The
Desert Botanical Garden (DBG) inward Phoenix is i of my favorite constitute places inward the world. It comes every bit no surprise that it was i of the highlights of my Arizona trip terminal calendar week – a trip that was non lacking inward astonishing sights. Since the DBG was the offset goal I visited, I desire to characteristic it offset inward my in-depth coverage of all the marvelous things I saw inward Phoenix together with Tucson.
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Desert Towers past times Dale Chihuly at the entrance to the Desert Botanical Garden. Notice how the drinking glass sculptures mirror the shape of the yuccas growing adjacent to them. |
This postal service focuses on the Entry Garden, the Desert Terrace Garden together with the Desert Portal (
click here for a map). The other 2 posts volition comprehend the Cactus together with Succulent Galleries, the Agave Yucca Forest, the Webster Center together with Ullman Terrace, the Heritage Garden, together with the Center for Desert Living Trail. Because of fourth dimension constraints, I skipped the Sonoran Desert Nature Loop Trail together with the Plants & People of the Sonoran Desert Loop Trail this year.
In contrast to previous years, the DBG didn't accept a special exhibition inward 2016. I was a fighting disappointed because the
Dale Chihuly exhibition inward 2013 together with
Bruce Munro's installation Sonoran Light in 2015 were unforgettable. Still, fifty-fifty without anything extra, the remarkable plants growing at the DBG, together alongside the hardscape that is constantly beingness refined, are vantage enough.
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| Cactus-like euphorbia at the entrance |
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| Agave bovicornuta |
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| Potted plantings nigh the entrance |
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| More potted plantings, including Aloidendron 'Hercules' on the left together with a monstrose Cereus on the right |
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| Backlit opuntias together with hairawn muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris) |
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| These backlit cactus looked peculiarly stunning against the muhly grass |
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| Tedddy acquit cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) |
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| More cholla goodness |
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| Backlit opuntias together with barrel cactus |
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| Trying to include to a greater extent than people inward my photos to make them context (sorry, strangers) |
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| Formal beds inward the Ottosen Entry Garden |
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| Agave bovicornuta outside the gift shop, several of them pushing bloom stalks |
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| NOID agave inward the entry garden |
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To my eyes, the nigh beautiful of all desert trees: palo blanco (Mariosousa willardiana, formerly Acadia willardiana). It's native to Sonora, Mexico. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 fighting on the tender side, then it's oftentimes planted against structures. |
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| Palo blanco (Mariosousa willardiana |
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| Agave americana 'Marginata' together with ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) |
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| Agave americana 'Marginata' and Yucca rostrata |
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| Backlit Ferocactus sp. |
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| Backlit barrel cactus together with chollas |
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| Red teddy acquit cholla (Cylindropuntia × campii) together with Yucca rigida |
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| Golden barrels (Echinocactus grusonii) |
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Trunked Agave attentuata, definitely non a mutual sight inward Phoenix. This agave species likes a much to a greater extent than moderate climate. |
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| Opuntia macrocentra |
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| NOID cycad |
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| Palo verde together with majority plantings of smaller cactus |
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| Happy Holidays! |
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| Ferocactus glaucescens |
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| Look at the impeccable rock run inward the Desert Terrace Garden. I desire this wall inward my ain garden! |
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| Good to know the DBG has a constitute aquisition together with salve fund |
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| I accept no persuasion what this attrative potted cactus is |
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| Very bluish shape of banana yucca (Yucca baccata) |
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| Potted agaves inward the Desert Terrace Garden |
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One of many novel boojum trees (Fouquieria columnaris) installed inward recent years. Fouquieria columnaris is i of the signature plants of the Baja California peninsula. |
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| Jan together with Tom Lewis Desert Portal |
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| Flowering aloes at the Desert Portal |
Like what you've seen then far? There's much to a greater extent than to come.
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