The Botany Photo of the Day page at the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden site is always worth a visit. They post a photo, along with a brief discussion that points to a pile of references that you could… Read More »no such thing as a boring plant
Dichelostemma capitatum, in bloom in the garden now: My plants come from a native plant sale ten years ago, and they’ve multiplied in the front yard, through both division of the bulbs and self-sowing. In a wet year the flowering… Read More »blue dicks
Here’s a picture of our cat Scooter, squinting: Lovely, eh? She’s definitely great company in the house or when we’re outside gardening. But being a cat, she’ll be around one minute and off doing something else the next, only to… Read More »cats, bulbs, corms and tubers