SAMARA Garden With Its Distinctive Desert Hues
With the sun setting in the western sky, vegetation in the lanai or Japanese garden reflects bright sunlight back toward the house. A soft touch of rose reflects on the white plaster overhang from the Taliesin red concrete surface on the lanai below.
Pine needles on a white pine tree in the oriental garden display their characteristic pink hues in response to the golden rays of the setting sun.
Reflective patterns of the sprite and plant life on the glass of the dining room doors are framed by the pinkish-red brick and Philippine mahogany of the house.
With the sun sinking low in the western sky, the pine needles of the trees on the lanai glimmer with a soft touch of pinkish hues in the windows of the master bathroom.
The pinkish-red brick of the garden wall provides a stopping point for the sun rays as they get reflected back toward the house. Under these conditions, Wright's desert palette paints the SAMARA landscape with distinctive colors of the cacti and legume trees at Taliesin West.