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THE HUNTINGTON’S DESERT GARDEN

Posted in Garden Design, tagged , , , , , on January 25, 2018| Leave a Comment »

One of my favorite places to visit here in Southern California is the Desert Garden at The Huntington in San Marino. The garden has one of the largest outdoor collections of cacti & succulents in the world with more than 2,000 species.

An amazing Cereus xanthocarpus

Golden Barrel Cactus + Agave Parryi

Aloe arborescens (Torch Aloe)

Golden Barrel + Cleistocactus

Cereus

My favorite — Agave Parryi

Torch Aloe

 

Some of my favorites to add to the garden….

Great Groundcover
Gorgeous Sculptural Plant
Attenuata
Great Groundcover
Great for Planters

Have a great Thursday!

xoxo

~Shannon

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The Huntington Botanical Gardens

Posted in Garden Design, Garden Tours, Travel, Visit, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on March 1, 2013| 1 Comment »

One of my favorite places to visit is the Huntington Botanical Gardens, especially the Desert Garden. For those of you who love cactus and succulents, below are several photos from my last visit.

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parry’s agave, barrel cactus and more

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one of my favorite’s – the agave attenuata

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one up closeIMG_1532

one of the pathways in the desert garden
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a sea of aeonium succulents

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torch aloe

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I believe another torch aloe (I don’t know what the tree is to the right but it was incredible – very dr. suess like)

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blue agave

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more barrel cactus and parry’s agave

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a saguaro cactus surrounded by barrel cactus and parry’s agave

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barrel cactus with little ones

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could this be an organ pipe cactus? I’ll have to check the tags next time I go.

Happy Weekend!

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