Posted November 13, 2009 by Gardens Ambassador Volunteer, Visitor Services
The cathedral-like arbor at the entrance to the Scripture Garden.
Ambassador Jan here! It feels so good to be back with you after a hiatus in October to clean up my own gardens and to get snowed in, LOL. I was at the Gardens last Saturday on an immaculate, crisp blue Colorado day. We had a lot of visitors on that day – so nice to see you!
What I notice most about the Gardens this time of year is the sculptural quality of it and also how I am able to get an “insiders look,” if you will. Look closer and
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Posted October 16, 2009 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
Vine Maple (Acer circinatum) in Colorado Springs
Aha! Got your attention!…Of course, that’s not flames but fiery fall
color you’re looking at. If someone had told me there was a mature vine maple blazing like that in Colorado Springs, I’d tell them “Phooey!
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Posted September 26, 2009 by Ellen Hertzman, Manager of Volunteer Experience
A few things to see in the Gardens this week…
• Fall Flowers: While many blooms fade this time of year, some are just getting going! Among them, tall perennial Asters, Colchicum and fall-blooming crocuses, Goldenrod, deep blue Aconitum (Monk’s Hood) and of course Chrysanthemums.
• Be sure to admire the luxurious Silver Lace Vine—another excellent form
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Posted June 9, 2008 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
Did the jade vine’s blooms reach June? Maybe… But I didn’t see it. The end of May appears to have brought the the end of the blooming run. Still, that’s almost twice the time I first expected.
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Posted May 5, 2008 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
Just an update: I thought it was finishing (first photo above), this green-blossomed liana of a legume shows that it has the long haul in mind. I’ve discovered that there are several more inflorescences on the jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) and that you might
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Posted April 13, 2008 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
The jade vine is in full bloom! There are two long, hanging columns of flowers right now, with a few more to go. Green flowers have the reputation of being subtle, but this is really wild! I was up on the mezzanine, and a cluster of garden visitors was exclaiming over it. We agreed that describing them as “green just doesn’t really cover it.”
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