Forget-us-not! (Plant Select is true and blue)…

Who doesn’t love blue in flowers? Do our gardens ever have enough blue? Well…
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Durango takes a giant stride towards a botanical garden!

Overview of the new Botanical Society Garden at Durango Library

People are always asking me “What exactly do you do in the way of ‘Outreach’ “? Well
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Tulips in August (gentians that is…)

Tulip gentian (Eustoma grandiflorum) on Ft. Collins open space land

Everyone flocks to the mountains in August (I can hardly blame them
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Neither scruffy nor scrophulous: Scrophularia macrantha

“Scrofulous” is defined as “morally tainted” by the dictionary…what this has to do with the genus Scrophularia
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A west Metro botanic garden: Kendrick Lake

The new Darlene Radichel Plant Select Garden

I have always considered myself very fortunate to be part of the Gardens’ horticulture team, but right now, as part of the team creating the new Darlene Radichel Plant Select Garden, I feel it even more so. This new garden, located on the former site of the Monet Garden, will showcase the many plants selected and promoted by the Plant Select program since its inception 10-15 years ago.

These are plants which are unusually well-suited to thrive in our area, our soils, and our climate supporting home-owners in their quest to garden beautifully within the scope of our region’s available resources. Like many, I was sad to see the Monet Garden go. But its multitude of perennials, roses, trees, and decor now enhance so many other parts of the Gardens, and working to bring this new garden to life in its place has made me very enthusiastic about this new garden opportunity.

As you can see in this photo, the structure of the  new garden is already established replete with new irrigation, pathways, lighting and
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