Sunday, June 28, 2015

Plant Story--Beautiful Blanket Flower, Gaillardia

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Blanketflower, Gaillardia , is a native you probably know as a garden flower. Native garden flowers are not all that common. Recently, ...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

Visiting Taiwan--Flowers, Sheep and Lanterns

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My wandering took me back to Taiwan in February 2015.  The plums and cherries were in bloom, attracting people with cameras.  Th...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

Plant Story--Abronia fragrans, Prairie Snowball, Lovely and Elusive

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Abronia fragrans is a plant I would like to grow. So far, no luck! My common name for  Abronia fragrans is prairie snowball, but the US...
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Sunday, June 7, 2015

Plant Story -- Iris, All the Colors of the Rainbow

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Iris is a common garden plant all around the world. The genus Iris , in the iris family, Iridaceae, has about 280 species, distribute...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

Visiting Northern Colorado--Devil's Backbone in Late Spring

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Go out and notice the flowers! Devil's Backbone Natural Area i s a popular recreation (hiking, bird-watching) area just west of...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

Visiting Gibraltar part 2 -- A Fascinating Rock

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I hadn’t grasped how small and densely populated Gibraltar is: 2.6 square miles with over 30,000 people. The bay teemed with commerce...
Sunday, May 17, 2015

Visiting Gibraltar--At the End of the Mediterranean

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Gibraltar! A name of adventure. I had read of it in many novels; now I was eager to see it for myself.  Not only was there The Rock, but I a...