Sunday, May 28, 2023

Plant Story - Horsetails, Equisetum species, Doing Just Fine

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Horsetails are odd enough that long ago when I knew very few plant names, I saw one and asked "what is this?" The hollow jointed s...
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Sunday, May 21, 2023

Patience...and the Gardener

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Patience is an important virtue for gardeners, one that is not praised enough.  Winter ends when winter ends. The last frost is months after...
Sunday, May 14, 2023

Plant Story-- Side-oats Grama, Bouteloua curtipendula, Attractive Native Grass

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When I was first introduced to the important native prairie grasses, I knew nothing about grasses and had no eye for distinguishing characte...
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Sunday, May 7, 2023

Travel Story--Rocky Mountain Hike, Early May

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It was early May at 7000' elevation. We walked out on a trail in Three Sisters Park, a Jefferson County Park, in Evergreen, Colorado. Th...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

Beach Lettuce, Fan Flower, Beach Naupaka, Scaevola taccada, Native and Ornamental

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This is the story of a successful native. Beach lettuce, fan flower, Scaevola taccada, grows on beaches across the Pacific Ocean. Called b...
Sunday, April 23, 2023

Plant Story--Wild Lettuces, Lactuca species, Common and Widespread

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Garden lettuce, Lactuca sativa (sunflower family Asteraceae) is just one of about 125 species in the genus. (See earlier post on garden let...
Sunday, April 16, 2023

Green Roofs in San Francisco

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In a spring escape, I was in San Francisco in late March. We visited museums, parks, and restaurants. Roof, California Academy of Sciences I...