Monday, May 27, 2013

Visiting Northern California: Flowering Agaves!

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Variegated Agave americana sending up flowering stalk, Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California    Agaves (asparagus famil...
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Plant Photo Album: Plants High Above Honolulu

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Hiking the hills above Honolulu     Plants from around the world have been introduced into Hawaii, hundreds of them.  Visitors, walkin...
Monday, May 13, 2013

Plants of the World: Every Plant is Native Somewhere

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California poppy in California grasslands Tortuguero National Park Costa Rica       Every plant is native somewhere! That is a t...
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Monday, May 6, 2013

Botany Rules 3: Why do Botanists Always Tell You the Plant Family?

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choke cherries, Rose family, Rosaceae         People writing about plants are forever sticking the plant family into the discussi...
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Plant Story: The dreadful field bindweed

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Sprouting field bindweed April 28, 2013. Bindweed !  The bindweed in my yard is up! field bindweed,  Convolvulus arvensis    B...
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Monday, April 29, 2013

Plant Photo Album: Plants of the Great Wall of China

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Plant growing on the Great Wall of China     With my husband, in 2010 I took a Photo Tour of China, with Grasshopper Adventures , led by...
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Monday, April 22, 2013

Plant Story: Common Dandelions of the World

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dandelions, Taraxacum officinale , Colorado, USA dandelion, Waimea, Hawaii     Dandelions, Taraxacum officinale ( sunflower family, ...
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