… This vine grows to a height of 25 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. Red fruits arrive after flowering from May …
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… This vine grows to a height of 15 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. Green fruits arrive after flowering in May and …
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… We humans have used technology to become masters of communication. But we are far from the only species with an impressive array … Scarlet Mormon (Papilio rumanzovia) Photo by Bill Bishoff Consider the butterfly’s ability to see ultraviolet light. UV light is a spectrum of light between 10 and 400 nanometers that humans and most other animals cannot …
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… the sedges and grasses along side the trail. (This was when my hearing was still acute enough to detect such high-frequency sounds.) It took me a while, but based on the emphatic commotion, I … are technically known as insectivorous mammals. Insectivores are critters that depend, to a large extent, on invertebrates, mostly insects, for their survival. I wasn’t sure which … in length, with the tail being about a quarter of the length of the body and head combined. It is by far the largest of the shrews we will see here. They are generally a velvety, dark gray …
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… Many of us watched and loved the movie. Some of us read the book. A few of us got inspired to use the story to teach plant science to students. The Martian by Andy Weir tells the fictional story of NASA … on to other projects. One important thing I must mention: technically speaking, this mixture is not truly soil. Soil is the upper layer of material on the Earth that serves as an ideal …
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… This vine grows to a height of 6 feet with full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions. It has white blooms in May and June that attract …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hundreds of small, short (to 1.5 inches) sweet bananas are produced on this short growing (to 12 feet) cultivar on a flowering stem that can almost reach the ground. …
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… This bulb grows to a height of 18 inches with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has orange and white blooms in May and June. …
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… This perennial from South Africa needs full sun to partial shade and dry moisture conditions. From late spring to midsummer it produces lavender blooms. It belongs in a border. …
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… This perennial grows to a height of 3 inches with full sun and dry to medium moisture conditions. It has deep pink blooms from May through August that attract …
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