Petey waxes poetic about life and finally describes a native Lotus. Let’s listen.
Lotus greenei is truly a beautiful wildflower and yes, it does need to be grown and made available in nurseries. But seeing it in the wild is pretty cool too, so call in well to work and go look for it. Just do it.
Petey laments some invasive plant species and in particular a non-native grass that is spreading in the hills near his home.
While weeding and cleaning his greenhouse Petey finds a nifty native Salvia sp. and tells us all about it.
There are a dozen species of Melampodium and I wonder which one Linnaeus was looking at when he honored Melampus with the genus name....
