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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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Misnomer valley: bigtooth maple in Colorado!

October 12, 2011 Panayoti Kelaidis
Certain plants have a certain "cachet" and Acer grandidentatum or bigtooth maple (with a host of other common names, usually alluding to some aspect of Utah where it is perhaps most abundant) is one
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KUDZU!!! Yeegads!

October 3, 2011 Panayoti Kelaidis
A trip to North Carolina would not be complete without the obligate stop to gawk at Kudzu ( Puereria sp.), that nearly mythical pea relative that is reputed to have swallowed several Southern States
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Sterling Ranch: A Sustainable Partnership

September 23, 2011 Sarada Krishnan
As we look for ways to conserve our natural resources and create sustainable communities, Denver Botanic Gardens in partnership with Sterling Ranch has helped create low-water sustainable landscapes at their demonstration site at Allis Ranch in Douglas County. Sterling Ranch will be Colorado’s first rainwater harvesting community and this project will set a new standard for water conservation in Colorado.
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Passing of a friend: Andrew Pierce

September 17, 2011 Panayoti Kelaidis
Andrew Pierce, past Director, Assistant Director, Propagator and Conservatory Superintendent at Denver Botanic Gardens, passed away early this morning (Saturday, September 17, 2011), at his home with
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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
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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
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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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