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The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Desert-Willow Tree (Chilopsis linearis)
Texas Native
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The plant combinations that the horticulturists selected were worth the trip. The deep purples, especially in the evening, created negative spaces and added textures that gave the garden beds depth and dramatic interest.
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| Purple Elephant Ears, Coleus, Gomphrena |
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| Purple Elephant Ear and Gomphrena |
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| A row of weeping blue cedar and variegated liriope line the entrance. |
Amidst the Shade
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| Silver and Blue: Blue Marlins and the Silver Trunk of Crape Myrtle Shade Loving Plants (Mahonia) |
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| Coleus, Purple Leaf Sweet Potato |
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| American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) Texas Native |
The Tapioca Plant 'Variegata' (Manihot esculenta)
As you see the sun setting the tree trunks absorb and reflect the soft rays. The Tapioca Plant 'Variegata' (Manihot esculenta) is perfectly situated to delight the eyes and pull your attention to the yellow reeds sitting at their base. Green carpet then dark purple delineates the border or edge to frame the bed. Manihot esculenta is considered a native of Brazil and Paraguay and has been cultivated and hybridized as a food plant but this variegated plant ads serpentine lines in the mass plantings.
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| Yellow Reeds, Chihuly Glass Exhibit The Tapioca Plant 'Variegata' (Manihot esculenta) |
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Yellow Reeds Chihuly Glass Exhibit
The Tapioca Plant 'Variegata' (Manihot esculenta)
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| Honey scented Blackfoot Daisy Texas Native |
A Few Xeriscape Plants
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| Berberis trifoliolata 'Agarita' |
The Vitex foliage and flowers are a beautiful shade of green and blue
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| Little Round Leaf Vitex |
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| Monk's Pepper (Vitex agnus-castus) Native to the Mediterranean Region |
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Desert- Willow Tree
(Chilopsis linearis) |
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| Anole |
Ginkgo Tree
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| Ginkgo Biloba Tree Female Tree with Fruit Fan or Duck-Feet Shaped Leaf |
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| Gomphrena and Canna |
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| Pride of Barbados (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) Native to the West Indies and Tropical America |
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| Pride of Barbados (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) Native to the West Indies and Tropical America |
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Walk down the path that curves.
Ethereal Spider Lily in the moonlight.
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| Giant Spider Lily, Hymenocallis 'Tropical Giant |
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Crape Myrtles with the Beluga Glass. |
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| What an enjoyable evening. I hope you enjoyed the photos. |
Hyden Photography
for
Grassroots Horticulture
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