Recent trips to Vancouver's Stanley Park have shown the annual flowers giving a great show of colour. This is from the entrance on Beech Avenue between the main beach at English Bay and the Second Beach plus the rose garden and other sources of interest. Above is one such bed of annuals with English Bay in the background. The photos below offer close-ups of the flowers with visiting honeybees and bumblebees. 
Then there is the blue of the hydrangea in the photos above and below. Although this is a flowering shrub, the flowers are lovely to look at. It's so nice to see some blue.
There are fuchsia-type flowers above and artichoke buds soon to flower in the image below.
Reds and orange are lovely colours to see in any garden planting. Sometimes there are some surprises, such as this Rufous Hummingbird seen in the photos below.
Yellow seems to be a common theme this year as can be seen in the image above and those below.
As seen in a previous post, the horse-drawn trolleys pass through filled with sightseers. Then below the palm tree seen in an earlier post is now partly hidden by the annuals overtaking it.
Canada geese can be seen on the grass in the rose garden area. The roses are not at their best at the moment but there are some pleasant surprises.
A close-up of a yarrow flower, Achillea millefolia, with a wild bee is shown in the image above and that of a dahlia flower with a bee below.
There are more photos to follow. Please enjoy these and comments are gladly received.
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