Return to the Ruth Bancroft Garden (Part 2)

Here we are, back at the Ruth Bancroft Garden, aka Heaven in Walnut Creek (Part 1 here). Thanks to everyone who encouraged the posting of LOTS of photos. Today I’ll be sharing 40 more, starting with these  Xanthorrhoea, or Australian grass trees…

Furcraea macdougalii

Agave nickelsiae

A tale of two bloom spikes…

Love those teeth…

Check out the yucca bloom on the right…

A close-up.

Grevillea petrophiloides?

Agave mitis (?)

I think this is Mangave ‘Lavender Lady’.

Aloe capitata (?)

Ruth’s folly…which was once the entrance to the garden.

Near the “off-limits” employees only area.

Agave victoriae-reginae

There were many.

No clue who this handsome fellow is.

Look at that bloom spike circled on the left. It looks like a mangave?

Lots of plants forming on the spike!

Agave ‘Sharkskin’

The shade structure from the opposite end to Monday’s post..

Another sexy Agave nickelsiae, at least I think that’s what it is. Reading this “plant highlight” from the garden’s Brian Kemble has me a little confused.

Aloe polyphylla, the spiral aloe

Okay, my visit to this beautiful garden is drawing to a close…

Will it be another six years before I visit? I sure hope not.

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