"Arizona Apricot Flower" ... a blanket flower, also known as a Gaillardia ...

I hand painted this one, digitally, iin #Rebelle with their great watercolor brushes from a photo I took at the local nursery. 😊 (it's not Ai)

https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/arizona-apricot-flower-lois-bryan.html

#art #giftideas #flowers #blanketflowers #NotAi #digitallyhandpainted #Rebelle #gardens #LoisBryan

These plants were so pretty that I just had to take a photo. A mess of Oregon native blanketflowers (Gaillardia aristata) and a couple of nice flower stalks of an agastache cultivar (A. rupestris, I think).

#gardening #botany #NativePlants #blanketflowers #agastache #Oregon

From the left: Oregon native Cooley's hedgenettle (Stachys cooleyae) and hybrid blanketflowers (Gaillardia aristata x pulchella).

#botany #hedgenettles #blanketflowers #NativePlants #Oregon #gardening #bloomscrolling

Native metallic sweat bee (Agapostemon sp.) pollening on native blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata) in my front garden in Portland, Oregon.

#bees #SweatBees #Oregon #entomology #blanketflowers #NativePlants #botany #pollinators