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Sweetshrub Buds
Last weekend I dug up suckers of this deciduous colony-forming shrub that had spread into adjacent flower beds. Not only are the unusual flowers fragrant, but the stems and roots of Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus), as it also commonly called, are pleasantly aromatic as well. Visit the Calycanthus Wallpaper Gallery to see and download large versions (800x600) of our Carolina allspice images.
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Spider Lilies for Sale! Steve is selling hurricane lilies (a.k.a. red spider lilies -- Lycoris radiata) again this year. Mature bulbs (most will bloom this autumn) will be shipped at the end of March once the plants go dormant. The price is 50 cents per bulb (minimum 20), plus postage. Contact him at spiderlily2011@hotmail.com
DJ Jack's Music Moment
I spend most of my life in front of the computer - if not for music I would be insane(r). In this space I'll share some of my favorite tunes: country, jazz, world, downtempo, lounge, electronic, house, classical, disco and whatever... ~DJ Jack.
Stranger on the Shore
It's gray and gloomy here and this clarinet classic reminds me of happy summers spent at the pool when I was a kid. In this video Acker Bilk performs his hit live on BBC in 1988. BTW I just learned that Acker is a nickname and English (Somerset) slang for friend or mate.
Sabal minor
These blue palmetto seeds are ripe and ready to fall from the stem to germinate into another generation of this pretty palm. Floridata has profiled more than 75 palm and plamlike species. Here are a few cold hardy palms that I grow in my Zone 8 garden:
Dirca palustris
As a naturalist Steve spends a lot of time hanging out in the woods, getting to know a lot of plants that the rest of us aren't likely to encounter very often. On occasion he'll take a liking to one and sometimes they follow him home - like the leatherwood shrub that he grows in a moist shady area where he can see the funny little flowers from his yard.
