Rare Corpse Flower's bloom brings thousands to Adelaide Botanic Garden
13 January 2023
The eyes of the world were on the Adelaide Botanic Garden after a rare and endangered Corpse Flower, aka Titan Arum, flowered for the first time in a decade.
Date posted: 29 January 2016
Welcome to the first Little Sprouts Kitchen Garden Blog of 2016! While our Visiting Program sessions took a break over the festive season, by no means did action in the Garden stop. Horticultural Curator Pip has been busy making sure the Garden copes with the summer heat and it's looking positively a-maz-ing. Our huge pumpkins, "Moon and Stars" watermelon and eggplants are all popular with visitors right now.
Construction of Stage 2 of the Garden has begun and when finished it'll include a hand-washing and drink station, tables with seating, raised garden beds, the completion of water pumps and a new planting plan – but more on that in a future blog!
Let’s take it back to late spring now, where we made a very exciting observation in the Kitchen Garden – the arrival of native blue-banded bees! We have been spotting them (Amegilla cingulata) mainly around the Sacred Basil and Borage flowers.
Here are few facts about this wonderful bee:
Don’t forget bookings for the Little Sprouts Kitchen Garden Visiting Program are now open. The general public are welcome to visit the Garden when sessions aren’t being held.
Image credit: By Vengolis (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
13 January 2023
The eyes of the world were on the Adelaide Botanic Garden after a rare and endangered Corpse Flower, aka Titan Arum, flowered for the first time in a decade.
06 January 2023
The Titan Arum, or Corpse Flower, is known for its notorious smell - but did you know these plants have a fascinating life up to 10 years prior to the stinky inflorescent bloom?