We recently took a trip to allen gardens to see the flowering variegated century plant, with a time span for flowering once every 30 years ( and for Canada its around 70 years ), you can understand why its important to see it while you can. While everything was great, flowers were all in bloom, I couldnt help but be disappointed by the lack of info on plants, heck.. the majority of the time there wasnt even a name tag, am I wrong for wanting more I thought ? There was one fruit tree labeled ( kinda surprised there werent more edibles really, only 6 fruit trees in the whole place ) And surprisingly, a lot of the cacti, bananas, and orchids are very common nowadays.
I dont know, maybe I was expecting to much, Just thought that a place with such history would have some really REALLY rare plants, maybe being a foodie didnt help either, I was hoping to much for something Ive never seen. Ahh well... I should look on the bright side, they had a very impressive set of bananas ( good 30/40 ft ), some were flowering!. there jade vine was stunning, we got to see a turtle, They have a cacti that looks like it came out of mario bros!, I realized how much I want birds in my greenhouse AND how much I want a waterfall in my house.
My closing statement. I call for a renegade labeling of Allen gardens, label everything you can!!, if you know a lot about plants lets get this done! WE CAN DO IT!
Musa Banana fruiting at Allen gardens
Strawberry guava fruiting
Some type of datura, Do you know?
Bougainvilla AKA Paper flower tree - (THANKS FOR THE HELP CINTIA!)
Jade vine AKA Strongylodon macrobotrys flowering
Jade vine flower ( I want this plant! unreal looking flower)
Crown of thorn red flowers
Agave filifera AKA thread agave
No name on cacti
Crown of thorns yellow flower
Variegated century plant AKA Variegated agave Americana
Variegated century plant flowering stalk
Allen Gardens century plant (agave americana) flowering, took roughly 70 years to flower
Mountain aloe
Mountain aloe (base)
No name cacti, If you know what this is please help.
Fig tree with fruit
Fig tree to the left ( can you spot the kale and olive tree?)
If it wasnt for the fact that I grow most of these myself Im not sure how others would know what they were looking at, as nothing here was labeled, shame.
Another pond with a few goldfish
?????what is that blue flowering plant?????
Nothing here was labeled either, but a few I could decipher, there was a Calamondin in the back and a kumquat of some kind beside it ( its the tree with orange fruit at the far left in the back ) Everything else I have no clue ( except for some type of cycad right under the blue flower )
There was no name on around the plant, if anyone knows what this is please chime in
Waterfall display ( is it wrong I want this in my house?, lol )
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