Flower

Blog

Enjoy "Digging Into the Gardens" blog, written by Denver Botanic Gardens' staff. Learn about gardening, horticulture, research, conservation, special events, art, tours and much more. 

10446

Catching up in Rye: Perennial Favorites

July 23, 2011 Panayoti Kelaidis
One of the most exciting facets of the horticultural scene in Colorado has been the rise of specialty "micronurseries", rather like our famous microbrews, these are a breed apart from the generic box
10415

Trillions of trilliums...well. Sort of.

July 1, 2011 Panayoti Kelaidis
I'm sure that if you told the next fifty people you met that "there are trillium growing wild in Colorado", I'm sure not one in a hundred would believe it. The picture above was taken last weekend
10397

Denver Foxtail Lily Gardens....

June 21, 2011 Panayoti Kelaidis
Each year that passes Denver Botanic Gardens seems to boast more and more Eremurus. Visitors are riveted with the display. It feels as though there are foxtail lilies everywhere, around every corner
10354

Agave at the office....

May 31, 2011 Panayoti Kelaidis
Funny to think there was a time when an agave blooming in Denver was front page news in the papers! Today I noticed a SIXTH agave sending up a stalk here at the Gardens: yes, I said sixth! I remember
10340

Unique plant treasure in Children's Garden

May 25, 2011 Panayoti Kelaidis
There's so much to see west of York Street at Denver Botanic Gardens visitors can almost be forgiven for missing out on the Children's Garden. WRONG! It's not just for kids! Many of our best specimens

Sign up for our e-newsletters!

Subscribe