Whorled Peas and Other Botanical Musings

Here's one of my BS tropicals blooming right after it arrived in April. I can't take any credit for these blooms... but they sure ar...

Back in Northern Oregon, I went to visit my population of Cyp montanum on Mount Hood. There was a hot spell known as May here in Oregon and ...

Memorial Day weekend: my favorite weekend of the year. We had a lot of places to visit this year! I'll start with an unlikely event. We ...

In early May, the first Cyps to start blooming are Cyp fasciculatum. I visited this location in South Central Washington which is quite atyp...

Vireya Rhodie Dactylorhiza Platanthera dilatata Mimulus guttatus Corallorhiza maculata 14ft Tri-arch. I wish it would snow more so I could p...

2006 was a BUSY year! It started as every year does: Yard work. We put in the irrigation system in the front yard (and fixed the back). Here...