In Which I go Wild

We went to the National Botanical Gardens yesterday. It was about 90 degrees, so we were really hot. It's a very beautiful garden, and there are lots of interesting plants. I was in danger of becoming my Aunt Ruth, who went on tours of Europe and took only pictures of flower boxes and shrubs. In spite of all the plants, I was not able to find an example of a tree that intrigued my father. I was hoping to take a picture and post it here, and hope someone knew what it was. There were no examples in the gardens. I bet someone there would know. However, we did find the rose garden, and saw chili plants in full peppering (flowering?). Here we are in the children's garden.