoana aka Hot Lips
Psychotria poeppogoana aka Hot Lips	Rhododendron	Rhododendron	Rhododendron	Rhododendron
Rhododendron	Rhododendron	Rhododendron	Rhododendron	Rhododendron
Mt. Hieie in the distance	Rose	The Sunken Garden	Red and green maples	Yatsuhashi or eight bridges through the iris pond
Wisteria climbing a pine tree	Wisteria	Wisteria	Wisteria	Wisteria
Wisteria	Wisteria	Wisteria	Wisteria	Wisteria
Wisteria			New maple leaves	Mahonia
Heartleaf hornbeam		Scutellaria indica aka skullcaps	Scutellaria indica aka skullcaps	Damselfly
Damselfly	Lamium album aka White nettle	Maple
Rubus corchorifolius aka Asian respberry		Enkianthus perulatus	Fringed irises	Leucothoe fontanisiana aka Dog Hobble
Peony	Peony	Tree peony	Tree peony	Tree peony
Artist...	Tree peony	Tree peony -- pattern from shade trellis)	Tree peony	Tree peony
Tree peony	Tree peony	Tree peony	Tree peony	Tree peony
Tree peony	Tree peony	Tree peony	Tree peony	Tree peony
Artist...	Sophora Microphylla "Sun King"	Weeping willow	planter

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