doubtful knight’s spur

doubtful knight’s spur

Posted by on May 17, 2012 in garden of eden | One Comment

I’ve set myself the project of identifying the plants in the alley– so today we begin with: Rocket Larkspur Consolida ambigua (synonyms: Consolida ajacis; Delphinium ajacis; Delphinium ambiguum) Family: Ranunculaceae (ra-nun-kew-LAY-see-ee) Genus: Consolida (kon-SO-lih-duh) Species: ambigua (am-big-yoo-uh) Larkspur belongs to the buttercup family - Ranunculaceae. “Larkspur flowers are almost as complex as the Orchids,” according to the flower expert. “Larkspurs ...

Rainy day seed starts

Rainy day seed starts

Posted by on Apr 28, 2012 in garden of eden | No Comments

Today was meant to be bed-building workday out at Global Garden, but, since the weather refused to cooperate, I hung indoors with whistling radiators and got my green on making floral seed starts for alleyway guerilla gardening. Yesterday I walked down along the L track fenceline and planted three types of morning glory seedlings (blue, blue, ...