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Van Waffle

Writer, Naturalist, Photographer

Tag: Ontario wildflowers

Enchanter’s nightshade

Posted on July 10, 2019March 16, 2022 by Van Waffle

Macro photography reveals obscure beauty of an Ontario wildflower.

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Speedwell: Tribute to a fictional rabbit

Posted on June 12, 2019October 20, 2021 by Van Waffle

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

Posted on May 17, 2019October 20, 2021 by Van Waffle

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

Posted on July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 by Van Waffle

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

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Van Waffle

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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Grand River, Waterloo, Ontario

Where have all the flowers gone?

Posted on June 12, 2016March 30, 2022 by Van Waffle

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, spring wildflower

Goldthread, brief beauty in the woods

Posted on May 21, 2015March 30, 2022 by Van Waffle

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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