Nelumbo nucifera, or #Lotus, are just starting to bloom, all throughout the Asian Garden! (at Naples Botanical Garden)
Our plumeria are gracing us with their presence by the droves! Here is ‘Gloria de los Angeles’ (at Naples Botanical Garden)
It’s a bit late in the season for these shy White Pelicans, but we’re sure glad they stopped to say farewell!
~Seen from the James and Linda White Birding Tower in the Preserve at Naples Botanical Garden, 4.25.2013
Here is a full list of birds seen at NBG!
Look what popped up on the path to the Asian Garden! #Plumeria rubra ‘Vera Cruz Rose’! (at Naples Botanical Garden)
Jabuticaba (Plinia cauliflora, formerly Myrciara cauliflora) - a tree that grows its fruit on the trunk and branches
Just had a taste of ours in the Brazilian Garden here at Naples Botanical Garden- reminded me of a Concord Grape!
Just a small taste of our Visitor Center- imagine how beautiful everything is inside! (at Naples Botanical Garden)
An article published in the Fort Myers News-Press by our Executive Director, Brian Holley:
“Ashe’s calamint, like many of its mint family relatives, is a really delightful plant that is also very easy to grow. Just give it lots of sun and great drainage and you will get months of lavender flowers every winter.
Its natural range is from Central Florida to southern Alabama, where it is found mostly in scrub vegetation or on disturbed sites. Unfortunately, it is under threat from development and currently is limited to about 60 sites throughout the state. It is likely that Ashe’s calamint is allelopathic, meaning that it exudes a substance that limits other plants from growing too close, a very handy trait in scrub habitat where water and nutrients are in short supply.
We have been growing this plant in the Karen and Robert Scott Florida Garden for the last year or so and it has stayed quite compact at about 14 inches high and wide. The leaves are aromatic with a slight menthol fragrance and are somewhat like rosemary leaves in shape. Many calamints are used in flavoring, perhaps most famously in the Middle Eastern spice blend, Za’atar.
Ashe’s calamint is a Florida native that has really great potential for home gardeners — especially those with brown thumbs!”
n10_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
L’Illustration horticole :.
Gand, Belgium :Imprimerie et lithographie de F. et E. Gyselnyck,1854-1896..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15949066
I love when something that’s become so popular, such as tillandsias /air plants, have a long history, just waiting to be discovered by those curious about their new hobbies.
These gorgeous Rosa ‘Clothilde Soupert’ are providing inspiration in the Idea Garden! (at Naples Botanical Garden)
