Living Sun...

These flowers represent for me the sun. Always happy little faces which seem to smile...

"Rudbeckia" (Asteraceae)

black-eyed susan, Sonnenhut

Living Gold...

"Achillea filipendulina" (Asteraceae)
fernleaf yarrow, Goldgarbe

Petals in Yellow

I was absolutely enchanted by this incredible yellow colour...
You can rarely see flowers in this pure cadmium yellow! (in reality it was even better). The flower plants are originated from the tropical regions of Southern America.

"Begonia" (Begoniaceae)
Begonien

A happy little Face...

Isn't this a happy little face?

"Helianthus" (Asteraceae)
sunflower, Sonnenblume

The Fire Dahlia...

I don't know how this dahlia has been named but I call it fire dahlia...

"Dahlia" (Asteraceae)
Dahlien

Red and beautiful and deadly...

The seed coats of the Castor oil plant are deadly poisonous - but this seems to be know very well so accidents are rare

"Ricinus communis" (Euphorbiaceae)
castor oil plant, Rizinus

Gladiolus in Fire...

Now this was nearly impossible to photograph without having a whole lot of problems with my camera - only photoshop saved it partially... must be that red which is simply incredible...

Funnily I did not use a starfilter in the second shot - the reflection of the little water puddle that was in the bloom appeared by itself...

"Gladiolus" (Iridaceae)
glads, Gladiolen