A Wandering Botanist

zucchini and yellow summer squash Sorting out the squashes is a job for experts, which I am not. They are wonderfully confused. “True squash...

red chrysanthemums   As summer fades into fall, a different set of plants dominate the landscape.  In my garden, the chrysanthemums that wer...

All sorts of small animals can be found on flowers. All of them can safely be called flower visitors. Of the flower visitors, some are polli...

Wood sorrels,  Oxalis,  with flowers like little yellow stars, are common plants in disturbed areas across much of North America. They are w...

Gardens and yards are changing. People are reducing their use of herbicides and pesticides. Planting more water-wise plants. Adding natives....

I visited the cloud forest of Ecuador in May. As mountains everywhere rise, they block the movement of clouds. Day after day, clouds full of...

Blooming near you in North America, generally ignored, is black medic, Medicago lupulina (pea family, Fabaceae). This is a little invader fr...