Monthly Archives: March 2011

Bug of the Week: Bugs at the Garden

Yesterday was a lovely day for a walk through a botanical garden. It’s enough to make one wax poetic. Flowers dressing up with a bee for jewelry. The warm brown seed beetle looks rather like the seed it was born … Continue reading

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Mystery Seed of the Week 63

This very strange seed pod was given to us by someone who knew we liked plants. (Yes, this is from a plant!) Have you ever seen one before? Do you know what the plant is? Edit;  The answer is now … Continue reading

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Seed of the Week: African Daisy

The pretty seeds from last week’s mystery… grow into into pretty flowers. African daisies, Dimorphotheca aurantiaca, are annuals that were originally from South Africa. but are now grown throughout the Southwest. The flowers vary in color from orange to yellow … Continue reading

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