Sunday, April 24, 2016

Plant Story--Flowering Shrub of Spring, Amelanchier, Serviceberry, Saskatoon

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A shimmer of white in my front yard: the serviceberry is flowering! You might call it shadbush like my parents did, or saskatoon, as t...
Monday, April 18, 2016

Visiting Baja California—Amazing Plants

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island: Gulf of California We set off for the Whales and Wildness cruise in the Gulf of California with Lindblad/National  Geographic (...
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Sunday, April 10, 2016

Visiting Portland--Japanese Garden

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a red camellia One of the highlights of Portland, Oregon for the plant enthusiasts is the Portland Japanese Garden ( link ).
Sunday, April 3, 2016

Plant Story--Everybody Loves Narcissus and Daffodils

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Daffodils! The English called them daffodowndillies 400 years ago. The scientific name is Narcissus. Narcissus, daffodils, jonquils and...
Sunday, March 27, 2016

Plant Story--Deathcamas

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Deathcamas. It is a name to put you off from the start. Yet it has a beautiful flower! Zigadenus venenosus meadow deathcamas Pretty ...
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Sunday, March 20, 2016

Visiting Portland, Oregon--Gardens in the Rain

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Portland: Flowering trees, but note the gray sky. We went to Portland, Oregon for just a weekend in the middle of March, 2016. Oh! the c...
Sunday, March 13, 2016

Nasty Plants 2: Some Pretty Plants Will Poison You

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oleander: very beautiful, very poisonous Some plants repel the animals that would eat them with spines ( previous post ). But other plan...
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