- Château de Chenonceau
Everywhere in the castle were huge bouquets of wonderfully arranged flowers. They give the castle a royal touch :-) - Château de Chambord
Wallpaper in the 18th century apartments. - L'île Sainte-Marguerite
Carpobrotus, also known as (according to Wikipedia) pigface, ice plant, sour fig, and Hottentot fig. To me it is just a very very pretty succulent. - Carpobrotus
I just have a special affinity for this plant. - More beauties in the garden
- Heaven.
- Daisies
- Carpobrotus
- Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc and blooming Rhododendron - Wild thyme
Plenty of rhododendron, but fields of wild thyme in between. - Fougères
Hortensias everywhere. - Cherrueix
What a charming village this is! - Hortensia
The whole town (actually the whole Brittany) was in bloom! - Côte de granit rose
I still can't decide whether the hortensia grows like weed or someone actually takes care of them... But they are so gorgeous! - Côte de granit rose
And some wonderful heather between all the fern and hortensias. - Manoir de Kervaudu
Close to Le Croisic close to the Guérande salt marshes. - Puy de Pariou
Dianthus (pink) on the sunny side of the volcano. - Carpobrotus
A stunning carpobrotus. How can anyone call this plant 'pigface'?