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August 19, 2015

Monocot Garden

Canna 'Cleopatra' (canna-lily) - Old canna cultivar known for being a bicolor chimera.
Canna 'Cleopatra'
canna-lily
Old canna cultivar known for being a bicolor chimera.
Monocot Garden
Monocot Garden—a garden of bold foliage highlighted by delicate sprays of grasses and eye popping tropical flowers.
Monocot Garden—a garden of bold foliage highlighted by delicate sprays of grasses and eye popping tropical flowers.
Sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed)
Sporobolus heterolepis
prairie dropseed
Monocot Garden
Sorghastrum nutans 'Indian Steel' - Tiny yellow flowers dangling form golden tassels.
Sorghastrum nutans 'Indian Steel'
Tiny yellow flowers dangling form golden tassels.
Monocot Garden
Sorghastrum nutans 'Indian Steel'
Sorghastrum nutans 'Indian Steel'
Monocot Garden
Andropogon gerardii 'Lord Snowden's Big Blue' (big bluestem) - Copper flowers against blue foliage.
Andropogon gerardii 'Lord Snowden's Big Blue'
big bluestem
Copper flowers against blue foliage.
Monocot Garden
Cortaderia selloana 'Blue Bayou'
compact pampas grass and
Crinum ×digweedii 'Mahon'
hybrid crinum-lily and
Musa balbisiana
Explore the world in this shot. Bananas from Asia, pampas grass from South America, and a hybrid crinum lily with family in North American and Africa.
Geophyte Border, Monocot Garden, and two other gardens
Alocasia macrorrhizos 'Shock Treatment' - A contorted selection found growing in a yard north of Hanoi, Vietman, in 2005.
Alocasia macrorrhizos 'Shock Treatment'
A contorted selection found growing in a yard north of Hanoi, Vietman, in 2005.
Monocot Garden
Alocasia macrorrhizos 'Shock Treatment' - Look at the back of this leaf!
Alocasia macrorrhizos 'Shock Treatment'
Look at the back of this leaf!
Monocot Garden
Crinum ×digweedii 'Mahon' (hybrid crinum-lily) - Enormous flowers grace this hybrid crinum lily found in South Carolina.
Crinum ×digweedii 'Mahon'
hybrid crinum-lily
Enormous flowers grace this hybrid crinum lily found in South Carolina.
Geophyte Border, Monocot Garden, and West Arboretum Beds
Polianthes tuberosa 'Swarna Rekah' - Who needs flowers with foliage like this?
Polianthes tuberosa 'Swarna Rekah'
Who needs flowers with foliage like this?
Monocot Garden
Tradescantia sillamontana (white velvet tradescantia)
Tradescantia sillamontana
white velvet tradescantia
Monocot Garden, Perennial Border and Nearby Borders, and Visitor Center Beds
Curcuma 'Raspberry' (flowering pine-cone ginger) - We can almost taste this fruity ginger.
Curcuma 'Raspberry'
flowering pine-cone ginger
We can almost taste this fruity ginger.
Curcuma 'Raspberry' (flowering pine-cone ginger) - Great foliage too!
Curcuma 'Raspberry'
flowering pine-cone ginger
Great foliage too!
Colocasia esculenta 'Blue Hawaii' - Blueish stripes decorate this Hawaiian bred taro.
Colocasia esculenta 'Blue Hawaii'
Blueish stripes decorate this Hawaiian bred taro.
Hedychium 'Kinkaku' (hardy ginger-lily) - Fragrance permeates the air around this peachy ginger. Come and smell!
Hedychium 'Kinkaku'
hardy ginger-lily
Fragrance permeates the air around this peachy ginger. Come and smell!
Monocot Garden and Visitor Center Beds

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