Hydrangeas for Colorado?
July 20, 2014
Panayoti Kelaidis
Hydrangea quercifolia This time of year I am amazed to see spectacular mounds of Hydrangea 'Annabelle' glowing around the metro area. That is one cultivar that has certainly made its mark, although
Toast to Winecups! (Callirhoe involucrata)
July 6, 2014
Panayoti Kelaidis
Winecups in Watersmart Garden Strolling around York Street gardens this time of year, you are apt to see a bright rose red plant that resembles a geranium in many gardens. It is apt to be winecups (
Annus Mirabilis: a toast from a claret cup!
June 16, 2014
Panayoti Kelaidis
Claret cup cactus Earlier this year, the Colorado Legislature passed a bill designating Echinocereus triglochidiatus the official state cactus of Colorado. I'm one of those people who'd find it hard
Purple Mountain Majesty
May 21, 2014
Panayoti Kelaidis
Purple Mountain sun daisy at City and County Building For over a decade the Master Gardeners of Denver and I maintained a low water garden in front of the City and County Building in the Civic Center
The Noble Fumewort
May 5, 2014
Panayoti Kelaidis
Corydalis nobilis Fumewort may happen to be the accepted common name, but most of us prefer to call them by their Latin name: Corydalis. Some put the accent on the antipenult, others on the penult
Alpines Galore!
April 20, 2014
Panayoti Kelaidis
Pasqueflower There are pasqueflowers throughout Denver Botanic Gardens this week--especially in the rock garden. I have observed many interesting phenomena in my long career at Denver Botanic Gardens
The Joy of Shopping for Plants
April 15, 2014
By Colleen Smith, Guest Blogger Colleen Smith writes and gardens in Denver. She’s the author of Glass Halo and Laid-Back Skier. We humans are no more exempt than the bees and butterflies and
Green Walls!
April 10, 2014
Panayoti Kelaidis
The "Green Roof" or eco roof concept has become a billion dollar industry in Europe, where storm water abatement and water quality are top drawer concerns. With the catastrophic flooding of last
The Year in Review
December 27, 2013
Panayoti Kelaidis
Containers in front of Marnie's Pavilion How does one encapsulate a cultural facility's entire year, when you consider that there are dozens of gardens that are transforming ongoingly from spring
Emerald Ash Borer Infestation
December 19, 2013
Panayoti Kelaidis
Fraxinus americana 'Autumn Purple' (White Ash) "Disaster in slow motion" is a phrase that has been applied to many phenomena including global warming, the collapse of biodiversity, chronic drought
Larchness monster
November 25, 2013
Panayoti Kelaidis
Young Siberian larch ( Larix sibirica) You have probably walked by this willowy sapling many times--although I suspect if it were not in fall color, you would have walked by it barely noticing it
Pushing limits...
November 21, 2013
Panayoti Kelaidis
Asian dogwood ( Cornus kousa) "Asian dogwood? Surely photographed in Oregon, or perhaps New Jersey?" Nope--taken at Denver Botanic Gardens last June. There are several specimens--this one in the Rock