Foto Friday
by Leslie Cox; Friday; April 25, 2025
I could not decide which photo to display for Foto Friday’s blog so I have inserted two photos.
The one on the left is of a Sanguinaria canadensis flower (bloodroot) adding its purity to a cluster of Pulmonaria ‘Shrimps on the Barbie’ flowers (lungwort).
The photo on the right is of Erythronium revolutum (pink fawn lilies) with the lacy foliage of Dicentra formosa (Pacific bleeding heart) in behind.
Sanguinaria canadensis is a North American native plant…east of the Rockies.
Dicentra formosa and Erythronium revolutum are both native plants to the west coast of North America.
Plant ID updated
by Leslie Cox; Wednesday; April 23, 2025
One more plant ID has been updated in the new format. You will find Euphorbia amygdaloides ‘Purpurea’ in Plants We Grow under In the Garden on the menu bar. Or click here for quick access.
Did you know?
by Leslie Cox; Monday; April 21; 2025
Did you know…
…it is said that slugs have four noses?
In actual fact, according to Boston University, slugs only have two noses…one on their head and one on their tail. The nose on their head is mainly used for smelling and the nose on their tail is mainly used for breathing. But slugs will use both of their noses to smell and breathe.
However, slugs are also capable of smelling with their eyes which is why some claim that this fact is why slugs have four noses!
So, it is small wonder slugs locate all the best plants and vegetables in your garden!
Quote of the Week
by Leslie Cox; Sunday; April 20, 2025
Easter is the only time when it’s perfectly safe
to put all of your eggs in one basket.
~ Evan Esar
Word of the Week
by Leslie Cox; Monday; April 7, 2025
The word I selected this week is carmichaelii, (pronounced car-mih-KEE-lee-eye), mainly because I wrote out a bunch of name labels for some Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’ plant divisions I potted up recently.
The name for this particular species of Aconitum is in honour of the English medical doctor and plant collector, Dr. John R. Carmichael (d. 1877), who discovered the plant in central China.
The ‘Arendsii’ in this plant’s name points to it being the result of a cross between Aconitum carmichaelii and Aconitum carmichaelii var. wilsonii.
Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’ is also referred to as Arendsii Group because there can be some variability in the plants. But many may know this plant by one of its common names: Carmichael’s monkshood, Chinese aconite or Chinese wolfsbane.
(Note: This beautiful grouping of Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’ was photographed on October 1st in our garden.)
