… fastuosum , or Pride of Madeira Echium pininana ‘Blue Steeple’ The team starts the plants from seed in November, transplanting seedlings into smaller pots to establish healthy root …
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… taxa, including palms, cycads, Hibiscus , and Brighamia insignis ; a rare evening primrose from New Mexico ( Oenothera organensis ); and the charismatic corpse flower ( Amorphophallus …
Type: Research
… and most beloved of all plant families. An edible orchid in an ice sphere adorns a cocktail from chef Daniel Boulud, marthastewart.com Why, yes, that's an orchid in my cocktail Noted French chef Daniel Boulud paired with a …
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… plant populations.” To address this issue, Garden scientists teamed up with researchers from the University of Washington and the Institute for Applied Ecology to identify the most … in the peer-reviewed journal Restoration Ecology. Full article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/rec.13131 Photo by Tom Kaye: A population of golden paintbrush ( Castilleja …
Type: Research
… leads first South East Asian Fungal Conservation Workshop. This past summer, scientists from Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Germany, Belgium, and the United States met in Sarawak, …
Type: Research
… is the strawberry we most often think of when we think of strawberries. This is the strawberry from the clear plastic boxes you find at the grocery store. This strawberry is Fragaria × … spread by stolons, or above-ground roots. These stolons reach out, find a good moist spot away from the parent, and put out roots, producing a new clone of the mother plant. In this way, a …
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… ingredients in a large non-stick pot, turn heat on low, stir until dough forms and pulls away from the sides of the pot. Remove, cool, then knead dough. Store in an air-tight container. … Green— Basil Blue— Blue Boys Purple— Alyssum We planted seeds using a seed-starting kit we got from the grocery store, and took notes about what seeds we used and when we planted them. After …
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… the path may be long and challenging, but we will not let our lack of understanding stop us from appreciating and valuing diversity, because compassion and appreciation do not need …
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… release toxins in the soil that prevent native seedlings, including certain species of trees, from thriving. First year It is a noxious weed, normally noticed around tax day (easy to …
Type: Plant Info
… and syrphid flies will happily set up shop in a native plant strip where they're protected from the weather and predators. Your native plants function as nesting sites…rest stops…launch …
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