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November 19, 2019 by Kurt Buzard

Gardens of the Hotel Bougainvillea in Costa Rica

Hotel Bougainvillea Garden. Costa Rica

Hotel Bougainvillea Garden. Costa Rica

The Hotel Bougainvillea is a relatively small, privately owned hotel in a suburb of San José in Santo Domingo near Santa Rosa in the Herdia province popular as a starting point for nature tours in Costa Rica. Part of the reason making this a popular choice is the affordable prices but the real selling point of the hotel is the 10 acre garden. It has been my experience that the most beautiful, varied and interesting gardens are created by a collector. While I never met the owner(s), this is truly a world class garden, with sculpture, mature local and special rare species from the surrounding countries and even an amazing rock collection. The rooms are typical of a Motel 6 but the restaurant is good, especially with local favorites and it has air conditioning. The Costa Rica National Gardening Association has given them an award as the best garden in Costa Rica. In this garden you can find small samples of the country’s crops, such as coffee, cocoa, bananas, pineapple and papaya. They have 22 types of bromeliads, 51 different orchids, 28 types of heliconia and 29 types of lilies among many other plants. Because it was winter, I only got to see a fraction of the garden in bloom but trust me, this is a garden you will want to visit.

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Filed Under: Costa Rica, Plants and Gardens Tagged With: Aechmea blanchetiana, Alcantarea imperialis, Balloon Plant, Blue Butterfly Bush, Bush Allamanda, Chenille Plant, Chipilín, Costa Rica, Duranta erecta ‘Alba’, Erythrina abyssinica, Euphorbia geroldii, Giant Shrimp Plant, Globe Amaranth, Golden Shrimp Plant, Golden Trumpet Tree, Guaria Morada, Guarianthe skinneri, Guzmania lingulata, Guzmania wittmackii, Marmalade Bush, Neoregelia carolinae, Pentas lanceolata, Peruvian Lily, Peruvian Zinnia, San José, Shining Mandevilla, Small-Funneled Lip Dendrobium Orchid, Star Jasmine, Striped Barbados Lily, Ti Plant, Tillandsia leiboldiana, Vanda luzonica Orchid, Vriesea hieroglyphica, White Sky Flower, Yellow Bells

May 12, 2016 by Max Distro LLC

Spring Landscapes in Las Vegas

Spanish Dagger Blossoms (Yucca gloriosa). Town Center, Las Vegas

Spanish Dagger Blossoms (Yucca gloriosa). Town Center, Las Vegas

Each year I write on the spring flowers in my home city, Las Vegas. This year I have decided to focus on plants used in public landscapes. Every city and town has a certain ambiance or sense of place. Often the ambiance is due to the people, sometimes the food, music or architecture but frequently it is the mix of plants and landscapes in the particular location. Although the plantings may reflect the surrounding area, sometimes plants are imported from elsewhere and over time become considered as a a native part of the environment. Even if two places are nearby, the landscapes can be completely different, based on water availability, affluence and even history. Las Vegas is not that far from Los Angeles yet the landscapes could not be more different. Not long ago I wrote about the succulents that are recently wildly popular in Los Angeles in part because of the mild climate. Las Vegas suffers from the same water shortages but it's landscapes are distinctly different, reflecting the deserts in the surrounding areas. This is not a complete list, but it will give you a sense of landscaping in Las Vegas and you will get to see some beautiful flowers.

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Filed Under: Las Vegas, Plants and Gardens Tagged With: Butterfly Iris, Chaste Tree, Chilopsis, Feathery Cassia, Flowers, Gardenia, Jasmine, Landscaping, Lantana, Las Vegas, Leucophyllum frutescens, Mexican Bird of Paradise, Oleander, Pink Powderpuff, Pomegranate, Pomegranite, Purple Sage, Red Yucca, Spanish Dagger, Spring Flowers, Texas Sage, Yellow Bells, Yellow Palo Verde, Yucca Gloriosa

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