Dramatic, decorative flowers, Beijing China |
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Plant Possibilities
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Spring Flowers
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Gardens and Art--Ribbit the Exhibit
Putting art displays in public gardens is trendy. It adds novelty to familiar vistas. I like both plants and art, but often it seems to me that the relationship between garden and art is strained. But I was delighted by J.A. Cobb's fanciful statues, "Ribbit the Exhibit" seen at the Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County, Florida.
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Barberries and Wheat
If you look at the entries in the Flora of North America for barberry species (Berberis), each notes whether it hosts Puccinia or not. That is not a common sort of entry into a plant description; Puccinia is a fungus, the genus of wheat rusts. (Examples Berberis amplectens, Berberis aquifolium , Berberis bealei and every other one: scroll down to Discussion).
Here's the story:
Japanese barberry |
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Travel Story--South Florida Flowers, and More
It was February and South Florida was green, while the northern half of North America was white (or brown).