… mangrove, is an important part of the shoreline ecosystems in tropical America, from Florida to the Caribbean, Venezuela, and over the ocean in the Pacific Islands. The variety sericeus has …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the branches. The Australian fan palm is a very slow-growing tree but can reach heights of up to forty feet. It usually has a single, straight, slender trunk 8-10 inches in diameter. As an …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… name ( triphylla ) references the production of three leaves at each node, in contrast to other Fuchsia species that produce two leaves per node. This nonhardy shrub prefers …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… clumps that keep out weeds. The name iris was taken from the Greek goddess of the rainbow to symbolize the many colors of this flower. The classic Fleur de Lys, which has been a symbol of …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This species is a shrubby succulent threatened with extinction in its native Tanzania due to habitat loss. The reddish stems become covered in papery scaly bark as they age, covered in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… are produced just above water level in the cup at the center of the plant. Grow in full to partial sun, in very well-drained soil or bark chips and replenish the water in the cup every …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… modified leaves called pitchers that contain bright colors, fragrances, and sweet nectar to attract insects, small birds, and rodents. Sharp hair-like growths inside the pitcher point …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Garden. The first significant snowfall of the season gives the Garden a perfect white coat for winter. What better reason for a walk through the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden ? Many consider winter to be the Japanese Garden’s most beautiful season. Its design emphasizes nature’s forms like … lumps of yews and junipers, resemble white boulders or fluffy clouds. Open-pruned pines, wired to maximize long and borrowed views, are natural snow catchers, offering up their own cushions of …
Type: Blog
… flower reflects onto the shadowed water below. Doctoral student Lynnaun Johnson wades over for a closer look. Habitat is shrinking for this reclusive orchid, and he is using a unique approach to better understand the species’ uncommon lifestyle. During March 2016 fieldwork in the Florida … deeper every day—even when it meant paddling his canoe within 10 feet of a sunstruck alligator to reach the widely dispersed plants. Each time he located an orchid, he looked past the plant …
Type: Blog
… employee in 1980. He grew up on a farm near Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, where he learned how to operate equipment and take care of plants. Within a few months, Melecio was promoted to foreman; then a few years later, he became Grounds supervisor. Melecio supervises four regular employees and 43 seasonal employees, and is responsible for general grounds maintenance, major event support (set up and tear down), and the landscape …
Type: Staff bio
