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A shrub for all seasons. A native of the Pacific Northwest. A plant with an edible berry. A landscape addition with leaves of green all year long. This is Vaccinium ovatum or the evergreen huckleberry. Included in this beloved group Vaccinium is the blueberry, red huckleberry and cranberry. This shrub will enhance any garden. It can reach 2-3 feet in sun and 8-10 feet in … Continue reading Evergreen Huckleberry
I liked this book. Did it make me want to don a 50 pound pack and disappear into the wilderness for three months? No. Did it make me want to sit down with a can of cream soda and read about the wilderness? Yes. Actually, what I really want to do after completing this story is just what the title says, go for a walk … Continue reading Book Review—A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
We saw these adorable baby birds today at the nursery, what are they? Nuthatches? Continue reading Baby Birds!!!
Now. Now on a Saturday. Now in January. Now in the winter of the year two thousand and eleven. What catches your eye now? Not that beautiful stranger or that creamy chocolate cupcake, botanical interests only please. With your outside eye, which plants fascinate and enrich during this time of dark-cold? The birch is one. With the absence of leafy green, the bark is ‘appealing’ … Continue reading Betula jacquemontii Whitebarked Himalayan Birch Tree
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