This Sunday I spent an enjoyable hour on a tropical vacation, at the Allan Gardens greenhouses, located on Carlton east of Jarvis. (Not only a convenient location for me, but free too!)
The entrance features a high domed ceiling and some very large plants. The tree on the left is a common screw pine (
Pandanus utilis). In the background you can see the very large leaves of a banana tree (
Musa spp.).
In the greenhouse south of the entrance hall, seasonal bedding provides a carpet of colour beneath the larger permanent residents. Currently the bedding plants include azaleas (
Rhododendron spp.),
Cyclamen, daffodils (
Narcissus spp.), and snowdrops (
Galanthus spp.), with tulips (
Tulipa spp.) and
Crocus in bud.
Also in the south greenhouse, a pond features a statue of Leda and the swan. The white frond like things in the background are actually ornamental cabbage or kale (
Brassica oleracea) which has bolted. In person they looked like little white Christmas trees.
In a greenhouse to the north of the entrance is a collection of cacti and other succulents.
I've got close-ups of some individual plants in the Allan Gardens greenhouses. I'll be posting them with short profiles as time permits.
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