The Blue Garden
Featuring plants with silvery to blue-gray foliage, including Blue Atlas Cedar (Cedrus libani var. atlantica 'Glauca'), Chilean wine palms (Jubaea chilensis), blue fescue (Festuca ovina var. glauca), Senecio mandraliscae, Mexican blue palm (Brahea armata), Queensland kauri (Agathis robusta), bunya-bunya (Araucaria bidwillii), hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) and two camphor trees (Cinnamomum camphora). "The trolls deny it, but I think they consider this their area" He smiles. To changeling eyes there seem to be a lot of blue chimera too, kite sized blue birds, blue gray squirrels and chipmunks, and of course, many blue nevers.
Bromeliads gardens
Aechmea fasciata at Lotusland
Here bromeliads cover the ground between large coast live oaks (Quercus agrifolia). Other notable plants include a branched pygmy date palm (Phoenix roebelinii), Trithrinax brasiliensis palms and giant ponytail palms (Beaucarnea recurvata). "Would you believe there's a trod that takes you to the beach between two palms? We have it closed off temporarily."
Butterfly gardens
Featuring varieties of flowering plants that support butterflies and other insects. Dozens of 'real' butterflies, but even more chimerical ones. One woman, a buterfly pooka is sunning herself in the nude though nothing is showing as she's on her belly and her wings cover a lot. Petey blushes "That's Parkay"
The Cactus Garden
Golden Barrel cacti at Lotusland, 2017
Cactus garden featuring a collection of columnar cacti begun in 1929 by Merritt Dunlap. Over 500 plants, representing about 300 different species of cacti in geographically organized groups. Notable specimens include species of Opuntia from the Galapagos Islands, Armatocereus from Peru and a complete collection of the genus Weberbauerocereus. Accent plants include Fouquieria columnaris (boojum tree), dry-growing bromeliads and several Agave species. The garden was designed by Eric Nagelmann and opened in 2004. A recent addition in 2014 completed Nagelmann's design. For some reason, a lot of the catcti are wearing chimerical hats of various sorts.
Cacti and euphorbias gardens
Abyssinian Banana (Ensete ventricosum) at Lotusland
A collection of cacti and euphorbias, including a mass of golden barrel cacti (Echinocactus grusonii) and large, weeping Euphorbia ingens. Ditto. They also notice a sluagh milking a cactus but for what purpose is hard to say.
The Cycad Garden
Lotusland has over 900 specimens of cycads, with nine of the eleven living genera and more than half of the known species represented. The collection includes three Encephalartos woodii, among the world’s rarest cycads and extinct in the wild.[4] "You'll only find those " He points to one "In three locations in the world. This is one of them"
Fern gardens
Featuring many types of ferns, such as Australian Tree Ferns (Sphaeropteris cooperi) and giant staghorn ferns (Platycerium). Other shade-loving plants such as angel trumpet tree (Brugmansia), calla lily (Zantedeschia), clivia hybrids and a collection of Hawaiian Pritchardia palms are present. The Chimerical dinosaurs here are interesting, mostly because they're the size of small dogs
The Japanese Garden
A small Shinto shrine surrounded by Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica), Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens cv. 'Santa Cruz'), a wisteria arbor, Japanese Maples (Acer palmatum), camellias, azaleas and several species of pine pruned in the Niwaki style. Indeed, a piskie of Japanese american descent is working skillfully with great focus. "That's Ray Dean. " He waves "Hey Ray" /Ray grunts but keeps working with skilled fingers and tools
Orchards collections
Citrus orchard (oranges, lemons, limes, kumquat, grapefruit, and guava)
Deciduous orchard, with 100 fruit trees (including peach, plum, apple, pear, persimmon and fig) and olive trees from the 1880s. An odd poster of a white monkey is up infront of it If you see this Chimera, call security!
The Parterre Garden
Formal planting beds and brick walkways with two central water features. Plantings include hedges, floribunda roses, and day lilies. They can feel glamour in the waters here but to what affect their guide doesn't say.
Succulent gardens
A variety of succulents including Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium lamerei), Aeonium, Fouquieria, Kalanchoe, Echeveria, Haworthia, Yucca and Sansevieria. It smells tastey here.
The Topiary Garden
Agave victoriae-reginae at Lotusland
Featuring a horticultural clock 25 feet (8 m) in diameter, bordered by Senecio mandraliscae; a boxwood maze; and a "zoo" of 26 topiary animals, including a camel, gorilla, giraffe and seal. Other frames are shaped as chess pieces and geometric shapes. Lotusland received an anonymous $1 million gift to endow the topiary garden in 2014. "Ray Dean did a lot of work here too"
Tropical gardens
Featuring orchid cacti (Epiphyllum), gingers (both Alpinia and Hedychium) and bananas both ornamental (Ensete) and edible (Musa). Another warning poster for that same monkey.
The Water Garden
Dracaena draco at Lotusland
Includes several species and cultivars of Indian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) and water lily (Nymphaea, Euryale ferox, Nuphar, Victoria) and also bog gardens featuring taro (Colocasia esculenta), ornamental sugar cane (Saccharum cv.) and papyrus. Something dives into the water and is gone with a ripple, no not something- Someone "Don't mind , some of us are shy"