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Epiphyllum, often called orchid cacti or climbing cacti, is a group of tropical succulents. There are more than twelve species, including some hybrids. These plants typically have long, flat stems without spines that trail down. With proper care, they produce large, fragrant flowers that bloom at night in the spring or summertime. In their natural […]

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Head Gardener Dan recently described Winterbourne’s garden as ‘a patchwork quilt of ideas developed over…

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 OK but first a shout out to Earth Day.  TTP remembers the first Earth Day, but mostly because of all the other struff that was going on, mostly anti war things and the Kent State shootings, deciding to try out grad school to study botany, and other things.  Sorry, Earth.This is called yellow ginger and it is not real ginger but a member of the Aristolochia or birthwort family. Our wild Ginger is almost a weed in our shade lawns and TPP first saw this plant at Brooklyn botanical garden back when it was still a botanical garden.  It is a smallish herbaceous perennial witth upright stems.  Our native wild ginger is Asarum canadense, a creeping plant with purple flowers along the prostrate stem often hidden from view by the heart shaped leaves.  This plant has 3-parted flowers although a dicot, and is quite fuzzy.  And it is the genus Saruma, and if you are quick with word games, you’ll notice that Saruma is Asarum spelled backwards with the a moved to the end.  A botanical joke?   Enjoy.  

Echeveria ‘Beverley’ is a beautiful succulent that forms rosettes of fleshy, lance-shaped leaves covered with a fine waxy bloom …

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Visitors often stop to look at our magnificent wall hanging in reception, which is entitled…

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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.

Introduction Impatiens elegans – the elegant balsam is a common, yet beautiful species of Balsam found in the Western Ghats of India. It is during the bountiful monsoon months these beautiful plants erupt in abundance and decorate the forest floor, streams and small waterfalls that run through the forests with pretty pink flowers. Taxonomy Order […]