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Winter Fat…Very Cool!
I think it’s fascinating that there are several species of winter fat found in Eurasia and Europe. That’s where the genus was first described...
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Stop the Presses! Passionflower Grows at Mesquitey Homestead!
I’m not sure at all how this species of Passiflora ended up in Ms. Mesquitey’s bed of basil. I reuse old nursery soil from...
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Day Trip and Ipomopsis longflora
This was a nice long day trip with many wonderful stops. I jabber about several plants, but now I wish I’d spent more time...
A Shrine in the Woodland
We have gone back to the shrine at the base of the walnut tree a couple more times. It’s a beautiful woodland and somehow...
Halt the Heat and Cue the Cool!
It feels like there have a been a couple false starts to fall, at least temperature wise, but maybe the cool days of autumn...
Mother of All Chiles
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum is thought to be the mother all chiles, because so many cultivars of peppers have come from this wild rascal....