Sunday, November 26, 2023

Native Plants. Part 4. Cultivars

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Increasingly you see advocates for planting natives adding "do not buy cultivars."  Cultivar is defined as "a plant variety t...
Sunday, November 19, 2023

Lyon Arboretum, Honolulu

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Lyon Arboretum of the University of Hawaii at Manoa provides a look at Honolulu quite different from the beaches.  View of Waikiki Beach, Ho...
Sunday, November 12, 2023

Grow Native Plants Part 3. Finding Natives to Grow, Continued

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Bird and insect numbers in North America have dropped drastically in the last 20 years. Expert opinion says that to restore them, we have to...
Sunday, November 5, 2023

Plant Story -- Handsome Maltese Cross, Silene chalcedonica

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Maltese cross is a handsome red garden flower, easy to remember once you have noticed it. I learned it as Lychnis chalcedonica but properly ...
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Sunday, October 29, 2023

Grow Native Plants Part 2. Finding and Growing Native Plants

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I wrote last time about the benefits of planting natives in our yards. ( link ) With a few notable exceptions, most American yards, ornament...
Sunday, October 22, 2023

Grow Native Plants. Part 1: Why?

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The conservation community is urging people to grow plants native to their area. At the same time, you can find articles arguing against pla...
Sunday, October 15, 2023

Plant Story--European Pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium

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Pennyroyal ( Mentha pulegium ) is a small European mint (mint family Lamiaceae) that was an important medicine for millennia. It was used to...