In the Garden: Hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Since factious botanists (Lumpers vs. Splitters) place members of the hawkweed genus into anywhere between 800 and 10,000 species, this dedicated amateur will sensibly refrain from a more refined diagnosis.
In the Garden: Hawkweed (Hieracium sp.) in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Since factious botanists (Lumpers vs. Splitters) place members of the hawkweed genus into anywhere between 800 and 10,000 species, this dedicated amateur will sensibly refrain from a more refined diagnosis.
In the Garden: Developing peony blossom (Paeonia hybrid) and ants, in Portsmouth, Virginia.
It is an old wives’ tale that peony flowers require ants to bloom properly. The ants are simply attracted to the sugars released around the bract and petal margins through the process of guttation.
In the Garden: Developing peony blossom (Paeonia hybrid) and ants, in Portsmouth, Virginia.
It is an old wives’ tale that peony flowers require ants to bloom properly. The ants are simply attracted to the sugars released around the bract and petal margins through the process of guttation.
In the Garden: For melanyouth – friend and defender of weeds – some dandelions gone to seed (Taraxacum officinale).
In the Garden: For melanyouth – friend and defender of weeds – some dandelions gone to seed (Taraxacum officinale).
In the Garden: Christmas fern fiddlehead (Polystichum acrostichoides).
In the Garden: Christmas fern fiddlehead (Polystichum acrostichoides).
Common reed (Phragmites australis), at Bodie Island light.
Common reed (Phragmites australis), at Bodie Island light.
Dithyramb 