In our home garden, clematis climbs on trellises and up walls on two sides of the house. We provide support on the wall with a series of screws and wires. It climbs to about 10 feet on both sides. We had the first flowers in early June and we often see the last flowers in November. To … Continue reading →
The first week of September had more hot weather, but I was out kayaking and hiking every day. Both the forests and the grasslands were dry, but a few wildflowers were still appearing, in addition to the weedy tall arrivals. In the upper grasslands I hiked grassland tracks and douglas fir forests and spotted bird’s-foot trefoil, white prairie … Continue reading →
After late summer heat, many of the perennials of the garden are going into dormancy, but annuals from warmer climates are thriving. Some of the flowers currently in bloom are either self-seeded (cosmos, snapdragon, marigold, and others) or planted from packs to fill in borders. Shared here are snapdragons, Coleus, Gazania, climbing rose, Hibiscus, Dahlia, Echinacea, and evening primrose (Oenothera … Continue reading →
On a hot summer day at the end of August I hiked through the grasslands and the forested hills on the north side of Lac du Bois. Some of the route was on trails, but a longer section was cross-country or on grown-in tracks. Along the way I observed some flowering plants and took some photos. Shared here are … Continue reading →
Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) is a native evergreen perennial found in our mid-elevation to sub-alpine forests. It has a woody base and spreads by rhizomes. A whorl of 4 – 7 leaves grows at the tops of stems. The leaves have parallel veins and are shaped somewhere from oval to elliptical. The undersides are whitish. An inflorescence … Continue reading →
