Blooming Friday~~ A Few Blooms

This Friday I welcome you with the white blossom of the
Crape Jasmine. To see more Blooming Friday posts, please
visit our gracious host Katarina at Roses and Stuff.




The Crape Jasmine is also known as the Pinwheel flower. It's
a shrub/small tree commonly found in India and can reach heights
of six feet. It blooms almost throughout the year. My small plant
has been putting on a show since March. The plant belongs to the
Oleander family and the flowers are borne in small clusters.




Here's a shot of how a mature shrub looks like. This was taken
from a running car on a busy street. Blurry, but you get the
idea.




Hibiscus schizopetalus is known by many other names too.
Some of them are--Fringed Hibiscus, Japanese Lantern, Coral
Hibiscus and Skeleton Hibiscus.

This fallen bloom was snapped on the edge of my sister's
garden. The ones on the plant, for some reason, did not
photograph well.



Found this Striped Albatross butterfly feeding on the tiny
white blooms of a kind of basil. The ID of this basil is yet
to be established:)