The Desert Garden is one of the signature gardens at The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in Southern California, known as The Huntington.

It is a fully mature collection of succulents and cactus from around the world – a photographers fantasy land, full of strong shape and textures.  On March 4, 2023 the light revealed these wonders.  I am indebted to John Trager, curator of the collection for identification.

The following photos are newest part of The Huntington Botanic Garden gallery and can be licensed there.

Orange flowering Aloe 'Jacob's Ladder' with bicolor Aloe petricola in Desert garden at Huntington Botanic Garden, Los Angeles, California

Orange flowering Aloe ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ with bicolor Aloe petricola

Vachellia farnesiana (syn.Acacia farnesiana), Sierra Sweet acacia tree with cactus and Kalanchoe

Aloe principis hybrid flowering with purple iceplant (Lampranthus productus)

Aloe hybrid – A. principis x arborescens foliage tapestry

Aloe ‘Mango Madness’ orange flowering succulent

Succulent border tapestry with flowering Sweetheart Geranium, Pelargonium echinatum

Aloe thraskii South African succulent

Cleistocactus strausii (Silver Torch Cactus, Wooly Torch)

Desert garden with Cleistocactus strausii (Silver Torch Cactus) in succulent foliage tapestry

Aloe speciosa, Tilt-Head Aloe tall flowering succulent with Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi groundcover

Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, (syn. Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi) flowering succulent

Fouquieria macdougalii (Ocotillo) with Cephalocereus senilis (Old Man cactus) and Echinocactus grusonii (Golden Barrel Cactus)

Yucca aloifolia (variegated) Spanish bayonet with barrel cactus

Agave americana, gray foliage succulent among barrel cactus

Beaucarnea recurvata, Elephant's foot or ponytail palm, evergreen caudiciform shrub small tree in Desert garden at Huntington Botanic Garden, Los Angeles, California

Beaucarnea recurvata, Elephant’s foot or ponytail palm, evergreen caudiciform shrub small tree

Aloe hybrid ‘David Verity’ x ‘Marlothrask’ flowering succulent

Aloe arborescens flowering in a succulent tapestry

Euphorbia canariensis Canary Island spurge or Hercules club.

Aloe marlothii – Mountain Aloe flowering succulent

Kniphofia uvaria – Red-Hot Poker flowering succulent

Aloe ‘David Verity’ flowering succulent

Aloe petricola, Stone Aloe flowering succulent

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