Sunday, April 26, 2015

Plant Story-- Yellow Salsify, Tragopogon dubius, Weedy and Edible

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Yellow salsify, a plant I always called goat's beard, Tragopogon dubius , is coming up as a weed all over my garden. Right now it looks ...
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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Visiting San Francisco -- Asian Influences

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I recently wrote about Taiwan and Singapore as places to enjoy Chinese New Year celebrations. That made me think of places closer t...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

Visiting Taiwan--Taroko Gorge

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Taiwan is an island off the coast of Asia, shaped, they say, like a sweet potato. ( map ). The Tropic of Capricorn runs through it about 2/...
Sunday, April 5, 2015

Plant Story--Eastern Pasqueflower, Anemone patens, Heralding Spring

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The pasqueflowers are open! The native plants agree that it is spring. When I tell people pasqueflower is the first wildflower of spri...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

Plant Photo Album--Flowers of Early Spring

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Spring flowers! All over the northern hemisphere, the weather is warming and we look forward to enjoying the first flowers. What flower me...
Sunday, March 22, 2015

Plant Story -- Pomegranates, Punica granatum, in History

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pomegranates, Punica granatum  Pomegranates are a backyard shrub if you live where there are virtually no frosts, but an exotic fruit to...
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Sunday, March 15, 2015

Plant Story -- Pomegranates, Punica granatum, in Story and Symbolism

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A myth started me looking up pomegranates. In Granada, Spain, last fall, the guides explained that Granada was named for pomegranates, ...
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