Lotusland comments

Shmuel Silinsky gardenbetter@gmail.com
Sun, 11 Jan 2015 01:15:45 PST
Graey video!!  I have seen photos from Lotusland many times, but never got
a real feel for the place before. Thank you!

Shmuel
Jerusalem, Israel

On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Jim Foster <fosterjp@cox.net> wrote:

> Paul Licht mentioned Lotusland in his post.  I happen to be a docent there
> and give tours often.  One feature of Lotusland is the huge planting of
> clivia lily.  The bed is about 100 feet long by 25 feet wide.  In bloom it
> can be quite spectacular.  Some years are better than others so the
> argument is between good and great...
>
> There are few other bulbs there Haemanthus being the most common. The
> plant diversity is quite large with over 2500 taxa on 22 acres including
> one of the world's largest collection of cycads, over 150 species of both
> aloes and cacti and one of my favorites a half acre Dracaena draco forest
> including a 130+ year old specimen.
>
> For those curious here is a video tour made by a local quadracopter driver
> but being there is much more impressive.
>
> http://lotusland.org/explore-garden/…
>
>
> Jim
> Santa Barbara
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