Today, while scouting for another project, my amazing friend Joel pointed something out to me. When I turned to check it out I almost melted from the sheer heat and brilliance of the blossoms on a vine that I see…
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Monthly Archives: October 2012
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Blushing Blue Galaxies Go Supernova
From the Canary Islands comes a rather unusual find. A dense, small evergreen shrub that produces flower buds that resemble blushing blue galaxies. This shrub, Globularia x indubia (the ‘x’ stands for cross-hybrid), also known as the Globe Daisy, grows…
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Golden Forest Fantasy Comes Alive
Imagine trekking up into the Chiapas mountains in southern Mexico. The forest is shrouded in clouds of fog. The call of the Quetzal, one of the most beautiful birds in the world, can be heard above in the forest canopy.…
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Well, What’s The Story Morning-Glory?
Blown in on the trade winds, off the shores of Jamaica, comes an arresting vision with a crimson Caribbean punch! Ipomoea horsfalliae ‘Briggsii’ otherwise known as the Lipstick Vine. This beauty caught my eye as I was perusing the goods…
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Chasing The Butterfly Blues
There is something sweet and unique about today’s provocative plant. Clerodendrum ugandense also known as Blue Glorybower or Butterfly Clerodendrum comes to us from eastern and southern Africa. In warm climates, like the American South and West coast, it can…
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