… and hydrangea, embellished with ferns and rose hips, poppy pods and nuts. Afix a paper clip to the back of the leaf, and you’ve got a holiday ornament. Pumpkin stack Use a “cheese” pumpkin or other squat squash to create a wide, solid base, and then stack away. Add unexpected tinges of blue with Australian … with clippings from your garden or found natural material. You can add your cornucopia to a tabletop or hang it on the front door. Start with a bit of floral foam and tuck in or use a …
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… will have the same heavenly memory of the fragrance and flower. Over the years I have tried to bring the bounty of this flower into my home and have often failed. The flowers would droop … I had them in a clean vase full of fresh water. Through trial and error I found the trick to help the blooms last as long as possible: Fill a bucket Fill a bucket half full of fresh, cool … Place stems in the water. Leave the bucket in a cool, dark place and allow the flowers to take up water for at least an hour. Remove leaves Remove all of the leaves from each stem. …
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… Scientists have discovered that what and how caterpillars eat has led to the evolution of new species. Plant-eating insects make up nearly 25 percent of all animals globally, but we know little about how this great diversity came to be. Historically, scientists have affiliated this diversity with insects eating foods of … millions of years, the diversity of Mompha can be explained by moth caterpillars switching to new host plant species, plant parts (flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots), and how they eat …
Type: Research
… occurring among species. These interactions can vary considerably through time—from hours, to days, seasons, years, decades, and beyond. Nevertheless, species interaction … most often studied as temporally static entities, even though the interactions that give rise to networks are often quite temporally flexible. We’ve been exploring temporal variation in plant-pollinator interaction networks to try and better understand how and why species interactions form, whether or not interaction …
Type: Research
… In partnership with The Nature Conservancy, we are working to harvest and map open-sourced community science data submitted through Budburst and iNaturalist … has two major goals: determining how (1) the ecological community context (e.g. proximity to natural areas or open space, land management, percent tree cover, etc.) and (2) the human … patterns of plant and animal biodiversity and participation in community science related to biodiversity mapping. (Taddeo, Havens, Oschrin) …
Type: Research
… beautiful flowering branches from early-spring flowering shrubs, such as forsythia. Prune 2- to-3-foot lengths, put them in a container filled with water, and place them in a sunny location. … and serve double duty in the summer garden. Tim Pollak likes giving indoor blooming plants to friends and family, because they serve as a lasting reminder. Forsythia (Forsythia ‘Northern Sun’) Want to remember Mom on Valentine’s Day? Fragrant and long-lasting carnations can denote love for a …
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… reason for a walk through the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden ? Many consider winter to be the Japanese Garden’s most beautiful season. Its design emphasizes nature’s forms like … lumps of yews and junipers, resemble white boulders or fluffy clouds. Open-pruned pines, wired to maximize long and borrowed views, are natural snow catchers, offering up their own cushions of snow. Even the lanterns are designed to catch and display light snowfall. …
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… When plants are introduced to a new location, either intentionally or accidentally, they can spread prolifically, … dominate the landscape. Biologists are studying the mechanisms underlying a taxon’s ability to become invasive, but it can be difficult to predict whether or not a species will become invasive in a new habitat. With an increased …
Type: Research
… our silhouette “family” shows, position the group on the path, then stand on the grassy area to take the shot. It’s a good vertical backdrop for larger groups. No. 3: Farwell Landscape … 5: Puryear Point Works great for: close-ups. Want the grand vista in the background? Head up to the hill between the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden and the Arched Bridge, where two Martin Puryear sculptures offer not only a nice place to relax, but also a grand vista of the islands of the Japanese Garden. No. 6: Arched Bridge …
Type: Blog
… of plants, my research uses phylogenomic, collections-based, and experimental field approaches to explore the evolution and genetic diversity of underutilized crops and their wild relatives, … biogeography, and taxonomic revisionary work. I am also interested in applying findings to conservation of plant genomic resources and more sustainable agriculture. …
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