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Sculpture Garden Donors

$2,000,000+ Mikel L. and Bryce Breitenstein Stepan John Kallman Robert and Judy Gumbiner In celebration of Michael Damon and Susan Swank George Kimbrough $500,000+ Cazares Henry and Julie Taboada Julie Lawrence Robert Gumbiner Foundation Edward Clark Akio Tagawa and Yui Suzuki Eugene I. Majerowicz State of California Dept. In memory of Pat Cloonan Virginia Ann Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Paul Montejano Parks and Recreation Alice R. Crandall Robert R. and Jaclyn Tilley Hill and Family $250,000+ Claudia J. Cuevas Jennie and Henry Torres Albert and Madge Nusenow U.S. Dept. Housing Tim and Gay Degani In memory of Florence E. Turner Joe Phan And Urban Developing Joe Devinny and Betty Bluml Roy and Hope Turney Poniachik and Family Michael and Jennifer Lash René A. Diaz Walter F. Ulloa John and Kathleen Robe $50,000+ Glenn Ronald Ducat In memory of Javier N. Vigil William H. Robinson Banco Popular Adam Feldman Maritza A. Vigil Sheila B. Shaeffer Cisnero Capital Group Edwin and Maryann Feo In memory of James A. Weber Leigh and Catherine Smith $10,000+ In honor of the Flores-Carcedo Elisabeth Willback Michael and Carol Smith In memory of Jules Bates Marsocci-Melillo families Susan and Erich Wise The Bill Speaks Family Target Caroline Frost $100+ Margaret Ann Storkan In memory of Hal and Cecily Richard and Eileen Garson Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin William Ulloa and Alexandra Verble The Geer Family Maria Aquirre and David Seros $5,000+ Alix Gonzalez Dumka Johnson William T. Waddle The Faucett Faimily Foundation The Fred Harcourt Family Charles and Elizabeth Brooks Diane Ystrom Virginia Bell Jordan The Hinderberger Family Duane and Charmaine Day Judy and Marvin Zeidler Vincent and Sondra Lee Alec C. Horowitz Jack Downhill Marvin Zamost and Linda Haley Patrick and Jill Hutchings Patrick M. Ferguson $1,000+ Sue and Joe Izykowski Stephen Horn Joseph R. Austin Mark and Judy Johnson Marylyn Ginsburg Kenia Casarreal Adajian and In memory of Daniel K. Kao Homeira Goldstein Jacob Adajian Jorge Knull Julio and Paloma Ibarra Michael and Anita Bates Elaine and Adrian Kuyper Aracelly Izquierdo Coldwell Banker Residential Jerome and Flora Loeb Gary T. Izumi and Karen Brokerage Glenn and Elizabeth Lynch Schneider Richard and Linda Davalos Eugene I. Majerowicz Dixon and Carolyn Johnson Farmers and Merchants Bank In memory of Donald and John Kallman Margaret and Carlos Fontiveros Rebecca Marcus George Kimborough In memory of Betty Lou Frost Meagan Mattingly Eugene I. Majerowicz PALAS POR PISTOLAS Jackie Kell Mary and Bill McDonnell Robert Marseille Charles and Jean Lane Kevin Patrick and Ana Maria Mr. and Mrs. Paul Montejano Ronald Morgan McGuan and Family

In memory of Lucie Noerenberg William McKinnon Nancy Mullio Jaime Pagan-Amador In honor of Mark. A. Miller Albert and Madge Nusenow Kurt Schulzman and Richard Robert Mills Joe Pham Neri Gleyenna Morris Poniachik and Family Pedro Reyes (Mexico, b. 1972), In collaboraon with United Health Solutions William and Joan Mueller John and Kathleen Robe Araceli R. Vargas and Randell Y. Dorothy and H. Luis Natál William H. Robinson Rafael Ortega (Mexico, b. 1965) Kina Bernard F. Natelson Leonila Rodriguez Richard and Rebecca Zapanta Bill and Mary Lou Nicolai Sheila B. Schaeffer $500+ Michael and Sylvia Nieto Phillip and Doris Scott Alfredo Annino Construction, Inc. Joanne O’Byrne Leigh and Catherine Smith In honor of Michael Bates 80th Jim and Angie O’Neill Michael and Carol Smith In 2007, Pedro Reyes was invited to Culiacán, a major drug Birthday William and Beverly O’Neill The Bill Speaks Family Alis S. Gumbiner Linda and Murray Palitz In memory of Lance M. Wein- trafficking center that is also one of Mexico’s most violent cities, to Otis and Linda Heald Lucille and Edgar Pash berg launch a campaign where residents were asked to donate weapons Bruce A. Larson Sandra Pattison Diane Ystrom Julie Nava Lawrence In memory of Graciela Alexandra Judy and Marvin Zeidler that were then melted and made into shovels to plant trees ( Creative Tim Misenhimer Peña Founding Brick Donors Time Reports, 2013). They received 1,527 guns, and the metal was Robert Romero Jr. Maureen and John Poole Alfredo Annino Construction, Inc. In memory of Stella and Ray Patrick Rass and Alan Lang Vibiana Aparicio Chamberlin used to make 1,527 shovels to be distributed to a number of art Serna David Redmiles and Richard Ron and Sandra Baers institutions and public schools where adults and children engage in William T. Waddle Speck Michael and Anita Bates $250+ Marjorie and Robert Rivera Duane and Charmaine Day the action of planting 1,527 trees. MOLAA was one of those Oscar and Graciela Acosta Amy Rosenbaum Roger Funk institutions, and selected this Ocotillo tree to be planted in honor of Carrie Adrian Ron and Sharon Ryan Marylyn Ginsburg Jeff and Jasmin Aldaz Loretta Sanchez Homeira Goldstein Reyes’ pedagogical endeavor of showing how an agent of death can Annette Alender Robert and Kathleen Shumacher Alis S. Gumbiner become an agent of life. The tree was inaugurated during Amala Ruth and Kenneth M. Schwartz Julio and Paloma Ibarra In honor of Jonathan Anderson Martin and Gloria Simon Gary T. Izumi and Karen the “MOLAA Neighbor Appreciation Day” in partnership with the Long Phil and Pat Appleby Leigh and Catherine Smith Schneider Beach Community Project Grant Committee. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick W. Bixby In memory of George and Louise Dixon and Carolyn Johnson

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A plant indigenous to the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Desert. Ocotillo is not a Table of Contents true cactus. For much of the year, the plant appears to be an arrangement of large spiny dead sticks, although closer examination reveals that the Architectus’ design philosophy 1 stems are partly green. Dense clusters of red - tubular flowers grow from the end of the stems from MOLAA Sculpture Garden Design Concept Philosophy 2 March through Sculpture Information OCOTILLO June. The Sculptures in the Garden 3 FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS Select Sculptures from MOLAA’s permanent collection 4-7 A cycad native to southeastern Veracruz state in Plant Information eastern Mexico. Although not a palm tree, its growth habit is superficially similar to a palm. This MOLAA’s Eco -Friendly Landscape 8 cycad grows very slowly when young, but its growth - accelerates after the trunk matures. The fleshy Palms 10 11 trunk serves as a water reservoir in times of Tropical/ Tender Perennials Palms 12 drought. Trees/ Tropical/ Tender Perennials 13 CARDBOARD CYCAD Tropical/Tender Perennial/ Cactus and Succulents 13 ZAMIA FURFURACEA Cactus and Succulents 14 -20

Yucca rostrata is a slow -growing tree -like yucca Yucca Rostrata Engelm 21 with upright stems and beautiful shimmering Zamia Furfuracea 21 topknot of slender grey -blue foliage. The leaf - margins are minutely toothed, translucent yellowish. Fouquieriaceae 21 Large clusters of white flowers bloom on yellow - orange coloured stalks that rise above the foliage Special Installation on mature plants in late spring. Palas Por Pistolas 22 BEAKED YUCCA YUCCA ROSTRATA ENGELM

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S. coryne comes from high, arid regions of northwestern Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. Plants reach 25 feet tall, branching from a thick, ARCHITECTUS’ DESIGN PHILOSOPHY basal trunk. It produces white funnel -form flowers, which can be almost 6 inches long. The flowers open at night and may remain open through the following day. The fruit, green to red and covered “Architecture is a beautiful combination of divine inspiration, with scales, is eaten by various groups in the Gran human artistic intuition and expression that produce environments Chaco of Argentina. which reflect the philosophies, values and personal needs of the ARGENTINE TOOTHPICK people who use the buildings created. Excellent design serves STETSONIA CORYNE people by providing them with security, comfort, convenience, and quality beyond utilitarian value.”

Victoriae Reginae is named after the English Queen Victoria and it is endemic to the Chihuahuan Christopher Brown Desert. Victoria Reginae is a slow growing plant and it may take as long as 40 years before it ever blooms. When it blooms it sends up a flower stalk that is 10 to 15 feet tall with pale green to cream flowers. The plant dies soon after blooming.

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This species is endemic to the States of Bahia, Espirito Santo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It MOLAA SCULPTURE GARDEN DESIGN CONCEPT PHILOSOPHY occurs in dense or sparse restinga and rocky cliffs by the coast. It has a very narrow (near threatened) distribution along the coast. The Public outdoor gathering spaces are critical to any fine museum. major threats for this species are coastal devel- opment and tourism, plantation of tropical fruits They are places of mediation and repose. They balance the visual and plantation of trees. art exhibit allowing the viewer to stop, reflect on what they have seen and define their internal response to it. CACTUS PILOSOCEREUS PILOSOCEREUS ARRABIDAE The MoLAA Sculpture Garden was a natural expansion to an already superb museum for the City of Long Beach. It was conceived to be a unique oasis in the middle of an urban context. The design team The commonly cultivated Pilosocereus pachycladus is a blue cactus with hairy areoles that emit golden recognized that Long Beach had no private exterior public gathering spines. space that could be used for meditation, private parties, weddings and entertainment venues. The design for this oasis was inspired by the front expansion and continued the same theme of large wall elements, interlocking platonic solids, decorative wall niches and the use of strong vibrant accent colors found in many Latin American BLUE COLUMNAR CACTUS courtyard designs. Renowned Architect, Ricardo Legorreta, was a PILOSOCEREUS PACHYCLADUS strong source of inspiration that was used to give this garden its Latin feel. The use of thick wall elements to define the front entrance of the garden and the large adjacent southern wall are characteristic A spreading succulent from South Africa that of how Legorreta and other Hispanic architects have implemented grows to 12 to 18 inches tall with 3 to 4 inch long blue gray pencil -like fleshy leaves and small modernistic design principles to define space and direct people rayless dull white flowers in mid -summer. Forms a through those spaces. dense mat with leaves angled upward from the

ground. To reinforce the visual interest within the garden, different raised and lowered platforms have been introduced. They gracefully break up KLEINIA the 15,000 sq. ft space into smaller intimate areas. The main focal SENECIO MANDRALISCAE point is the raised platform to the north side of the garden that is used for a variety of purposes, transforming this little oasis into a lecture or entertainment venue. In keeping with the Latin design This cactus produces large fragrant white flowers tradition, the garden has been equipped with a central water that bloom from July to September, and are open element. This garden contains two low profile bubbling water for just a single night. Pitayo Agrio grows from fountains with the largest being located in the center. These two Ensenada south to the Cape Region. Early Spanish explorers and sailors ate the fruit to prevent scurvy. elements bring yet another natural element to the “oasis” and thereby help connect this space to its larger ocean context of the City of Long Beach. To complement the water features and frame the architectural elements, indigenous desert plants have been carefully selected and positioned along the main pathways.

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Native to Hidalgo Mexico, Opuntia microdasys is a THE SCULPTURES IN THE GARDEN fine spined cactus and extremely fast grower. Interestingly, this species like some other Opuntias produce an interesting phenomenon. The flowers In 2006, the Robert Gumbiner Sculpture & Event Garden was start out bright yellow, but by late afternoon they've inaugurated as a venue to host public and private events and for faded to a lovely salmon color. the display of outdoor sculpture represented in the MOLAA Permanent Collection. BUNNY EARS

Initiated by the Robert Gumbiner Foundation Collection, the OPUNTIA MICRODASYS var. PALLIDA MOLAA Permanent Collection has actively pursued the addition of outdoor sculpture to the collection. The collection has grown due to the generous donations from artists and collectors, as well Opuntia Violacea is native to Texas, Arizona as by long -term loans. The sculpture garden now presents a and Northern Mexico. Its round pads have a bluish tint and in winter or times of drought turn permanent display of over 30 abstract and figurative sculptures red or purple. The flowers are yellow. representing almost one artist per Latin American country.

A wide range of styles and themes in various media of bronze, NOPAL - wood, metal, stainless steel and polychrome metal reflect the OPUNTIA VIOLACEA grand diversity of sculptural forms produced by the Latin American artist. Abstract works of note are the bronze sculpture Found native throughout Hidalgo, Querétaro, by Peruvian artist Fernando de Szyszlo, the stainless steel Guanajuato and Oaxaca, Mexico. This species is sculpture by Mexican artist Leonardo Nierman and the commonly called the Fence Post cactus because it has for many years been used and cultivated as a polychrome metal sculpture by Argentinean artist Perez Celis. fence for livestock. Figurative works of note are the bronze sculptures by Guatemalan artist Max Leiva, Panamanean artist Guillermo Trujillo and Cuban artist Carlos Luna. FENCE POST CACTUS PACHYCEREUS MARGINATUS

Native to Northwestern Mexico, large stands of these magnificent cacti can still be found, but many have been destroyed as land has been cleared for cultivation in Sonora. These cacti have a symbiotic relationship with bacterial and fungal colonies on its roots, which allows it to grow on bare rock even where there is no soil available at all, as the bacteria can fix nitrogen from the air and break down the rock to produce nutrients.

MEXICAN GIANT CARDON PACHYCEREUS PRINGLEI

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A small -sized ornamental grass valued for its Carlos Luna (Cuba, b. 1969) light blue, fine -textured, and semi -evergreen War -Giro , 2005 foliage. Produces brown seed heads on the fruiting stalks that are marginally ornamental.

bronze, 98’’ x 90’’ BLUE FESCUE Gift of Cisneros Capital Group, FESTUCA GLAUCA Miami FL

Flapjack has paddle -shaped leaves attached to the Gustavo López de Armentía (Argentina, b. 1949) stem of the plant without a leaf stalk or petiole. The Objetos del mundo / Objects of the World , 2005 leaves are opposite, covered with a thick whitish wax. Its common name comes from the fact that the leaves are stacked on each other like flapjacks to form a rosette, and face upward to reduce their exposure to the mixed media hot sun. FLAPJACK Knife, 114’’ x 15’’ x 10’’

KALANCHOE THYRSIFLORA Fork, 119’’ x 10’’ x 3’’ On loan from galerie yoramgil, West Hollywood CA

A small cactus found in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas that reaches a maximum height of Fernando de Szyszlo (Peru, b. 1925) 6 inches. Plants may be solitary or part of small Sol Negro 2 / Black Sun 2, 1995 clusters. It blooms in spring and summer with pretty pink flowers arranged in a neat circle, followed by small red fruit. Spines are bristly white, short, and radial but with a longer and more central spine that are dark red -brown in color and strongly hooked at the

end. FISHHOOK PINCUSHION CACTUS bronze, 47’’ x 42’’ x 16’’

MAMMILLARIA GRAHAMII On loan from the Robert Gumbiner Foundation

Alberto Vargas Aguirre (Mexico, b. 1958) A small cactus endemic to central Mexico. La Creste -Ría , 2000 It grows about 12 in. tall and 3.9 in wide. The spines are red-brown with white radi- al spines and pink flowers that grow in a ring around the apex of the stem. The cactus grows low to the ground in solitary stainless steel, 76 ¾’’ x 28’’ x 16 ½’’ or in clusters. On loan from the Robert Gumbiner Collection SPINY PINCUSHION CACTUS MAMMILLARIA SPINOSISSIMA PAGE 18 PAGE 5

Echeveria peacockii grows naturally in Mexico and Williams Barbosa (Venezuela) in California. This plant has a short stem or none at Danza No. 1 / Dance No. 1, 2003 all. Leaves are numerous (50 or more), crowded, relatively narrow, 5 –6 cm long, 20 –35 mm wide, and arranged as a rosette. Echeveria produces 20 or more flowers, and begins to flower in June.

ECHEVERIA painted iron, 82’’ x 35 ½’’ x 22’’ ECHEVERIA PEACOCKII On loan from the Robert Gumbiner Collection

Luis Torruella (Puerto Rico, b. 1966) Direcciones Encontradas / Opposing A succulent endemic to Mexico with beautifully shaped rosettes of silvery white-blue waxy Directions , 2005 leaves edged with pink. It offsets freely creating a silvery white-blue carpet of identical mother and daughter plants.

Hen and Chicks

aluminum, 4’ x 8’ x 4’ ECHEVERIA SUBSESSILES ‘Blue’ On loan from the Artist

Sticks on Fire is a shrub that grows in semi - Gaudi Esté (Venezuela, b. 1947) arid tropical climates. The many branches on this Perro Nahualt Cara de Conejo / interesting tree are as thin as pencils with small leaves Nahualt Dog with the Face of a Rabbit , 2003 that are inconspicuous and soon drop. The color tends to fade closer to yellow in the summer, and becomes redder in the winter and color is always best when grown in full sun. E. tirucalli is a hydrocarbon bronze, 64’’ x 33 ¾’’ x 24 ¾’’ plant that produces a poisonous latex which can, with little effort, be On loan from the Robert STICKS ON FIRE converted to the Gumbiner Collection EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI equivalent of gasoline.

Guillermo Trujillo (Panama, b. 1927) El Nucho de MoLAA / MoLAA’s Baton , 2005 This cactus is native to the eastern Mojave Desert and western Sonoran Desert Ecoregions. Ferocactus cylindraceus is usually cylindrical or spherical, and it is covered in long, plentiful spines, which are straight and red when new and become curved and gray as they age. The cactus bears flowers that are maroon outside, and bright yellow bronze, ed. I/III, 80’’ x 16’’ x 13’’ inside, with red or yellow centers on the side that faces the sun. On loan from the Robert Gumbiner Foundation CALIFORNIA BARREL CACTUS FEROCACTUS CYLINDRACEUS PAGE 17 PAGE 6

Golden Barrel Cactus is rare and critically endan- gered in the wild, where it is found near Mesa de Max Leiva (Guatemala, b. 1966) Léon in the state of Querétaro, and in the state of Hidalgo. The population was critically reduced in De Incógnito / Incognito, 2005 the 1990s, by the creation of the Zimapán Dam and reservoir in Hidalgo. The cactus grows in volcanic rock on slopes, at altitudes around 4,600 ft.

GOLDEN BARREL CACTUS bronze, ed. I/VI, 75 ½’’ x 15 ¾’’ x 12 ½’’ ECHINOCACTUS GRUSONII On loan from the Robert Gumbiner Collection

A cylinder shaped cactus with white spine Leonardo Nierman (Mexico, b.1932) jeweled ribs that produces small buds at the Untitled , 2005 base and large showy flowers at the end of long tubes. The cactus is found in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.

EASTER LILY CACTUS stainless Steel, ed. II/VI, 7’ x 6’ x 5 ½’ ECHINOPSIS OXYGONA Gift of the Artist

Echeveria agavoides is a species of flowering plant in the Crassulaceae family, native to rocky areas of Noemi Marquez (Venezuela, b. 1933) Mexico, notably the states of San Luis Potosi, Moai F , 2005 Hidalgo, Guanajuato and Durango. E. agavoides is a small, succulent stemless plant, 8 –12 cm (3 –5 in) tall, with a rosette of leaves 7 –15 cm (3 –6 in) in diameter. It is often solitary, but old plants in good condition grow

LIPSTICK ECHEVERIA offsets. stoneware, 107 x 21 ½ x 17 ¾ in. ECHEVERIA AGAVOIDES Gift of the artist & Alberto Gorodi, Lalencia , Venezuela

Iván Rojas (Venezuela, b. 1965) .A succulent evergreen perennial native to semi - Personaje III , 2005 desert habitats in Mexico. The plant is composed of tight rosettes of pale green -blue fleshy leaves that produce multiple offsets. It blooms in winter and spring with long slender pink stalks of pink flowers with yellow tips.

bronze, ed. II/VII 47” x 29” x 8” Long -term loan from the artist MEXICAN SNOWBALL ECHEVERIA ELEGANS PAGE 16 PAGE 7

A succulent plant endemic to South Africa that produces tiny scarlet red flowers massed together Alberto Cavalieri in very showy dense clusters that rise above foliage (Venezuela, b. 1969) in mid summer. The flowers open slowly and last for nearly a month when in full bloom Nudo fragmentado III / Fragmented Knot III , 2006 PROPELLER PLANT CRASSULA FALCATA

The jumping cholla is an arborescent (tree - like) plant with one low -branching trunk. It often grows to heights of 12 ft, with drooping branches of aluminum, ed. 1/6, 41 x 65 x 31 chained fruit. The "jumping cholla" name comes ½ in. from the ease with which the stems detach when Gift of the artist brushed, giving the impression that the stem jumped.

JUMPING CHOLLA CYLINDROPUNTIA FULGIDA

Long (3 -4’), narrow, evergreen leaves that extend rigidly from the trunk in all directions form a José Luis Cuevas (Mexico, b. 1933) spherical -shaped, living sculpture. Older plants El tambor / The Drummer , 1991 develop short trunks and produce towering bloom spikes up to 10 -12 feet tall. The individual flowers are not showy, but the skyrocket form of the bloom spike is dramatic.

MEXICAN GRASS TREE DASYLIRION LONGISSIMUM

Dasylirion wheeleri is a moderate to slow -growing evergreen shrub with a single unbranched trunk. The flowering stem grows above the foliage, to a height of 16 ft tall. The stem is topped by a long plume of straw -colored small flowers about 2.5 cm long with six tepals. The color of the flower painted Steel, ed. 1/3, 72 x 25 x determinate the gender of the plant, being mostly 36 in. white colored for males and purple -pink for females

Gift of Dr. Robert Gumbiner plants.

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Cephalocereus senilis is a tall, columnar species with a shaggy coat of long, white hairs suggestive of unkempt hair on an old man. The coat is a par- - ticularly striking silvery white on the young cactus; MOLAA’s Eco Friendly Landscape as the plant ages the stem begins to lose its cover- ing. The flowers are red, yellow, or white, though The conceptual design of the Museum of Latin American Art’s the plant may not flower until 10 –20 years old. exterior landscape incorporates architecture and landscape elements that reflect minimal environmental impact. MoLAA’s OLD MAN CACTUS Sculpture Garden completed in 2006 was acknowledged by the CEPHALOCEREUS SENILIS Long Beach Water District as a local leader in the use of Water Wise concepts. The external landscape design includes plants that are slow -growing, have shallow root systems, and are California The Peruvian Apple Cactus is a large, erect, thorny - columnar cactus found in South America as well as Friendly. The landscape also includes drought tolerant plant types the nearby ABC Islands of the Dutch Caribbean. that can be seen in many landscapes in Latin America. The nocturnal flowers of this cactus remain open for only one night. The fruits, known locally as "pitaya" In addition, the external landscape design maximizes landscape or Peruvian Apple, are thornless and vary in skin water use as well as reduces area maintenance time. The exterior colour from violet -red to yellow. The edible flesh is landscape is equipped with efficient slow drip systems with deep

white and contains small, edible, crunchy seeds watering for trees and the use of timers to maximize efficiency. PERUVIAN APPLE CACTUS The parking lot drainage systems was also planned to minimize CEREUS PERUVIANUS water loss by utilizing potted plants, tier planters, sandy, loam soil, and pebbles that would function as receptacles for water drainage. The beautiful desert like landscape theme is well suited to the arid This catus is native to high mountain regions of Bolivia and Argentina, above 3,000 m (9,843 ft). Southern California climate as well as the concepts of appropriate Older cactuses, over 18 in tall, produce deep red, water retention, soil drainage and soil composition. burgundy, flowers in late summer. The 3 in long cylindrical flowers protrude horizontally from the columns.

SILVER TORCH CACTUS CLEISTOCACTUS STRAUSII

This species is endemic to Bolivia, where it occurs in the province of Florida, at elevations of 1,300 to 1,400 m.

Blooming Time: In spring and summer

GOLDEN RAT TAIL

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A. arboreum is native to the Canary Islands, where they inhabit desert areas. Blooming Time: In summer. The bright yellow flowers set against the almost black foliage is very showy.

BLACK TREE AEONIUM AEONIUM ARBOREUM

A South African succulent with rosettes of gray leaves that build up on each other to form a clump of about 1 foot tall. In the late spring, or- ange tubular flowers appear in un -branched spikes that rise 16 to 24 inches. Its natural habi- tat is critically endangered because of the areas transformation to agriculture.

SHORT -LEAF ALOE ALOE BREVIFOLIA

This plant comes from Kenya. An attractive and unusual succulent with 1 to 2 foot long stems that are at first erect but later arch over and are covered from the base with bright toothy -margined green Photograph by Maria Cruz leaves flecked with lighter green to white spots on inner and outer surfaces. It does not flower regularly but when it does it is in mid to late The Outdoor Landscape mirrors the aesthetics and design con- summer and is an TIGER TOOTH ALOE unbranched spike with cept of our Sculpture Garden. The existing plant & water system orange -red flowers. has been praised by the Long Beach Water Department for its ALOE JUVENNA eco -friendly design.

A succulent native to Madagascar that is well adapted to water -stressed environments. It’s considered a very aggressive weed and has become invasive in many dry and arid habitats in the United States, West Indies, Africa, and Europe. Bryophyllum delagoense can reproduce both sexually by seeds and asexually by plantlets.

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The yellow Palo Verde is a shrub or small tree A beautiful and elegant palm native to which grows in the Sonoran Desert of the Queensland, Australia. The King Palm tree southwestern United States and northern - Mexico. Palo verdes are "branch deciduous", growth rate is moderately fast (1 3 ft. per meaning that they may shed some of their branches year) with a height of 50 -80 feet and a spread during severe droughts, becoming a smaller tree. of 10 -15 feet. They also drop all their leaves during dry, hot periods to prevents water YELLOW PALO VERDE KING PALM loss. CERCIDIUM MICROPHYLLUM ARCHONTOPHOENIX ALEXANDRAE

Dracaena are evergreen trees, the few branches The Kentia Palm is an evergreen palm with bearing linear to lance -shaped leaves often solitary stems bearing large, long -stalked, crowded towards the tips; on mature plants, small pinnate leaves composed of linear segment; - greenish white flowers may be followed by orange with small star -shaped flowers. or red berries.

DRAGON TREE KENTIA PALM

DRACEANA MARGINATA HOWEA FORSTERIANA

Tree aloe is a species of aloe native to South Foxtail palms reach maturity at around 12 Africa. In its native climate this slow -growing tree years of age, at which time they are able to

can reach up to 54 ft high and 3 ft in stem produce flower heads. The genus is named in

diameter. Aloe barberae is Africa's largest aloe. The honor of “Wodyeti,” an Australian aborigine tree aloe flowers in winter and in its natural environment it is pollinated by sunbirds. who was the last man of his tribe to have knowledge of the flora and fauna of its region.

AFRICAN TREE ALOE FOXTAIL PALM ALOE BARBARAE WODYETIA BIFURCATA

Fox -tail agaves like other agaves, yuccas, and It is the only palm species native to many large aloes have rosette growth with leaves continental Europe and the northernmost arranged radially around a stem. They are unique naturally occurring palm in the world. The in that they are unarmed and don’t have any leaves of the adult plants have been used in spines or even sharp leaf margins. basket weaving to make mats, carrier baskets, and brooms.

MEDITERRANEAN FAN PALM FOXTAIL AGAVE CHAMAEROPS HUMILIS AGAVE ATTENUATA

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Chambeyronia macrocarpa is a solitary palm Bismarckia is a monotypic genus of flowering native to New Caledonia. The genus name plant in the palm family endemic to western commemorates Captain Charles and northern Madagascar where they grow in Chambeyron, French Naval open grassland. The genus is named for the Officer. Macrocarpa means large fruit. first chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck.

RED LEAF PALM BISMARCK PALM CHAMBEYRONEA MACROCARPA BISMARCKIA NOBILIS

Trachycarpus fortunei is a palm native to Brahea edulis is a palm endemic to Guadalupe central China. The palm has been cultivated Island, Mexico. The species is precariously rare in China and Japan for thousands of years, and the IUCN considers it Endangered (EN C1) for its coarse but very strong leaf sheath fibre, due to the large population of goats that ate the used for making rope, sacks, and other saplings and left the trees to become old and coarse cloth where great strength is sterile. important. WINDMILL PALM GUADALUPE PALM TRACHYCARPUS FOURTUNEI BRAHEA EDULIS

Washingtonia filifera is native to southwestern A palm native to Argentina, Brazil, North America. The Cahuilla and related Paraguay and Uruguay with large, showy tribes used the leaves to make sandals, clusters of orange -yellow, juicy, edible fruits, thatch roofs, and baskets. The Moapa band of the size of large dates, are produced and Paiutes as well as other Southern Paiutes often used to make jams or jellies. have also written memories of using this palm's seed, fruit or leaves for various purposes CALIFORNIA FAN PALM PINDO PALM including

WASHINGTONIA FILIFERA starvation food. BUTIA CAPITATA

A palm indigenous to the Madagascan rainforest. The linear leaflets are regularly arranged and are held in a narrow V -shape. The crown shaft is not closed but consists of bulging leaf bases that overlap in a triangular shape. Leaf used for thatching; fruits eaten by children, and formerly used to prepare a fermented drink.

TRIANGLE PALM DYPSIS DECARYI