CA trip...

ok, finally I get to post some pics of my visit to CA...

Filoli... it's a gorgeous place ....

a great looking door...

Filoli 2

another corner of the first garden - pic 1

a cute container.... love it!

love this pic.... I kept thinking about how much Nancy (nap) would have fun taking pictures at Filoli!!!

another view.... oh such creative gardens!

the woman that made the gardens available to all

Of course I could never leave these pics out!!!! the rose garden!!!!

roses and more roses.... oh I was in rose heaven!!!

Double Delight!

Apricot Nectar

Honey Dijon

they were re-doing the grass... nevertheless those cannas (pink) were so gorgeous!

Abbaey de Cluny (oh that rose is on my list for next year) such a great color and shape...

Dahlia garden!!!! oh that was so nice also.... I was thinking of Al!!!!

no name.... forgot to take a pic of the name!!!!

really amazing dahlias!

soooo pretty!

wow.... even looking at the pics makes me want to go back there.... loved this dahlia.... I am getting it....

the name... which I think is Babylon(?)

oh look at the colors!!!!

knot garden .... soooo interesting... a work of art!

oh I found more dahlias.... can't forget to post these...

and this is the darkest red dahlia I have seen.... gorgeous....

mini knott garden.... oh I loved this one... I am totally trying to do one!

a wall covered with morning glories!!!! sorry Victor!!!

more dahlias....

another morning glory!!!! it's a japanese one???

an opened one...

huge hydrangeas....

another pretty view of the main house!

another angle...

Pretty begonias... oh I could not believe how beautiful they are!!!!

another begonia

such a beautiful collection of pelargonius... ooops wrong pict!!!!

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another pretty dahlia....

another pretty rose...

one last pic of Filoli..... I hope you guys feel motivated to go and visit this amazing place... I am going to go back there sometime next spring!

Now some of Zuzu's roses....