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the vegetable Houdini

Posted on May 5, 2012 by paridevita

There must be some reason for this behavior, but, like the behavior of quite a few people on this planet, I find it baffling. Crinum × powellii does this Houdini-in-a-straitjacket act every year.

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every which way but up

Posted on May 5, 2012 by paridevita

I got this “Russian hawthorn”, Crataegus ambigua, at a Denver Botanic Gardens plant sale about 1989. It was just a stick. I like it a lot. By that time, the tree had already acquired a reputation for being a “low … Continue reading →

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