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title: Over the Moon for June!
date: 2016-06-01 00:00:00 -06:00
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- whats-blooming
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post-date: June 01, 2016
post-time: 4:33 PM
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<div class="text-center"> Here at the Garden, we are over the moon excited for the warm weather that brings an abundance of flowers. Now that it is June and many of you are out of school and the official start of summer is right around the corner, there is no excuse to not be at Red Butte enjoying nature's splendor.</div>

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  <img src="/images/blogs/Opuntia%20polyacantha%20Flower%20HMS16.jpg" width="560" height="420" alt="" title="" />
  <p>Plains Pricklypear &nbsp;&nbsp;<i> Opuntia polyacantha</i></p>
  <p>This plant may be prickly but it sure is pretty! Can be seen near Hobb's Bench.</p>

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  <img src="/images/blogs/Natural%20Area%20HMS16.jpg" width="560" height="420" alt="" title="" />
  <p>Natural Area</p>
  <p>Be sure to hike through the Natural Area while you are here, the scene is breathtaking.</p>

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  <img src="/images/blogs/Baptisia%20australis%20%27Bluemound%27%20Flower%20HMS16.jpg" width="560" height="1103" alt="" title="" />
  <p>Bluemound False Indigo &nbsp;&nbsp;<i> Baptisia australis </i> 'Bluemound'</p>
  <p>Along the Floral Walk, these exciting flowers are sure to lift your spirits.</p>

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  <img src="/images/blogs/Yucca%20angustissima%20Habit%20and%20Flower%20HMS16.jpg" width="560" height="1088" alt="" title="" />
  <p>Narrow-leaf Yucca &nbsp;&nbsp;<i> Yucca angustissima</i></p>
  <p>These unique flowers are thick and waxy and can only be pollinated by the Pronuba moth. You will find this native beauty at Hobb's Bench.</p>

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  <img src="/images/blogs/Picea%20orientalis%20%27Aureospicata%27%20Habit%20and%20New%20Growth%20HMS16.jpg" width="560" height="810" alt="" title="" />
  <p>Golden Candle Oriental Spruce &nbsp;&nbsp;<i> Picea orientalis</i> 'Aureospicata'</p>
  <p>On the way to Hobb's Bench, check out the wonderful contrast of yellow new growth against the dark green old growth. Amazing right?!</p>

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<div class="text-center"> The sun is shining, so put on your sunblock and come see the Garden blooming with magnificent color.</div>


<h5 class="text-center green">Photos by Heidi Simper</h5>
