Aztecs ate that corn smut.
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Aztecs ate that corn smut.
🌱 #Aster novae-anglae 'Chilly Winds' from the former Seneca Hills Nursery
🌱 So, USA gardeners: The government is throwing 2.4 million people off food aid. The food banks were struggling with the load before this happened. Next year, maybe plant a row of veg (or two) for your local food bank to help to help feed hungry families? Many little efforts can have a big impact.
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
Late summer #bog #garden with #pitcher plants and tiny yellow flowers of #Xyris tennesseensis
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I got seed from Makino Botanical Garden when I was curator at Huntsville Botanical Garden. They (hopefully still) have an annual seed exchange. I left it labeled and growing under large old pines there.
🌱 Cecil Houdyshel sent me this hybrid many years ago. #Lycoris straminea x radiata v. pumila. The flowers are similar but larger than radiata.
🌱 White Goldenrod / #Solidago bicolor fades to light yellow.
Hydrangeas do that pH color thing.
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More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
Dracaena draco, the dragon tree, is found in the Canary Islands & it’s another pretty famous dracaena. You can even see it growing as a street tree in La Laguna, Tenerife. Spectacular! #Dracaena #Asparagaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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🌱 Bat winged #Bauhinia japonica / Orchid Vine is root hardy in zone 7 but is better in the greenhouse.
Eli showing the kittens how it’s done.
🌱 #Rainlily #Zephyranthes candida normally has a bit of pink in the flower. 'Major' has all white with yellow centered flowers.
For cherrys I use a broomstick with two downward facing finishing nails.
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One of the most famous Dracaena spp is D. cinnabari, the dragon’s blood tree, endemic to Socotra, a tiny island off the Horn of Africa. The species epithet & common name refer to the red resin. 📷: James Bailey CCBYNC4. #Dracaena #Asparagaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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🌱 #native #Spiranthes lacera #orchids rising from the Zoysia lawn here on Labor day, 2025.
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🌱 #Cestrum nocturnum / Night #Jessamine in the valley below is root hardy with protection. With such a fragrance, it must be kept away from the windows.
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#Capsicum eximium; native to Bolivia where it is known as ulupica. The tiny #chillies are hot with a sharp and fruity flavour. It is usually dried and ground to use as a condiment. #peppers #wildchillies
Did something eat the other seeds?
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I think it has white berries.
They are said to repell tics.
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🌱 Still no berries on this variegated Japanese #Beautyberry 'Duet' but I have no complaints.
🌱 Japanese #Beautyberry / Callicarpa 'Issai'
The spirals of buds are diverse and can vary with one or two rows as can the spacing along each row. One plant refused to spiral with a vertical row of flowers.
California lawmakers reach an agreement with Uber and Lyft that will open the door for app-based drivers to form unions. This is a victory for organized labor that could lay the groundwork for similar efforts in other states.
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🌱 #Rhodophiala bifida / Schoolhouse Lily or Oxblood Lily. August 28, 2025. From Argentena and naturalized in Texas. Zone 7 or to 6 with protection.
Dry them and pack in olive oil.
🌱 Rainlily #Zephyranthes x 'Aquarius'
BOOM. The federal appeals court rules Trump's tariffs illegal, because they are. There's no national emergency, and so the power to tariff a country rests with Congress. Trump admin has lost at every stage of the process, but stay tuned for the Supremes to chime in.
This is #Spiranthes lacera. It can flower as early as June but is usually found in the lawns here the first week of September. They resemble tiny Cattleya orchids.
I have also had racoons and squirrels damage things like this.
Pull lightly at a stem. There could be root rot.
🌱 #Lagerstroemia / Crapemyrtle 'Acoma' taken during an eclipse August 21, 2017
🌱🍐 eastern #native #Pawpaws / #Asimina ripen in August here. They do best in light to moderate shade.
🌱 #Sprekelia formossima 'Mobile Queen' / Aztec Lily grows on the south side of the house. Unfolding for the third time this year.
🌱 #Lycoris albiflora Aug. 28, 2025
🌱🦋 #Butterflies are migrating through this week.
I keep the Snowflakes in a coldframe with a screened top. Edgewood Gardens has several kinds. Chipmunks are a threat even though they are supposedly poisonous. Bulbs eventually flower here even when dry.
🌱 small orange flowers are starting to appear on the hardy #Begonia sutherlandii It came from the hardy plant society seed exchange last March.
🌱 in flower this week. tiny #Leucojum autumnalis f. oporantha / Autumn Snowflake from a past foggy September.
🌱 eastern #native #Pycnanthemum loomisii is found on the higher elevations here. It comes in both camphor and orange scented forms.
🌱 #Hibiscus 'Perfect Storm' with #Hydrangea 'Tokyo Delight', Aug. 28.
#bird Gray Gnat Catcher
🌱 Frontyard sunrise, August 28
If you wouldn’t sit still for a whole race being blamed for one person committing a crime, you better pipe the fuck up when they use this shooting to demonize an entire community of people who are already under attack.
Well isn’t this lovely. Opera star sings Habanera (from Carmen) in the airport (?) What a terrific voice. #opera I don’t care if they’re staged, we need more profl free public #music and #art.
🌱 more #Begonias at the plant sale.
🌱 #Begonias and succulents at the local plant sale.
🌱 reblooming #Iris 'Immortality' Aug 25, 2025
There must be a ladder somewhere.
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🌱 red begonias, zinnias and pumpkins from a past fall festival at #Huntsville #Botanical #Garden
🌱 red Begonias in front of summer foliaged #Magnolia 'Ann'
🌱 August flowering, S. African Glottophyllum aff. fragrans
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🌱 eastern #native selection Eurybia (Aster) divaricata 'Beth Chatto'. A slightly more compact form that came from Gertrude Jeckyll's garden. Shade and dry tolerant but does better with sun.
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I will try one from the grocery next spring.
Typo- canadensis is white.
This and the white flowered uvedalia are so valuable as nectar and pollen resources during the frequent midsummer heat and droughts here. Their dahlia like tubers give them this ability.
I grew sonchifolius in a greenhouse some time back and noticed its yam like tubers. Don't know how hardy it might be.
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