Flowering abundantly and gloriously at the Welcome Garden and Romantic Garden pools are the Gardens’ signature Rocky Mountain Legacy Collection (RMLC) waterlilies.
Visitors will be treated to an unforgettable display of magical, mesmerizing, delectable waterlilies. See some closeups of these beauties:
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Darwin’s favorite Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
Following two highly successful exciting showings on free days at the Gardens, the Gardens’ Darwinian Flytrap Team, consisting of staff and volunteers, dazzled Denver Zoo visitors demonstrating the capturing capability of Darwins favorite plant the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula).
The team addressed questions and elaborated on the wonders of additional Carnivorous Collection plants including butterworts (Pinguicula ssp.), sundews (Drosera ssp.), tropical pitcher plants (Nepenthes ssp.), bladderworts (Utricularia ssp.) and American pitcher plants (Sarracenia ssp.).
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The most pressing concern of the Gardens’ visitors each summer relates to what we do with our aquatic plants during the winter. The horticulture staff is now challenged as construction continues with the dynamic restructuring of our Gardens. Although we must make adjustments in over-wintering plants, the same principles apply.
Hardy waterlilies are hardy to zone 5a (USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map) and can be over-wintered in Denver by lowering the plants to the deepest part of a pool
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A cool and rainy summer brings a different, yet inspiring water garden display to Denver Botanic Gardens.
Visitors traversing the Gardens from the southeast corner are again treated to the soothing magical sounds of water, waterlilies galore and dramatic reflections.
Romantic Garden Pool
Photographers marvel at the formal display of Denver Botanic Gardens signature waterlilies, The Rocky Mountain Legacy Collection (RMLC). Featured here this summer are the delightful pink Nymphaea ‘Denver’s Delight’ (Denver Botanic Gardens) and French vanilla N. ‘Denver’ (Strawn). RMLC waterlilies are displayed eloquently throughout the Gardens’ pools.
Fun Time and a Touch of Glamour
Turning heads in the El Pomar Water Garden is a stimulating fountain arrangement consisting of eight adjustable fountain heads, allowing for an assortment of exciting sprays and patterns.
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We are all anxious and ready for the fireworks to begin. The exotic tropical waterlilies are planted in 7 gal. containers in mid-June at Denver Botanic Gardens, when the water temperature remains over 70 degrees F.
Nymphaea ‘Aquarius’ is one of our very special “historical” tropical waterlilies. The plants are started from tubers in March or April. Our exciting new greenhouse complex will include a state-of- the-art propagation facility.
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A prolonged warm spell created an opportunity that an alert Operations Team was quick to exploit–completing minor pool repairs and sweeping our larger pools squeaky clean.
Four Community Service workers did a splendid job in removing the mulch from the waterlilies in the upper pool. Following suit was the ever-loyal Colorado Water Gardening Society (CWGS). The energetic volunteers came in for two Sundays cleaning the waterlilies in the Monet Pool and setting them in place.
Following suit was the talented and committed Denver Botanic Gardens’ Horticulture staff which (with a touch of flare) quickly and efficiently had the south end of the pool spic-and-span.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, March 17, 2009, water flowed into the Gardens’ pools, nearly four weeks ahead of schedule. Visitors can now walk our storied gardens enjoying the dramatic deep reflections and soothing sounds of our classical waterways.
Eighty-years young Denver Botanic Gardens’ super volunteer Larry Knowles and Nepenthes alata at our Information Desk.
There are seventy species of tropical pitcher plants, first described in Madagascar in the 17th century. Insects and animal life are captured and digested when falling into sweet smelling nectar at the base of the modified leaf extensions…pitchers. Fantasy-stories speak of man-eating pitcher plants. Rodent capturing leaves are more realistic. The tropical pitcher plants are heavily vining, and do great in hanging baskets! They are dioecious, each plant bearing male or female flowers; thus, two plants are needed to produce seed. New plants can also be grown by cuttings. See pitcher plants right now at our Information Desk.
‘Pink Ribbon,’ a Wonderful Christmas Wish…Time flies and before you know it the waterlilies will be doing their thing again, flowering profusely and brightening the lives of people world-wide. The brilliant pink hardy waterlily Nymphaea ‘Pink Ribbon’ (hybridizer: Songpanich) was a hit once more in the summer of 2008 at Denver Botanic Gardens. A portion of the sales of ‘Pink Ribbon’ goes to the Susan G. Komen Cancer Foundation in the fight against breast cancer.
