#Colorado #Garden #SmallBusiness #FamilyBusiness #Xeriscape
Harlequin Gardens, a small, family owned business in Boulder since 1985, is struggling & asking for help.
Please get the word out, whether you want to help, or you’re a newcomer looking for the right plants!
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A stunning Trailing Ice Plant with dense magenta flowers. A small variegated agave is in the lower left just above a large boulder.
A spectacular large aloe in full bloom. One of the few aloes with red flowers I've ever seen. I couldn't find the name since Ruth Bancroft banned ID tags in perpetuity.
A beautiful sunset aeonium. The two flowering rosettes (left and right side of photo) mean the end for them, but the smaller pups ensure the plant will survive.
A group of California poppies.
Another memorable visit to the Ruth Bancroft Garden today. 🌱
#DryGarden #succulents #xeriscape
Wide view of a branching green Euphorbia growing in a gravel xeriscape garden. The plant has many upright angular stems covered in sharp white spines. From this distance the tiny flowers are not visible.
This Euphorbia is in full bloom 🌵✨
You just have to look very closely.
#plantsky #succulents #xeriscape #bloomscrolling
Rather concerned about the lack of snow in the foothills. Golden Ponds, Longmont, Colorado
#thinksnow #conserve #xeriscape
Close-up of Aloe cameronii flower spikes with densely packed tubular blooms in orange and yellow tones on tall reddish stems, photographed with a soft green blurred background.
Aloe cameronii in bloom. Native to Zimbabwe and Malawi, this species is prized for its seasonal copper-red foliage and upright racemes of nectar-rich tubular flowers that attract winter pollinators.
#Succulents #SucculentGarden #WinterBlooms #BloomScrolling #plantsky #Xeriscape #DroughtTolerant
Aeonium "Zwartkop" (aka Black Prince) towering over a stand of large Agave americana (Century Plant). These are tree aeoniums and the tallest are over 5 ft. Each stem has a single rosette of dark brown leaves with a yellow and red center.
Black Prince aeoniums growing among Agave americana near my garage. Both have lived exclusively on rain water for nearly 30 years. 🌱
#succulents #aeonium #xeriscape #gardening
A closeup photograph of a foxtail agave's smooth leaves in black and white.
A foxtail agave in the Balboa Park Desert Garden, San Diego.
#sandiego #balboapark #garden #gardens #gardening #macro #plant #plants #succulent #succulents #foxtailagave #agave #agaves #blackandwhite #b&w #monochrome #nature #desertgarden #waterwise #xeriscape
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Xeriscape dunes rise,
wild shrubs hold shifting soft sands,
roots clutch wind’s loose bones.
#haikuchallenge #prompt #xeriscape #haiku #BlueSkyPoetry #amwriting #writingCommunity #SkyPoet #SkyPoem #poetry #poem
*The Cacti are Happy. Thank You for Asking..." 🌵🌵
#Haiku
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#poetry
#prompt
#writesky
#Skypoets
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#haikuchallenge #Xeriscape
*Audio On, Please* 🗣 🎙
I am a desert
perhaps #xeriscape will work
something might grow then
#haikuchallenge #senryu #poetry
Two large Agave americana planted near a retaining wall and large boulders. It's nighttime and the plants are lit from below by a solar light.
The Agave americana that I planted a few years ago (and it's 3 year old pup) is looking good after a major pruning of some overgrown and crowded leaves. Not to mention at least ten small pups popping up from underground runners.
#Agave #succulent #gardening #plants #gardeningfeed #xeriscape
These are growing in the xeriscape garden near the city buildings. Such interesting flowers.
#clematis #xeriscape #colorado #flowers #amateurphotography
a picture of a poppy mallow plant, focused on a single magenta cup-shaped flower
Poppy mallow, you guys 🥹 #bloomscrolling #gardening #xeriscape
Aspen fleabane has long leafy stems topped by one bloom each. The petals are narrow and lavender with a yellow center. Shades of green, brown, lavender and yellow.
Aspen fleabane in bright, full-sun has many drooping flower buds and slightly wilted leaves. Shades of green, brown, lavender and yellow.
We had a wet spring in Fort Collins, CO. Most of my xeriscape plants grew fast and lanky. The weight of all that water, and sometimes wind, laid some stems on the ground. Now summer heat has arrived. Highs of 90°F (32°C) and cloudless skies at high altitude […]
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On a walk…xeriscape garden by the city buildings. Red valerian.
#xeriscape #garden #beauty #redvalerian #onawalk #colorado #peacemoment #amateurphotography
Beauty along today’s walk, from the xeriscape garden area, by the city buildings.
#colorado #xeriscape #gardens #spring #onawalk #joyisanactofresistance
#amareurphotography
A lush green and purple xeriscape garden
Heading into peak bloom season for the front yard. I love the smells this time of year! #xeriscape #gardening
A landscape photograph of a gentle slope of California Sunflower, Encelia californica, a shrub. The shrubs are growing in a dense population with little space between them, and flowers on long, airy (what I think are called) peduncles rising above the shrubs in light density. The flowers have a general daisy appearance, maybe a foot above the shrubs, a few feet off the ground, with sunflower yellow petals and brown centers. Some young flowers closer to the camera's focus are visible to the lower left, showing how the petals grow in bare without a covering bud, with their full pigment. The accompanying leaves are fairly simple, with a rounded diamond shape that has veining largely originating from where the leaf attaches to the petiole (stem that attaches the leaf to the stem). They are a mid-to-emerald green color. Unfortunately, as this is a landscape photograph, there is not an intense amount of detail to be had. Makes a really good wallpaper though!
I feel under the (warm pleasant) weather but at least we can appreciate these sunflowers I saw over Easter! They weren't even IN the botanic garden; they were adjacent. I love them. 🧵
#photography #sunflower #encelia #california #wildflower #xeriscape #landscape #california #garden #bloomscrolling
Xeriscaping is often used in dry climates but can be adopted to minimize water usage and create sustainable gardens. Plan ahead by using drought tolerant plants like rosemary, lavender, or yucca. Here’s a process on how to start: www.bhg.com/gardening/la...
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Already gone, but what a show!
One last look at this incredible flower. I’m already looking forward to next year‘s bloom.
#cactus #BloomScrolling #Xeriscape #RareBlooms
Parodia horstii has started to bloom. I love how bright these flowers are. The photos don’t come close to capturing how vivid this pink is.
#cactus #BloomScrolling #plantsky #DroughtTolerant #WaterWise #DryGarden #DesertPlants #Xeriscape #CaliforniaGarden
Our garden 4-18-2025 #waterwiselandscapes #pollinatorgarden #newmexico #albuquerque #springgarden #flowers #xeriscape #backyardwildlifegarden
A prickly pear cactus with several beautiful orange flowers on it.
One of my prickly pears popped today! This is the second year this one bloomed but this year it has WAY more flowers. I collected this plant on a bike ride about 3 years ago. planted a small arm with a couple paddles on it and here it is today! #flowers #cactus #xeriscape
