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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. 

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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
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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
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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
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Celebrate Endangered Species Day

May 20, 2011 Jennifer Ramp Neale, Ph.D.
Did you know that more than 1350 species in the US are protected under the Endangered Species Act? A whopping 792 (57%) of them are plants. Today is the sixth annual Endangered Species Day, a day to
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"I have plucked this sprig of Heather"

March 31, 2011 Panayoti Kelaidis
So begins a poem by the great 20th Century French Poet Guillaume Apollinaire (see below). I hasten to point out that the plants depicted (blooming right now at Denver Botanic Gardens) are technically
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Magnolia roulette....dodging the frosty bullet

March 29, 2011 Panayoti Kelaidis
Closeup of star magnolia blossoms (Magnolia stellata) Aside from Townsendias and spring beauty ( Claytonia ) the bulk of our native wildflowers are smart enough to wait until May, June or even later
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Denver's really secret garden....shhhhh!

March 22, 2011 Panayoti Kelaidis
Nearly ten years ago the seeds for a remarkable garden were planted when Wellington and Wilma Webb visited Versailles. They wanted a dramatic garden near the entrance of the city instead of the
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Minor triumphs: Muscari azureum season

March 12, 2011 Panayoti Kelaidis
Catalogs call them "minor bulbs"--those little gems that brighten up our gardens in late winter. I am frankly astounded that you see so few of these in Denver gardens (or anywhere in the Rocky
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Mordecai Children's Garden Open This Weekend!

March 4, 2011 Melissa Gula
Hello Friends! What a wonderful winter I had snuggled up in the Mordecai Children’s Garden waiting for the first signs of spring. I knew it was time to come out of hibernation when I felt the warm

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