Our witch-hazel has been in bloom for a couple of weeks (late January and early February). The fact that it is blooming now is a clue that it is Hamamelis vernalis rather than Hamamelis virginiana, which blooms in the fall. Witch-hazels are nifty plants. Extracts from witch-hazels are mildly astringent and their forked-branches have been…
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A Photo Summary of Winter Sowing
An overview was given in a November blogpost which stated my intention to do winter sowing at the end of December or very early January. But here it is, the end of January. It’s possible that some of the seeds will not get the full length of cold they require because I got started so…
Planning Winter Seed Sowing
It’s time to think through and do some initial preparation for winter sowing. “Winter sowing” most commonly refers to starting seeds in a one-gallon plastic container such as a milk jug or water jug. Once seeds are planted in the prepared jug, the jug stays outside through the winter with very little to no intervention…
IS THIS PLANT NATIVE?
Ask The Biota of North America Program, http://www.bonap.org We’ll leave the subject of how we define native for another post. (At Catchfly Commons, we don’t necessarily base “native” on state boundaries.) BONAP is a go-to site for determining the distribution of plants1. If you’ve clicked on RANGE MAP on a prairiemoon.com plant page for example,…
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