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Visited the San Fran botanical garden last weekend. Lots of interesting stuff, too many to post here, but here are a few shots:
Fargesia nitida was blooming:
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Gunner t. with tree fern in behind:
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Tree fern:
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Juania australis, such a delicate species, too bad it's not a little hardier...
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Ceroxylon vogelianum:
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Parajubea cocoides:
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Fishtail:
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Xanthorrhoea sp."
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Aloe polyphylla:
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South African stuff was blooming:
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New to me:
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Thamnocalamus:
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Big-leaf magnolia:
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An hour well spent...
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Posted : 28/05/2012 11:05 am
More please. 😀
That would have been a fun garden to see, an hour may not have been long enough. 🙂
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Posted : 28/05/2012 7:45 pm
Paul, thanks for posting those pics.
Wow...a fishtail growing there!!!! Wouldn't have thought they'd make it.
Yes, more please.
Any seed collection? (ahem) 😀
Barb
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Posted : 28/05/2012 8:54 pm
Great shots, Paul! They've done a great job with that grass tree (Xanthorrhoea), as I know they can be pretty difficult in cultivation.
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Posted : 28/05/2012 11:35 pm
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Alright, some more random shots:
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Posted : 29/05/2012 6:44 am
San Fran is so cool-you can grow just about everything there and
some people try to in one yard-the cool thing is seeing all the diversity
and then seeing a Redwood in the same yard full of cactus.
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Posted : 29/05/2012 11:04 am
Paul,
Bet you went ga ga over their succulent garden.
Beautiful.
Barb
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Posted : 29/05/2012 12:37 pm
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Paul,
Bet you went ga ga over their succulent garden.
Beautiful.Barb
nah, mine is nicer... Except for the agaves... And Aloes... And...
Posted : 29/05/2012 2:47 pm
Paul, thanks for sharing. 😀
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Posted : 29/05/2012 2:52 pm
great plants Paul. Is that some sort of large leaf Rhodo such as sinogrande? Cool. Also that evergreen 'holly' is that a Itea yunnanensis? PS. pollen arrived!!
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Posted : 29/05/2012 9:00 pm
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Tim- Excellent. The holly is Ilex x 'alcatrensis' and the big leaf Rhodo is either R. sinogrande of R. monstreanum (Spelling?), I don't seem to have taken a photo of the label!
Posted : 30/05/2012 7:48 am
