One of the neat things about Denver is the Botanic Gardens (no idea though why it’s not botanical. Budget cuts?). For me, there’s a flora that I’m not very familiar with. The Botanic Gardens also have a very nice landscape that meshes with the artwork. So onto some nice looking stuff. First, Lady’s Bedstraw (Gallium verum):
Some of the nice sculpture I mentioned:
No, I didn’t Instagram this–this is what it really looked like:
(the trees are Shrubby Plumbago, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides)
An urn full of catci:
More sculpture:
Ancient ruins. Or something:
Another nice vista:
A Mediterranean vista:
Some spruce:
Some Verconia:
Jovibarba in rocks:
Wildflowers:
Entrance to the Japanese Garden:
Ponderosa pine sculpted into bonsai–the whole garden smells very piney:
A serene view:
Unintentional zen:
The Story of a Pike Peaker, 1925:
Silver cholla:
The ‘Dark Knight’ variety of the prickly pear cactus (at bottom):
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Glad you like the Botanic Gardens. They are always worth a visit.
Just so you know the Galium verum is the plant with small linear leaves. The flower is some kind of lily.