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
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
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.
Very sweet indeed! Filipendulas for your garden...
September 21, 2011
Panayoti Kelaidis
Over the years visitors often say things such as "You must have everything at the Gardens!" Walking around on a beautiful autumn day like today that may seem the case. But in fact, we are missing many
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
Ethnobotany talk at the Gardens on Wed., Sept. 14 at noon
September 6, 2011
Jennifer Ramp Neale, Ph.D.
Join Gardens’ adjunct researcher Dr. Don Hazlett for a look into the field of ethnobotany. Dr. Hazlett will be giving the second talk in our new brown bag series: Re-search the Gardens: Meet Our
Three Colorado wildflowers added to the endangered species list
August 26, 2011
Jennifer Ramp Neale, Ph.D.
Effective today, three rare Colorado plants have been added to the list of species protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. Both DeBeque Phacelia ( Phacelia submutica), and Parachute
Neither scruffy nor scrophulous: Scrophularia macrantha
August 3, 2011
Panayoti Kelaidis
"Scrofulous" is defined as "morally tainted" by the dictionary...what this has to do with the genus Scrophularia escapes me. Over the years we have grown no end of rather scruffy little Scrophs: most
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
New brown bag series: Re-search the Gardens: Meet Our Scientists
July 6, 2011
Jennifer Ramp Neale, Ph.D.
Are you familiar with Denver Botanic Gardens Research & Conservation department? Have you ever wanted to know more about the type of research we do? We currently have ten staff in our Research &
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
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