Casmerodius albus in the Garden

The distinctive call of the heron marked the beginning of time in the ancient Egyptian creation myth; heron ("lu") is a homonym for "path" in Chinese; the heron is known as a messenger of Athena, the goddess of wisdom in ancient Greece, and it is the symbol of everything beautiful and rare in the Maori culture. Hunted to the brink of extinction for its elegant plumage, the Great Egret was the inspiration for the Audubon Society http://birds.audubon.org/species/greegr

Here is one waiting to spear some breakfast in our pond on Monday morning.

Charlotte Blome

New kiosk

New Kiosk

This new kiosk will help to unify the entrances and makes the main kiosk on the south side make sense. It will give us more room for materials, notices- and a spot to stand out of the rain! We likely will transplant some of the agaves at the end of the bed closest to the kiosk. 

The glass will be installed by next week.

A look at the new Agave Garden Nursery area!

Spring Color at the Ruth Bancroft Garden

Aloe x virens in flower at left; variegated form of Agave salmiana at right. BK

Don't Forget to Look UP when at the Garden!

Early 1970's view of the Garden property looking west

Wow!

Not much traffic on Bancroft Road in those days!

Yucca carnerosana in Bed 7 coming into bloom 4/13/2012

Aloe striata from The Ruth Bancroft Garden Front Entrance Garden

Nice Hummingbird Perch

We enjoy these stately inflorescenses, in this case an Agave
tequilana, and tend to leave them up as long as they don't threaten to
fall over. Not only do they look cool, they make a great resting spot
for our hummingbirds. This species of agave produces hundreds of
plantlets on its stalk that will eventually drop to the ground and
start the process anew. CB

Yucca treculeana, emerging inflorescence

Yucca treculeana, emerging inflorescence

Asphodelus aestivus

Cotyledon orbiculata flowers (red form)

Veltheimia bracteata

Oscularia caulescens

Oscularia caulescens

Flower of the Day: Aloe ferox x arborescens

RBG Sunset

Flower of the day Gasteria acinacifolia

Flower of the day Tagetes lemmonii

Flower of the day Eriogonum grande rubescens " Red Buckwheat"

Flower of the day Correa pulchella 'Pink Eyre' Bed D

Gasteria acinacifolia in bed 8

Photo by BK

Flower of the day (for tomorrow, because I'm not coming in tomorrow) Aloe ferox x arborescens

Flower of the day Aloe mutabilis

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Flower of the day Aloe ferox hybrid

Flower of the day Aloe ferox

Flower of the day Aloe suprafolia