St.Louis Botanical Garden,etc.......
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St.Louis Botanical Garden,etc.......
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This leaf is about 20' across
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Recognise this one?
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This is a castor bean plant
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E.horridus
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Japanese garden
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Pads were pushed over by the following T-storm
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Trunking Yucca at the St.Louis zoo
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The big fella came out!
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St.Louis Basillica,worlds largest display of Mosaic tile-a must see!
Pics from inside didn't come out very good )-:
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Art museum
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Went to a couple Baseball games,since we enjoyed the(new 2006 Stadium)view so much.
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I accidently deleted all my photos after coming out of the Climatron(dome with all the plants)so I went back and snapped them all off again )-;
to bad my sisters 25' magnoia was one of them,one of the biggest I have seen in St.Louis-thanks for looking-
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This leaf is about 20' across
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Recognise this one?
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This is a castor bean plant
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E.horridus
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Japanese garden
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Pads were pushed over by the following T-storm
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Trunking Yucca at the St.Louis zoo
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The big fella came out!
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St.Louis Basillica,worlds largest display of Mosaic tile-a must see!
Pics from inside didn't come out very good )-:
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Art museum
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Went to a couple Baseball games,since we enjoyed the(new 2006 Stadium)view so much.
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I accidently deleted all my photos after coming out of the Climatron(dome with all the plants)so I went back and snapped them all off again )-;
to bad my sisters 25' magnoia was one of them,one of the biggest I have seen in St.Louis-thanks for looking-
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Hey Jim thanks for posting those.
Bet you drooled over that tree fern.
Always amazed at how skinny a Trachy trunk is near the base...no wonder they hate windy sites.
They'll have to add a glass cupola to make room for that palm soon.
Cool basilica and stadium pics.
Glad you had a good vacation.
Who looked after your plants while you were gone????
And Erik and W...happy anniversary!
Barb
Bet you drooled over that tree fern.
Always amazed at how skinny a Trachy trunk is near the base...no wonder they hate windy sites.
They'll have to add a glass cupola to make room for that palm soon.
Cool basilica and stadium pics.
Glad you had a good vacation.
Who looked after your plants while you were gone????
And Erik and W...happy anniversary!
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You guys must have had a awesome time!!! Looks like you sure covered the bases while you where there. What a nice looking botanical garden, I don't know where to start with the comments there was so many great shots. You must have wanted to dig up those tree ferns and bring them home with you
That caster bean tree must was really cool, is that how big yours is now
Loved the shots Man!!!
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That caster bean tree must was really cool, is that how big yours is now
Loved the shots Man!!!
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Thanks for the photos!
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Erik, There is Botanica in Wichita and Powell Gardens east of Kansas City.
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Thanks guys/gals,the St.Louis zoo and B-gardens are some of the best in the world.
You could spend a whole day at either and not see everything.
The Basilica is not to be missed,it will blow you away when you see the size of this place and how much
time was spent placing every 1/2" tile,the place is huge and has one of the biggest unsupported domes anywhere.
The Florida royal palm in the Climatron has it's spear touching the top of the structure.
I believe the truncked Yuccas at the zoo are a green form of Gloriosa,these grow outside unprotected,
I would love to get one to try here.
Pretty exhausting trip.
I posted those Oleander pics for you Bill,thought you might enjoy,pretty cool they were
(I believe)growing unprotected in St.Louis,they also had huge bamboo and giant reed grass 30' and 20'
tall respectively.
Barb-
the Fortunei was one palm that had plenty of room to grow taller
You could spend a whole day at either and not see everything.
The Basilica is not to be missed,it will blow you away when you see the size of this place and how much
time was spent placing every 1/2" tile,the place is huge and has one of the biggest unsupported domes anywhere.
The Florida royal palm in the Climatron has it's spear touching the top of the structure.
I believe the truncked Yuccas at the zoo are a green form of Gloriosa,these grow outside unprotected,
I would love to get one to try here.
Pretty exhausting trip.
I posted those Oleander pics for you Bill,thought you might enjoy,pretty cool they were
(I believe)growing unprotected in St.Louis,they also had huge bamboo and giant reed grass 30' and 20'
tall respectively.
Barb-
the Fortunei was one palm that had plenty of room to grow taller
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It is possible the Oleander are in large pots that are sunk in the ground.
The Yuccas were quite a surprise!
They look like you garden variety Yucca that grow all over the country and are hardy
to at least -30f,these had trunks though!
The Yuccas were quite a surprise!
They look like you garden variety Yucca that grow all over the country and are hardy
to at least -30f,these had trunks though!
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They are a more soft leaved Yucca so the leaves droop more but they look almost exactly like the
type you see all over in yards up well into Canada.
Here's another pic of this variety-you can see the trunk if you look closely-
O'damn, now look at those babies,why didn't I snatch some?
type you see all over in yards up well into Canada.
Here's another pic of this variety-you can see the trunk if you look closely-
O'damn, now look at those babies,why didn't I snatch some?
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Here are some more pics from the trip.
Rose window in Cathedral
Big a$$ bird at the zoo-damn noisy too
Whats this thing called?-he carries his house on his back!
Couple for Bill
Magnolia
Chammy
Old man palm
Friendly little chap
American Holly
Rose window in Cathedral
Big a$$ bird at the zoo-damn noisy too
Whats this thing called?-he carries his house on his back!
Couple for Bill
Magnolia
Chammy
Old man palm
Friendly little chap
American Holly
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As far as I know, the most common one ive seen is Yucca Filamentosa (sp). I dont know to much about them, paulont knows more as far as I knwo.
Lasiocarpa are cool. I think i might have one. I mixed up the pots Looks healthy there.... Im waitin on some red torch ginger to sprout too...
Great pics once again dude
Lasiocarpa are cool. I think i might have one. I mixed up the pots Looks healthy there.... Im waitin on some red torch ginger to sprout too...
Great pics once again dude
Thanks Mon
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