January 29, 2020 Seeds and Berries, Ghost Orchid Pollinators, George Engelmann, Sir Michael Foster, Olga Owen Huckins, Otto Emery Jennings, Sara Teasdale, Robert Frost, Hippie Food by Jonathan Kauffman, Garden Bunting, Marcus Whitman, and Larry McGraw
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"As a wildlife gardener, you can help wildlife have a year-round bounty by leaving the seed heads and berries intact, while still weeding or clearing some lower branches and leaves as needed. Seed-eating birds such as juncos and goldfinches enjoy the dried flower heads of asters, coneflowers, and other native plants. Winter wildflower stalks also provide wildlife with places to seek refuge from storms and predators, and insects pass the winter in the dead stalks. These stalks and seed pods also add texture and visual interest on an otherwise barren landscape in a garden habitat."
Rare ghost orchid has multiple pollinators, the groundbreaking video reveals
Rare ghost orchid has multiple pollinators, the groundbreaking video reveals:
"Deep in remote Florida swamps, a team of researchers and photographers have made a new discovery that upends what we thought we knew about the ghost orchid, one of the world’s most iconic flowers, and how it reproduces. These rare, charming orchids were long thought to be pollinated by a single insect: the giant sphinx moth. “
Botanical History On This Day
1879 Dorothea Engelmann, wife, cousin, and botanical partner of Dr. George Engelmann, died in St. Louis after a life devoted to supporting one of America’s great botanists.
1907 Sir Michael Foster, the English physician who became the world’s first great iris hybridizer, died after transforming the genus forever.
1958 Olga Owens Huckins published her Boston Herald letter “Evidence of Havoc by DDT,” which inspired Rachel Carson to write Silent Spring.
1964 Otto Emery Jennings, curator, director, and tireless botanist of the Carnegie Museum, died, leaving behind the Jennings Nature Reserve and a legacy of conservation.
Unearthed Words
Longing for spring in the heart of winter with poems by Sara Teasdale and Robert Frost.
Read today's Words for a Winter Garden.
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Great Gifts for Gardeners
LOVENJOY Vintage Floral Fabric Cotton Bunting – charming, double-sided, and perfect for brightening potting sheds or garden parties.
Today's Botanic Spark
2005 Larry L. McGraw, founder of the Home Orchard Society and passionate pomologist, died after a lifetime spent preserving apple diversity and sharing the art of grafting with thousands.
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