Ruth Bancroft Garden encore
I just finished a 3-part series about the Ruth Bancroft Garden (RBG) in Walnut Creek so it may seem redundant to post even more photos. On the other hand, can there ever be too much of a good thing? I ’ ll let you be the judge of that. The photos in this post were taken a couple of Saturdays ago on a somewhat unexpected second December visit. With some exceptions, they show different vignettes and plants than my other recent RBG posts. Massive Agave salmiana ‘Variegata’ standing guard at the entrance to the garden on Bancroft Road. The tall columnar cactus next to the Visitor Center is Echinopsis terscheckii (aka Trichocereus terscheckii ), sometimes called the Argentine saguaro because of its similar appearance. Agave salmiana ‘Variegata’, looking southeast, away from the garden entrance I wonder how many people driving by (don’t) notice this agave flower stalk? The plantings around the new Visitor and Education Center fall in the “friendly” categ...