Quarryhill Botanical Garden

Advancing the Conservation, Study, and Cultivation of the Flora of Asia

Plant of the Month

October 2008

 

Tricytris hirta(QBG #1989.396)

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Wild-collected as seed at 640 meters on Mount Kaimon-Dake in Kagoshima prefecture, Kyushu, Japan on November 1, 1989 by Michael Maunder, Bill McNamara and Shigeto Tsukie.  This perennial herb of the lily family produces hairy stems 40-80 cm tall, with long, oblong leaves 8-15 cm long.  Stems send out 1-3 flowers in late summer and early fall with white petals and myriad purple spots within.  It is common among the larger islands of Japan, except for Hokkaido.  It prefers rich, humus-filled soils that will drain well yet retain some moisture at all times.  Dappled shade is ideal, but full sun is possible when soil moisture is retained, in which case flowering occurs earlier in the summer.  Hardy to approximately -20° C and very susceptible to slugs.

Welcome to Quarryhill
Botanical Garden, an
Asian woodland in the Valley of the Moon, founded in 1987 on the rolling hills above Glen Ellen, California.

Open to self -guided tours Monday through Saturday from 9 am - 4 pm.  Closed Sunday and all major holidays.  

Docent-led tours available with two weeks advance notice.  Every third Saturday of the month join our open Docent led tours starting at 10 am.  Call for reservations,  707-996-3166.

For complete tour information see visitor info.


  

Events

 Coming Soon!

2009 Events and Workshops

 

The garden is open all winter.  We have only one Open Docent led tour left in our 3rd Saturday of the month series.  Join the docent on October 18th.

Please call and make your reservations today.

 

There is a new photo gallery called "What to look for in the garden".   If you are going to visit Quarryhill soon this photo gallery will give you an idea of what is going on in the garden. 

Also on the Volunteer page look for a few pictures of the September field trip.

Have questions
for the garden staff?
Email them to
info@quarryhillbg.org

Commonly asked questions
will appear in our
2008 Summer Newsletter.