Brother Tim and I took a quick trip to the Washington Park Arboretum and we hiked around on Sunday afternoon.  Here is brother Tim near a pair of especially graceful, mossy and licorice-fern covered maples:

Probably the prettiest thing we saw was this Chinese Golden Rain Tree, Koerelteria elegans:

Always a favorite of ours, and a plant whose offspring are in pots in our yard, the blue sausage tree, Decaisnea fargesii:

Another of my favorites, the delectable Daphniphyllum macropodum:

The Camellia Sasanqua hybrids are blooming and are stunning!

Darmera peltata, I think, is below.  The flowers are surprisingly lovely, especially coming so late in the year:

This Fuchsia hybrid was graceful and gorgeous in this hanging container:

The Franklinia was blooming, as well, as the autumn set in around it.

From the greenhouse this weekend, I noticed this Streptocarpus flower that I hadn’t seen before–very remarkable.