Saturday, June 19, 2010

Ihaveno earlthly idea






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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Mimosa (Silk Tree)























Mimosa Tree, information to be added

Catsclaw Sensitive Brier

















Cat's Claw Sensitive Brier


Mimosa nuttallii


Schrania nuttallii (alternate)






I was not surprised in the least to see this as part of the Mimosa genus (the filamental stamen, and leaf shape are very similar to the bloom of the Mimosa tree. What is surprising is that this bloom (a true "ball" by contrast to the Mimosa "fan") grows on a ground hugging pricker vine, much different than the big Mimosa tree.
Most Surprising, this really is a sensitive brier. While moving a sample of the vine to white card-stock (3rd image) the fronds all closed up. I had to wait some ten minutes for some of the fronds to re-open.


More later.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Trumpet Vine













Trumpet Vine (Trumpet Creeper)
Campis radicans

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Campsis
Species: C. radicans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet_vine

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Lance Leaf Coreopsis (Adendum)




5/17/2008






6/1/2008

Demise of the Lance Leaf Coreopsis
Or
Propegation of the nex generation.