Monday, July 31, 2006
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Friday, July 28, 2006
Burdock
It seems that each year I forget, from the year before, what the differences are between Common Burdock (Arctrium minus)and Great Burdock (Arctrium lappa). In the photos below the Common is on the left and the Great is on the right.
In general, Great Burdock is larger. The flowers are larger and on longer stems. The Great Burdock grows 1 to 2.4 metres (3 to 8 feet) tall and the Common grows .6 to 1.2 metres (2 to 4 feet) tall.
The stems of the Great Burdock are solid with deep grooves while the Common Burdock has hollow stems and shallow grooves.
Of course, just to make things more difficult, the two can and do hybridize. I am not sure how to tell the hybrid. Does anyone else know?
In general, Great Burdock is larger. The flowers are larger and on longer stems. The Great Burdock grows 1 to 2.4 metres (3 to 8 feet) tall and the Common grows .6 to 1.2 metres (2 to 4 feet) tall.
The stems of the Great Burdock are solid with deep grooves while the Common Burdock has hollow stems and shallow grooves.
Of course, just to make things more difficult, the two can and do hybridize. I am not sure how to tell the hybrid. Does anyone else know?
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Wednesday Morning
The web counter on this blog is not all I had hoped but it does show that a lot more people look at this blog than comment. As expected, most of the activity comes from eastern Canada & U.S. Contacts from western U.S. have made a few comments but there are more hits from there than I might have expected. Contacts from Europe are kind of expected as we have Flickr contacts there but the contacts from South America, Africa and Asia were a bit of a surprise.
The camera that I normally use has retired to a shop for four to six weeks. Sigh! We are relying on the camera that Églantine has in her possession for about 98% of the time. Meanwhile, I can still find things to photograph and call her attention to consider. Thus "we" found and photographed this moth this morning during our dog walking time.
I really like it when insects have logical names. This most was found on an Evening Primrose flower and, when I went through the moth book, I found that it is named "Primrose Moth." The Latin, for those who are interested is Schinia florida.
I've been trying to get this next wild flower to grow in one of our wild flower gardens for two years now. It grew, for the first time, this year and bloomed, for the first time, this morning.
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum var.perfoliatum)
The camera that I normally use has retired to a shop for four to six weeks. Sigh! We are relying on the camera that Églantine has in her possession for about 98% of the time. Meanwhile, I can still find things to photograph and call her attention to consider. Thus "we" found and photographed this moth this morning during our dog walking time.
I really like it when insects have logical names. This most was found on an Evening Primrose flower and, when I went through the moth book, I found that it is named "Primrose Moth." The Latin, for those who are interested is Schinia florida.
I've been trying to get this next wild flower to grow in one of our wild flower gardens for two years now. It grew, for the first time, this year and bloomed, for the first time, this morning.
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum var.perfoliatum)
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