Tag Archives: Max

Unnatural selection

No more Ms. Nice Woman. Time to dig up the invasive early spring plant that I thought for years was the Oregon native Marsh Marigold. (Live and learn, thanks to my brilliant blog readers–see the discussion at the end of … Continue reading

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Creeping October-ness

Yes, it’s October, and the lovely deadly monkshood (Aconitum) is in bloom. This is quite exciting for me, because typically my monkshood plant does not bloom, deadly or otherwise. I moved it in the early spring, to a more shaded … Continue reading

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