A Wandering Botanist

My parents had a pretty little tree in the corner of the yard, a mountain ash. As a kid, I paid it very little attention. Meanwhile, I read ...

We curtailed our travel--or it was curtailed for us--due to covid. Now we're starting to get out again, finding that travel is changed a...

Four o'clocks are flowers I've loved since childhood. And, since I was a child, what I liked best were the seeds. Big, round with a ...

I'm over 70. One of the priviledges of age, I'm told, is to be irascible, telling you HOW IT IS! without worrying about your reactio...

Purple prairie clover is a very pretty native wildflower. It stands about two feet tall (sometime 3'), in a compact clump. The flowers a...

I've been writing this blog weekly since 2013, describing places or plants, or botanical ideas. Most weeks I include references. Reading...

English ivy, also called common ivy or just ivy, ( Hedera helix , ginseng family, Araliaceae) is a large woody vine native to central Europe...