Just because it's winter doesn't mean there isn't plenty of color for you to come see at the gardens.
We begin our tour with some outstanding specimens in the Visitor Center. At the top of the stairs your eyes should immediately be drawn to our tallest plant, our Screw Pine.
Common Screw Pine Pandanus utilis
It's about time I posted something on our What's Blooming Blog. Thanks to a lot of prodding by our Greenhouse Assistant and for the excellent photos.
On your next visit to the garden....which should be VERY SOON....stop by the Orangerie and see the beautiful Amaryllis display arranged by Scott Mower.
Amaryllis
Amaryllis 2
VERY EXCITING NEWS!!! Our Giant Club Cactus is blooming in the Visitor Center. The flower will be open today, and today only.
Come see it before it closes. You'll be impressed with how large and beautiful it is.
Pinus edulis is one of 20 species of pine tree that delicious pine nuts are harvested from. The seeds are very important to wildlife and are eaten by many insects, mammals and birds.
In its native plant community, it grows very slowly, and trees witha trunk diameter of 6 to 8 inches can be well over 100 years old.
Bright, lemon-yellow, crepe paper-like blooms cover the mounding silver-green foliage from mid summer into fall.
Common sunflower is a robust annual that grows from 1 1/2 to over 8 feet tall. The flower heads can grow up to 5 inches across. It is the state flower of Kansas.
Just because summer is coming to an end doesn't mean that colorful flowers are too.
Apache Sunset Hyssop Agastache rupestris 'Apache Sunset'
Butterfly-Bush Buddleja davidii 'Harlequin'
This long-lived subshrub grows into a rounded mound with green, thread-like, sticky green leaves. It flowers from late summer into fall. It prefers full sun and low water.
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