Tag Archives: Montezuma cypress

cochineal

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Denise

“Under the seams runs the pain.” ― Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red I’ve been going over my notes the past couple months from Dr. Alejandro de Ávila’s remarkable lecture “Blood on a Fountain,” which he gave this past January at … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, creatures, design, garden travel, garden visit, science, succulents | Tagged Amy Stewart, cochineal, Dactylopius coccus, Dr. Alejandro de Avila, dyes, Helen Quinn, Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca, Monte Alban, Montezuma cypress, opuntia, Opuntia ficus-indica, Stenocereus marginatus, Taxodium mucronatum, The Drunken Botanist, The Ethnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca, UCBG "Natural Discourse", University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley | 6 Comments

mid-week garden jaunt

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Denise

There is a beloved, family-owned nursery in Pasadena that, over the past couple years, has become breathtakingly expensive. My now-20-foot Chinese fringe tree was bought here as a sapling they raised from seed. Many of my agaves were found here, … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden visit, plant nurseries, succulents | Tagged acacias, Aloe dolomitica, Aloe vanbalenii, aloes, Chionanthus retusus, Golden Barrel Cactus Echinocactus grusonii, Huntington Botanical Gardens, Montezuma cypress, opuntia, puyas, Romagna Purple artichokes, veltheimia | 4 Comments

The Montezuma Cypress

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Denise

Wandering a botanical garden such as the Huntington, one cannot but give thanks to rich industrialists for their interest in botany, whatever their sins. We can only hope the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, or George Soros will follow … Continue reading →

Posted in garden visit, Plant Portraits | Tagged Cypress-of-Tule, Huntington Botanical Garden, Mexico, Montezuma cypress, Oaxaca, Santa Maria del Tule, Taxodium mucronatum, Who Framed Roger Rabbit | 9 Comments