Sunday, July 31, 2022

Thoughts on Weeds, Useful Plants, and Wild Plants

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Facebook gardening groups post pictures of plants found in their yards and ask "Is this a plant or a weed?" Botanically that is a ...
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Sunday, July 24, 2022

Estes Park, Colorado: Wildflowers along the Stream

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Hiking in Estes Park, Colorado at 7,500' elevation on the east side of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, last June, I climbed a rocky slope ...
Sunday, July 17, 2022

The Victoria Water-lily 2. The Plant

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The Victoria water-lily ( Victoria amazonica ) is a grand plant with 8' diameter leaves and big fragrant white flowers. It caused a stir...
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Sunday, July 10, 2022

The Victoria Water-lily I. History

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It is one of the wonders of the world. A water-lily with leaves 8' in diameter and beautiful fragrant flowers nearly 12" across. It...
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Sunday, July 3, 2022

Estes Park, Colorado, June Wildflowers

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 Hike with me up a dry mountainside in Estes Park, Colorado. It is late June, almost July. But mountains are fun; climb a few hundred feet o...
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Sunday, June 26, 2022

Thinking about Insects

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We need to revise our attitude toward insects.  It is probably fair to say we've waged war on insects this last half-century in the Unit...
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Sunday, June 19, 2022

The Attractive Wallflowers, Genus Erysimum

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western or sanddune wallflower, Erysimum capitatum Spring and early summer is when most members of the cabbage and mustard plant family, Br...