The
Ruth Bancroft Garden inward Walnut Creek, CA is well-nigh to undergo what powerfulness hold upwards the biggest modify since Ruth Brancroft showtime started it inward 1972. In but a few days, structure volition laid about on the $4.6 1000000
Visitor together with Education Center. This volition give the Garden much-needed indoor infinite for events, classes, together with offices. And in that location volition in conclusion hold upwards indoor restrooms--no to a greater extent than porta potties!
To brand room for the construction, the existing plant nursery volition motion to the northward side of the garden. It volition occupy ane one-half of Ruth's Folly together with ane of the greenhouses side yesteryear side to it. Before the move, the plant nursery is asset its biggest sale ever. On Friday, plants were 20% off, yesterday 35%, together with today (Sunday, September 10) 50%. If you're inward Northern California, yous nonetheless convey fourth dimension to caput on over; the sale runs until 4pm today.
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| Agave montana at the entrance to the garden. It's pushing a massive bloom stem together with volition choke afterwards flowering. |
I went to the sale yesterday (Saturday) together with the plant nursery was good stocked alongside everything from succulents, shrubs (including many banksias) together with perennials. I arrived at 10am when the garden opened together with was ane of solely a handful of customers. But within xxx minutes, the parking lot was total together with plants were flight off the shelves. I saw people loading upwards flat-bed carts alongside 5-gallon plants. This actually was a fantastic chance to purchase larger specimens at the toll you'd usually pay for much smaller plants.
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| The beautiful metallic entrance gate has been replaced alongside a structure fence |
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| I promise the novel plant nursery volition hold upwards a overnice every bit the electrical flow one |
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| Many large specimens for sale |
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| Eye-catching display inward the covered component of the plant nursery where the smaller plants are (mostly 2-4 inch pots) |
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| At aspect at the plant nursery from within the garden |
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| Ruth's Folly at the northward side of the garden. The plant nursery volition occupy the left half. |
To brand room for the Visitor together with Education Center, the iconic Agave franzosinii bed at the garden entrance had to hold upwards removed. This is what's in that location now.
Same persuasion from the parking lot. Fortunately, many if non all, of the Agave franzosinii convey been saved together with volition hold upwards replanted elsewhere.
And hither are my purchases. H5N1 piddling chip of everything.
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| Agave parryi var. truncata 'Lime Streak'. I was real excited to in conclusion notice ane for sale. And alongside the 35% discount, this 5-gallon specimen was solely $22.50. |
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| Agave parrasana 'Globe'. Agave parrasana is ane my favorite agave species. I already convey 3 or four, but 'Globe' is to a greater extent than compact alongside a denser increment habit together with neat bud imprints. And dissimilar the species, it's supposed to hold upwards solitary. |
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| I haven't been buying a lot of cactus inward recent years, but I got 3 yesterday. This is Acanthocalycium spiniflorum, a relatively pocket-size establish (stems overstep out at a summit of 6"), which makes it ideal for planting along the border of ane of the front end yard succulent mounds. |
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| Echinopsis randallii. Brian Kemble, the curator of the RBG, highly recommended it. I honey the wine-red flowers here! |
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| Ferocactus rectispinus, now considered Ferocactus emoryi ssp. rectispinus. It has the longest spines of whatever Ferocactus species. Mature plants tin flame accomplish half-dozen ft., non that I await this ane to e'er larn that big. Well adapted to intense summertime heat, it'll become inward the hottest spot of the large succulent mound inward front end of the house. |
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| Lomandra 'Lime Tuff'. I've heard a lot of adept things well-nigh lomandras lately, together with I volition travail these inward the bed within the front end yard fence. Lomandras, or matt rushes, are native to Commonwealth of Australia together with said to thrive inward both Sun together with shade, alongside ample or piddling water. We shall see. |
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| Cycas revoluta × debaoensis, a hybrid I'm especially excited about. Cycas revoluta, the ubiquitous sago palm, is tough together with grews real good inward our climate. Cycas debaoensis has multipinnate leaves, i.e. the leaflets branch several times, resulting inward a unique look. Check out the photos inward this blog post. This hybrid combines the toughness of the sago palm alongside the graceful aspect of Cycas debaoensis. And at $13, I couldn't resist. (Kathy Stoner of GardenBook bought ane every bit well.) |
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| Portulaca molokiniensis, a pocket-size shrubby succulent from the Hawaiian islet of Molokini off the coast of Maui. We went snorkeling inward Molokini during our trip to Maui inward 2013 but nosotros weren't able to become on province because the islet is a protected seabird sanctuary. There isn't much that grows there, but this cute piddling succulent does. Not solely that, it grows only on Molokini together with ii other volcanic islands nearby. It wasn't officially described every bit a species until 1987. I volition exercise my best to proceed it hold upwards hither inward Davis. It definitely won't tolerate frost together with volition convey to pass winters indoors. |
Coming up: some novel photos from the Ruth Bancroft Garden. Sumber http://www.succulentsandmore.com/
