Friday, March 27, 2020

That's a wrap on my 2019 Lotusland visit...

Just a week shy of the 1 year anniversary and I'm wrapping up coverage of last year's trip to Lotusland. We'll start with a few random photos and then move on to the cactus garden.  Here's a blooming Kumara plicatilis, formerly Aloe plicatilis...

Furcraea macdougallii, I believe.

I covet that greenhouse.

That segmented cactus looks like a fake, don't you think?

And we enter the cactus garden...

"This extensive collection of columnar cacti was donated to Lotusland in 1999 by Merritt Dunlap, a longtime friend of Madame Walska. Dunlap began his collection in 1929 and grew approximately 40 percent of the plants from seed." (source)

Sadly I cannot name any of these striking specimans.

It feels quite otherworldly to walk here, especially when you're all alone.

That's where the alien ship lands to take all these columnar cactus back home.

Yes, it's soft. I couldn't help but touch.

Hey have a seat, turn your back on those two and there's no telling what they might do.

And this my friends, is the end of my coverage of Lotusland, circa 2019. If you haven't ever visited, you really should.

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13 comments:

  1. Hoover BooMarch 27, 2020

    "Otherworldly" is right.

    That broken up flat stone mulch for the cacti is ab-fab! A perfect accent for the plants.

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    1. danger gardenMarch 28, 2020

      You're right it is. The different sizes and colors blending and contrasting with the larger stone.

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  2. luv2gardenMarch 27, 2020

    An incredible collection of cacti and succulents. The blooms on the 'furry' cacti are quite pretty. Nothing beats walking around a garden on your own to really immerse yourself in it.

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    1. danger gardenMarch 28, 2020

      I was so lucky to be able to spend the day here when there were very few other people around.

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  3. Eliza WatersMarch 27, 2020

    'Otherworldly' is an apt descriptor! Such a marvelous garden. I hope someday I get to see it in person.

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  4. Kris PetersonMarch 27, 2020

    Thanks for sharing your visit in such detail, Loree! I do hope to get back there but, sadly, it's not likely to be this year.

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  5. Bear and BriarMarch 28, 2020

    Thank you for the tour. On my list for sure.

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  6. chavlinessMarch 29, 2020

    Oh, binge-reading gardening blogs is such fun!
    Lotusland is an amazing place. I was enamored by the fuzzy cacti but even more astonishing is that about "40 percent of the plants (were grown) from seed". Walking among those towering "pillars" could leave a visitor awe struck.
    The garden is closed to the public for a time because of the health scare around the country.

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  7. Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)March 29, 2020

    A year??? Say it ain't so! I had so much fun!

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