SD Botanical Gardens Trip
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Botanical Gardens, by Gr. 3
At the Botanical Gardens, there were a lot fo paths. In fact my friend and I had to choose a random one! The first plant I noticed was a Bird of Paradise. It looked nice, but it didnt' look like a bird! Most of our group was lost. About three times we ended up near the parking lot. One of my favorite plants was a chin cactus. it didn't look like a chin, though. I don't know how they come up with those names.
Water falls, rocks, white sage, I like them all.
The Mexican poppy with leaves so floppy and all of the palm trees... a cactus with spikes--yikes!
We also went to the Hamilton's Children's garden. It was awesome and we had so much fun. The best part was when we got up on the tree house. It was so big; it could never get full. All of the parents were looking up from the bottom of the treehouse.
Botanical Gardens by Paulina
Old Man Cactus is found is a dry habitat in compacted or clay soil on level ground. It is tall and shriveled and thirsty. The stems are basal. The spines are located on tubercles, and they are clustered with one central spine and radial spines. The shape of the spines is subulate.
Botanical Gardens by Lindsey
1] Coffee Tree- Caffeine from the dried seeds or "beans" inside the coffee berry can treat headaches and migraines
2] Italian Flat Leaf Parsley- I love it in spaghetti and many other foods. It can also be used as an antiseptic for wounds.
3] Toothpick Cactus- It has beautiful blooms and fruit with a lemony rind that is edible.
4] Monkey Puzzle Tree- It can survive harsh weathers and is also the national tree of Chile.
5] Floss Silk Tree- My favorite tree! It has sharp spines on the trunk to protect the valuable silky seed floss that is used for pillows and mattresses.
6] Chalk Dudleya- This attractive succulent requires little summer water.
7] Chestnut White Sapote- This cultivar is a large tree with heavy fruit set. The fruit turns yellow-green when ripe.
8] Green-Red Banana- The peel on this banana changes to an orange-yellow color when ripe.
9]Mexican Lemon Verbena- Plants of this genus are used for flavoring foods in Mexico.
10] Golden Ball Cactus- This cactus branches with age. It has yellow blooms only when mature.
11] Galapagos Island Prickly Pear- The fruits are eaten by the gigantic tortoises found on these Pacific islands.
12] Coyote Bush- This is a common local shrub. Female plants have attractive white seed clusters in the fall.
13] Chaparral Yucca; Our Lord's Candle- This species grows locally in chaparral and coastal sage scrub plant communities.
14] Desert Agave- This attractive species grows in the Anza Borrego desert.
15] Sierra Star Red Fairy Duster- Red Bottlebrush-like flowers are found all year long on this evergreen shrub.
16] Kohuhu- This is a compact form of the common landscape shrub.
17] Nagi Broadleaf Pine- This is an attractive small evergreen tree.
18] Red Poker- Many hybrids have been developed as garden perennials.
19] Lions-Tail- The orange flowers are pollinated by sunbirds which are similar to hummingbirds.
20] Cape Heather- Hundreds of heather species grow in the fynbos habitat.
21] Mountain Cabbage Tree- This small, slow-growing, evergreen tree has corky bark, a swollen base and small green flowers in short spikes.
22] Mexican Poppy- This is a relative of the California poppy and blooms through the summer.
23] Guadalupe Island Pine- This rare variety of Monterey Pine has two needles per bundle.
24] Lemonade- Berry- This native shrub is common locally and is not very flammable.
25] Prostrate Chamise- This is a prostrate variety of our most common chaparral shrub.
What I liked by Nohelani, Gr. 9
My Favorite part was the Hawiian section. I love the hibscus and the vanilla plaiforgia. It was really gorgues and very pretty. The flower was the color white and the outside pink and the middle has a pink stem like the Hawi'ian flower. The rainforest was eally pretty and it was one of my favorite place. The fruit was that I like was the breadfruit. Breadfruit is a tropical fruit.
You wrap it in foil and cook it on 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.
You take it out and let it cool for about 5 minutes.
Then unwrap and eat it. It takes like bread.(If you put jelly and peanut butter it takes like a peanut and jelly)