Posted June 14, 2010 by Larry Vickerman, Director of Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield
It’s mid-June and the numerous wildflowers at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield are just coming into full bloom. The Gaillardia, several different Penstemon, and Spiderwort are in full bloom just east of the big red and white barn. The Paintbrush have been spectacular this year and are still blooming. The barn area is the most diverse and will be colorful into September. The big planting on the north face of the amphitheater is just starting to bloom.
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Posted July 16, 2009 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
Camel Caravan in Mongolian Altai
The Altai and Tien Shan Mountains of Central Asia each comprise dozens of mountain ranges that straddle Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China. For three enchanted weeks in late June and early July, Mike Bone (propagator here at the Gardens) and I had the privilege of exploring four of these ranges and the steppes and deserts between them on behalf of Plant Select. Thousands of photographs later,
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Posted September 8, 2008 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
- Highway 76 in Sept.
We feel we must go to Arizona or California in the spring or to the tundra in July to see masses of wildflowers…fiddlesticks!
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