Sunday, November 29, 2015

The Range of Prairie Plants--Natives of Edmonton, Alberta

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blanket flower Gaillardia aristida "I know that plant!" I was 1200 miles almost due north of home, in Edmonton, Alberta at a ...
Sunday, November 22, 2015

Visiting the Southern Hemisphere--Searching for the Southern Cross

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Don’t you hang upside down in the Southern Hemisphere?  It sounds strange to ask that, but since ancient Greece, it has been a recurring ...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

Plant Wonders--10 Tropical Plants Not to Miss

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Looking into the Costa Rican rainforest Ew! The tropics! Deadly snakes and poisonous plants! I tip-toed through the vegetation as if ev...
Sunday, November 8, 2015

Visiting Taiwan--Wild is Close By

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Taiwan is a small and densely populated island ( link ), but it has high mountains in the center and those mountains are so rugged that tha...
Sunday, November 1, 2015

Plant Story--Franklinia, the extinct American camellia

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On a tour of gardens in Philadelphi a, t he local guide stopped and said proudly " this is our franklinia." It was the third diff...
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Sunday, October 25, 2015

Visiting Cinque Terre on the Coast of Italy

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Cinque Terre, Italy  Four years ago I took a hiking tour of Cinque Terre and Tuscany in Italy with Backroads . Hiking tours range fro...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

Just a Glimpse of Milkweed Diversity

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swamp milkweed,  Asclepias incarnata Milkweeds, genus Asclepias , the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, are wonderful plants. They are such a...
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