Monthly Archives: April 2011
The Bee Report
Plenty of bees on these poppies. (You weren’t expecting hard science, I hope. ) But this is a subject too serious for flippancy. The short version is that bees are still in serious trouble (and by symbiotic association, so then … Continue reading
Posted in creatures
Tagged bees, Colony Collapse Disorder, Ed Wood, neonicotinoids, pesticides, pollinators, science fiction, Tilda Swinton, Tim Burton
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Some Plants to Forget
You won’t be rushing home from work to check on how these plants are holding up on a hot, dry summer day. Just forget about them. Aeonium with a nice, snaky curve, ballota, sedum, golden sedge, and a little pelargonium … Continue reading
Posted in Plant Portraits, succulents
Tagged Aeonium arboreum, Ballota 'All Hallows Green', Ballota acetabulosa, Ballota pseudodictamnus, geraniaceae, Marrubium bourgae, nutmeg geranium, Pelargonium x fragrans 'Joanne's Spring Clover', Robin Parer, scented geraniums, Sedum rupestre 'Angelina', Valerie Finnis
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Man-Eating Corydalis
There’s a man-eater loose in the neighborhood Image found here. Not a tawny blur of shadowy stripes, but a flutter of ferny glaucous leaf, 4X4 feet. Big enough for a tiger cub to hide behind. Corydalis heterocarpa, Corydalis heterocarpa var. … Continue reading
Posted in Plant Portraits
Tagged B&T World Seeds, Corydalis heterocarpa var. japonica, Plant World Seeds, zone 10
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Occasional Daily Photo
California poppies and agave at sunrise in an Altadena, California garden designed by Sue Dadd.
Gladiolus communis ssp. byzantinus
Some byzantine glads opened while I was out of town a few days. Flowers have that unerring sense of timing, don’t they? As I’ve written before, these bulbs are an inferior strain, in that they are not the desired deep … Continue reading
Posted in Bulbs
Tagged Beth Chatto, Gladiolus communis ssp. byzantinus, Old House Gardens
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