Prickly and Bitter

Species name: Pseudofumaria lutea (formerly Corydalis lutea ) Common name: yellow corydalis, rock fumewort Location: Sandra...

Species name: Muscari armeniacum Common name: grape hyacinth Location: Sandra's Garden Grape hyacinths are wonderfu...

Today is the first day of the glorious season we call summer (for those of you in the southern hemisphere, happy winter!). This is by far my...

Species name: Polyporus squamosus Common name: Dryad's saddle Location: Sandra's garden I'm a bit late for F...

I've been sitting on this blog post for a couple of days because I've been really unsure of the correct ID for this species. I was ...

Species name: Pelargonium x hortorum 'Vancouver Centennial' Common name: 'Vancouver Centennial' geranium L...

Species name: Picea sp. (probably Picea mariana ) Common name: spruce (probably black spruce) Location: Sandra's ...

Species name: Rhododendron sp. (perhaps a cultivar or variety of R. wardii  but I'm not positive) Common name: rhodo...

...but for family things are a bit different. Normally I would flat-out refuse to do a whole blog post as a plug for someone else's bl...

Species name: Allium aflatunense Common name: flowering onion Location: Sandra's garden There are two main specie...

Species name: Cercis canadensis Common name: Canada redbud Location: Sandra's garden Canada redbud is, contrary to...

Species name: Euphorbia milii Common name: crown of thorns Location: my office! Yesterday was the annual plant sale ...

Species name: Taraxacum officinale Common name: dandelion Location: Ontario Feeling like you have deja vu? That might...