The California Garden Project

Plant collections are important

Since 2002, the Arnold Arboretum has been a member of the Plant Collections Network, a network of botanical gardens administered through the American Public Gardens Association in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The primary focus of the Plant Collections Network is the long-term preservation of germplasm for research. Participating institutions commit to holding and developing collections that are primarily organized at the genus level.

Learn more about their fagus collection at https://www.publicgardens.org/programs/plant-collections-network/collections-showcase/fagus

Weird or beautiful

Black Bat Flower, Tacca chantrieri, a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae.
Photo via Green Renaissance

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ Art by Tara Turner

Klara Kanjo, Absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for sharing​​. Gorgeous enough to share on Garden Gossip... 😊💞