The Patagonia Giant Bumblebee
I heard about it long before we went to Patagonia…”The flying mouse” is what is has been called because it is so large and the orange/red coloration and fuzziness makes it look like a cute, little rodent. The large size is attributed to the…
The Yareta Plant: The Remarkable Green Jewel of the desert
Deep within the high-altitude regions of Bolivia and parts of northern Chile, thrives a strange botanical specimen known as the yareta (Azorella compacta). This extraordinary plant is sometimes called “moss lettuce” or “stone lettuce,” and even called a living boulder or green slime by…
Redosier Dogwood
Bottom Line Up Front: This is one of those native shrubs that I have actually been able to find in the normal plant retailers alongside the normal brought-here-from-another-continent plants. It is commonly purchased for its winter interest, but it also can feed up to…
American Black Currant
Bottom Line Up Front: American Black Currant is a wonderful and thornless shrub for your North American landscaping. It produces small fruit, and if you dont eat them, other animals will enjoy them. Though they were persecuted for harboring a white pine blight, many…
How to plant wildflowers
A bloom buffet right at your fingertips Everybody loves flowers, from the most cold-hearted to the most cheery of us. Nothing brings brightness to your day like the pop of color experienced in gardens, along highways, and in planters along sidewalks. So why are…
How to cure plant blindness
What if I told you that you were blind? That what you are seeing is actually not there? You would probably deny it, after all, you are reading this right now. Well, most people are blind: Plant Blind to be specific. This of course…