Floriferous Madness

June 05, 2014 •
Floriferous Madness
Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
Floriferous Madness

Jun 05 2014 |

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Show Notes

petey_8.05_430-petey-and-george 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.

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