Squash Vine
Aiming high
Dogwood
Red ripe berries
Menschenfressertomate
Cannibals tomato from Tahiti
True Blue
Could this be Desert larkspur?
Giant Coltsfoot
Restrained in its boggy pond from taking over the world
Photographed 31 August 2015
in the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna
Joaquingasse entrance
3rd District
Images and own Text © by Merisi
what lovely sunny photographs, full of vibrant colours.
ReplyDeleteI love the name too : menschenfresser tomate, I wonder what that tastes like?
Coltsfoot? Really? That is HUGE! The coltsfoot I am familiar with is much, much smaller!!! Love the photos.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful photos, Merisi!
ReplyDeleteVienna University's Botanical Garden looks a wonderful place!
Wishing you and yours a lovely weekend.
Merisi, I don't recall ever before hearing of cannibals tomatoes...have you ever tasted them?
ReplyDeleteThe Botanical Garden looks splendid as August yields to September.
Happy weekend. xo
Those blue flowers really catch my eye!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a great place to while away a few hours, you're right about the giant coltsfoot it does look Iike it's after world domination...
ReplyDeletelooks healthy and happy they do. Summer time fall around the corner
ReplyDeletewhy are they called cannibal tomatoes? do they eat other tomatoes????
ReplyDeleteI found a German Wikipedia page about Menschenfressertomaten:
DeleteThey originated in the South Pacific Fijian islands. The islanders were cannibals and lore has it they added the tomatoes to tenderise the ... ahem ... meat. ;.)
Menschenfressertomate