Saturday, October 26, 2019

More succulents we will have on Monday, October 28th 2019

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At Barry Parker's talk we'll have divisions of other succulents. Two that I'm including are the Queen of the Night cactus ,...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Stinking milkweeds - excellent succulent houseplants!

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Celebrating our upcoming talk on succulents by Barry Parker , here is one of the more unusual succulents in the milkweed family. Stapelia  ...
Sunday, October 20, 2019

Balcony and Apartment Gardens with Succulents

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Barry Parker taught Animation at Sheridan College, and his students work at Nelvana, Pixar, Disney, etc. Barry also helped design animat...
Thursday, October 3, 2019

Back to the Future - Retiring to Help Pollinators

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In the last few years, my posts to this blog have been sparse because I've been very, very busy delivering many academic commitments. B...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Night Blooming Cactuses - Queens of the subtropical pollinator garden

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Night blooming cactus Not everyone lives in the colder north. Pollinator gardens are possible and needed in tropical and subtropical c...
Sunday, August 19, 2018

"white" Agastache - a tremendous pollinator plant

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Monarch on Agastache The Agastaches of North America are native mint family members related to the Eurasian hyssops. That's why the...
Friday, May 18, 2018

Perennial Planting at Kathy's Grove

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Planting starts at 10am tomorrow, Saturday May 19, at Kathy's Grove. Yes, it will be cloudy and may be drizzling. Just sing along: I...