All the different colors...

Sometimes I am not even sure why I do it again - getting up early and going to Denver Botanic Garden to take another dozen photographs of flowers. The same flowers. Again. But then I remember how beautiful they are in the morning light and... well... I know exactly why I want to do it again :)

 

Even though there are the same flowers as last week... but they are also not the same at all! And, actually, I don't remember seeing this white water lily last Saturday... so this one is definitely new :)

Colorado blue columbine... such an intricate and stunning flower. I can never simply walk past one without stopping for a better look.

And the California poppies. Simple, bright flowers, yet never quite the same... Always slightly different.

More water lilies. I love their reflections in the dark water of the Monet Pond.

And the gardens don’t have only blue columbines. There are other varieties too - like these beautiful yellow ones. California poppies are mostly orange though :)

This photo was actually taken a week ago...this iris was just about to open up...

...and when it finally did... just look at how beautiful it became!

More columbines and more water lilies...

Some flowers were already losing the petals, but somehow that imperfection made them even more attractive...

Oops... Not sure if I remember the name of this flower... Can you remind me?

Dogwood blossoms. Such a fascinating flower to look at!

And... well... water lilies and columbines again :)

It was another lovely morning at the Botanic Garden, where the flowers are somehow exactly the same as they were a week ago… and at the same time completely different. Not even close to how they looked just a few days earlier.

Photos taken on May 16, 2026.