Day 130: Erythronium

The dog’s tooth violet isn’t a violet at all, but a member of the lily family, and closely related to the tulip…

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Day 94: horny goat weed

Just-in-time might be an industrial concept of more historical interest than contemporary relevance thanks to Brexit but it’s alive and well in our garden…

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Day 101: purple periwinkle

This is the flower that cured me of my indifference to vinca. One glimpse of that little, deep violet face peering up at me from a tangle of small, dark green leaves, and I was hooked…

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