Butchart Gardens Flower Photos!

Intensely vibrant red-orange flowers that look to me like roses but I think aren’t at Butchart Gardens

After living on Vancouver Island for years, I’ve finally gotten myself to Butchart Gardens and it sure is impressive! I had a really fun time photographing flowers and that’s pretty much all this blog post is going to be. Since they’re mostly garden plants rather than the natives I know, I’m not going to include names. If you know them, I’d love to hear in the comments. Enjoy!

Closeup of a dramatic white flower with dark red spots in the centre and a yellow centre that towers in the middle.

A bee perches atop the golden centre of a bright orange flower.

The most intense magenta hydrangeas I’ve ever seen.

I love photographing native plants, but I will admit being in an ornamental garden was a sort of playground - so much drama everywhere! The colours were intense and my camera could hardly capture them. It was so fun!

This pale pink trumpet-shaped flower was as big as my head.

Sweet gradients or yellow, orange, and pink were set off so beautifully agains their green leaves.

A bright red-orange bloom with a yellow centre full of pollen that a bee appears to be enjoying.

Yes, there were pollinators all over the flowers, and yes, I had to tear myself away so my companions could move on to the next garden.

Five bees crowd around the centre of a yellow flower.

If you like my nature photography, you can always see more of it over on Instagram - I have a special nature photography feed @andrearangeloutside.