Though a common occurrence in parts of the southwest, century plants (Agave sp.), blooming in Denver are rare. Most years there is one blooming somewhere in Denver and we all take trips to visit it and marvel at the huge flower spike. This year we are lucky enough to have three blooming here at the Gardens.
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There’s never enough blue in the garden, as far as I’m concerned. Others must feel the same way: otherwise, why do we make such a fuss over giant blue delphiniums, gentians and meconopsis? The far flung and varied clan of Campanula
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And I love them all, truly I do. Even the parasitic ones that, left unchecked, would eventually take over our beloved Plains Garden. I am fascinated by all the weird extremes of natural selection- slime molds, corn smuts, flowers that smell like carrion and parasitic plants all find their way to me. My friends in horticulture know that in college I studied plants much like this particular weirdo- the parasitic plant dodder (Cuscuta sp.).
I’m sorry the picture doesn’t convey its incredibly insidious destructive nature… it’s curled around the stem of one of our favorite natives, a Rocky Mountain beeplant. The dodder started its life as
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In my family tree, I have relatives who would look at this post, look at me and say “Pride and envy are each one of the seven deadly sins.” But today, I’m thinking that local pride is better for me than the aloe envy I was feeling.
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