Enchanter’s nightshade
Macro photography reveals obscure beauty of an Ontario wildflower.
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Speedwell: Tribute to a fictional rabbit
Inspired by Watership Down, I transplant blue-flowered speedwell into my garden to sprint and tell jokes around the larger plants.
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Supporting native insects is easy
Yesterday I planted two drought-tolerant native Ontario wildflowers in my front garden: Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed) and Antennaria dioica (pussytoes). I wanted to…
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Floral celebration
My garden this year has shifted focus from vegetables to flowers. This morning’s offering include a new lover, the California poppy, and an old boyfriend, ‘Abraham Darby’ rose.
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Native among the herbs: Monarda fistulosa
One of my favourite native wildflowers is Monarda fistulosa, wild bergamot. It’s the slightly plainer sister of the showy red-flowered herb M. didyma or bee-balm. M….
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Where have all the flowers gone?
Where have all the flowers gone? It’s a hackneyed question, but I needed an answer today. I found them growing by the Grand…
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Goldthread, brief beauty in the woods
The charming wildflower, goldthread, is one of the earliest to appear in Central Ontario woodlands, even before trilliums. The ground around our cottage…
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