Thanks, Derek! I'm so pleased to be able to label it. It certainly looks like the pictures online. It is lovely - looks like it's wearing an...
I took these pics 4 years ago today. I'd like to know the name of this fungus but couldn't find any matches online. Can anyone identify this for...
Wendy, you're so thoughtful! No, I haven't purchased anything, but salvaged a cutting of some unknown specimen being cut back by the city here in...
My Dan Hinkley Drimys has the red stems on both new and old growth. It has flowers right now, quite inconspicuous.
I picked up Farfugium japonicum 'Wavy Gravy' early last summer. The extent of the leaf ruffling varies quite a bit in online photos. Mine is a...
I read it last night, Ron. The mention of 'claws' is apt; they're reminiscent of grizzly claws! I appreciate you sharing resources - I'll...
Thanks for weighing in on this, Doug. My sweetie (Mike Novak, Soil Physics) thought you'd know this tree. An online image comparing coulteri...
Yes, they're quite prickly to handle! Thanks, Ron!
Hi Margot, Thanks for your suggestion, but these cones are massive, bigger than Ponderosa, I think. I was hoping Doug Justice would weigh in,...
My granddaughter is bringing her giant pine cone to school for Show and Tell and needs to do some research. It came from behind my partner's lab...
I had a diary note to visit the Vancouver City Hall to see the mock orange in the garden area to the northwest. Several years ago I saw blossoms...
Margot, your post made me happy! 'A few sweeties in my garden...' Yes!
Ron, thanks for teaching me how to think this through.