tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post7804667812948711253..comments2024-03-28T13:54:16.110-07:00Comments on danger garden: The Huntington Gardens, Part 1danger gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-35451949552927084352010-03-15T14:25:22.775-07:002010-03-15T14:25:22.775-07:00Andrew, you do need to visit! You won't be dis...Andrew, you do need to visit! You won't be disappointed.<br /><br />Nicole, we didn't take any seeds. I was rather hypoglycemic by this time in the gardens and really wasn't thinking to clearly. My advice to anyone visiting Huntington...if you don't want to take time out to eat in the cafe then pack snacks!<br /><br />Karen, you know it's not too late for your SF series. I for one would love to see it anytime!<br /><br />linda, do you ever make it back for a visit? Maybe you could check out a couple?<br /><br />Grace, I think this is the year I finally get a Melianthus.<br /><br />Anon, thank you for putting a name to a beautiful flower I've loved but never been able to id, the H. Rostrata.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-83235509759805562712010-03-13T10:24:17.610-08:002010-03-13T10:24:17.610-08:00A lot of the hardier species of Heliconia that can...A lot of the hardier species of Heliconia that can be grown in California are upright bloomers. The one in your photo is probably one of the hardiest, being grown as a dieback perennial in the Gulf Coastal USA, H. scheideana. The downward facing Heliconia species are mostly distressed by our long cool winters, and only H. rostrata is occasionally persuaded to bloom in the warmest southern California gardens, but won't really take the occasional freezes at the Huntington.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-85419022254403238162010-03-11T21:51:10.225-08:002010-03-11T21:51:10.225-08:00Wow Loree, at first glance I'm like too bad th...Wow Loree, at first glance I'm like too bad that blue leafed plant isn't hardy. Oh, it's a Melianthus. [Click to enlarge.] NICE! Love the Papyrus too. The turtle is a cutie. I'll be tuning in tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-46671857509018858132010-03-11T18:06:04.418-08:002010-03-11T18:06:04.418-08:00Thank you for these blogs- I grow up in N. Califor...Thank you for these blogs- I grow up in N. California , but have never seen any of these places...lindahttp://whatsitgarden.posterous.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-89391304515552187422010-03-11T16:24:35.984-08:002010-03-11T16:24:35.984-08:00Wow, this is going on my bucket list for must-see ...Wow, this is going on my bucket list for must-see gardens. Amazing! Looks like a great place to spend a day. That funky fruit looks a bit like a pawpaw but the seeds seem wrong. Heliconia are all over Hawaii, they seem almost like weeds there. What are they feeding that papyrus and philodendron to make them grow so vigorously? Wowza! Great job on the tour, you got way farther than I ever did with my SF series that never happened!Karenhttp://greenwalks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-28130749134623634592010-03-11T13:32:19.293-08:002010-03-11T13:32:19.293-08:00What a great collection of plants. heleconia bloom...What a great collection of plants. heleconia blooms go either up or down-i fact most i have seen are up, rather than hanging. That Sonchus acaulis looks so cool-wonder if one can get seeds for that... Did you keep any seeds of the strange fruit to plant and see what you get? I would have!Nicolehttp://caribbeangarden.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-36137852569683339262010-03-11T12:50:16.805-08:002010-03-11T12:50:16.805-08:00Great pictures. Heliconia do both (up and downward...Great pictures. Heliconia do both (up and downward flower stalks) apparently. And that Philodendron! I think I need to visit this place sometimes. Looking forward to the desert garden pictures.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347983770474369842noreply@blogger.com