doubtful knight’s spur
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
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, ...