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A-Gitate: September 2008
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A - Garden I.s T.he A.nswer T.o E.verything. Tuesday, September 30, 2008. Swan Plant, of the African Milkweed Family. During a visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden two weekends ago, we came across a most unusual looking plant. The labels appeared misleading. I overheard a passerby reading aloud Narcissus "Ice Follies". From a nearby plaque as a possible ID. But I. Knew this plant was no daffodil. A label turned inside out read Moon Carrot, or Seseli. Posted by Sally Yap. Labels: Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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A-Gitate: The Birds, They Do Come to Brooklyn
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A - Garden I.s T.he A.nswer T.o E.verything. Sunday, May 10, 2009. The Birds, They Do Come to Brooklyn. If you've ever spent serious time pursuing the activity of birdwatching, you will understand the excitement when a male indigo bunting,. First sighted, singing on the reed fence, and then, here, perched on the power line running through the neighbor's yard. And then there was the youthful Veery. Is cinnamon brown above with a slightly spotted white breast. We are told that it gleans food from the f...
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A-Gitate: Down the Garden Path
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A - Garden I.s T.he A.nswer T.o E.verything. Monday, April 27, 2009. Down the Garden Path. And the long view. Posted by Sally Yap. Is that really your yard! Its beautiful. If not, it's still beautiful. I think you left out one thing about gardening. Its therapy. April 30, 2009 at 3:36 PM. That is the joy, isn't it? April 30, 2009 at 8:26 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Please Visit My Garden Question and Answer Blog. Gardening is the Answer -Question and Answer. A Brooklyn Garden Awakens to Spring.
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A-Gitate: Purple Fritillaries
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A - Garden I.s T.he A.nswer T.o E.verything. Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Version of the Fritillaria mileagris. There is another purple fritillary, the statuesque Fritillaria persica. Native to Turkey - from whence many of the bulbous flowers (a prime example being the tulip) seem to have hailed. F. persica. And if you're naughty and look up their purple skirts, you will see the chromium orange stamens and pistils peering back at you impassively. And they will not fritter nor twitter nor flutter. Tho...Veryt...
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A-Gitate: Tulipomania
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A - Garden I.s T.he A.nswer T.o E.verything. Monday, April 27, 2009. It's hard to resist posting these portraits of tulips this time of the year. So here they are. And, no, for once I will not name them. I'm just going to let them be. Posted by Sally Yap. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Please Visit My Garden Question and Answer Blog. Gardening is the Answer -Question and Answer. A Brooklyn Garden Awakens to Spring. Http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? You may be interested in these:. In My Kitchen Garden.
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A-Gitate: June 2009
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A - Garden I.s T.he A.nswer T.o E.verything. Thursday, June 18, 2009. Do Not Bemoan The Spines, Part 1. They call this the porcupine tomato plant, Solanum pyracanthum,. Or firethorn nightshade - you get the idea. In this unseasonably cool early summer, they haven't started to flower, even at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. In a few weeks, light purplish blue flowers with yellow anthers will bloom, soon to be followed by small round greenish yellow fruits- just like a tomato. Posted by Sally Yap. Http:/ ww...
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A-Gitate: April 2009
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A - Garden I.s T.he A.nswer T.o E.verything. Monday, April 27, 2009. Down the Garden Path. And the long view. Posted by Sally Yap. It's hard to resist posting these portraits of tulips this time of the year. So here they are. And, no, for once I will not name them. I'm just going to let them be. Posted by Sally Yap. Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Version of the Fritillaria mileagris. There is another purple fritillary, the statuesque Fritillaria persica. And if you're naughty and look up their purple skirts, y...
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A-Gitate: May 2009
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A - Garden I.s T.he A.nswer T.o E.verything. Sunday, May 24, 2009. Redbud in the Red. One can get granular in the garden sometimes. Pick up a leaf. Look at it against the sky, in the light. Take the heart-shaped leaf of the purple-leaved variety of the redbud, Cercis canadensis "Forest Pansy.". Posted by Sally Yap. Cercis canadensis Forest Pansy. Sunday, May 10, 2009. The Birds, They Do Come to Brooklyn. As far as I can surmise, this would not be a common occurrence, by any stretch of the imagination....
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