Steve’s Outdoor Adventures Part Somethingorother
In another effort to rub it in our family and friends’ faces that we are enjoying wonderful weather while the rest of you are enjoying the magical cold and winter weather that is December, I’d thought I’d share a few more delights from the yard.
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Before it had ever bloomed, I thought this plant was rather boring and we contemplated getting rid of it. Good thing we didn’t. It produces these lovely hanging purple flowers. |
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Close up of the flower, looking up. |
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While this plant has yet to produce any lovely flowers, it has another wonderful property. When the leaves of this geranium are squeezed between your fingers, they release a wonderful lemon-scent. Very accurately named: the lemon-scented geranium |
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This is actually the third appearance for this plant. It was one of my original ‘what is it?’ posts while Lisa was away in September. Careful readers may also recognize it from one of Lisa’s day trip posts with her friends (it was on the beach). As we have approached summer, the plant turned red in many places and produced these lovely little white flowers (which weren’t opened this morning, unfortunately). |
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Here is a close up of this desert plant. As we learned on our trip to Isla Damas, this plant is a very important source of water in the desert of Chile. Both wild animals and the herds of goats rely on this plant. The amount of water locked away in this plant is really amazing. Click here for a 18MB movie showing how much water you can get from this plant. |
Well, I hope you enjoyed this latest installment of our garden. Enjoy your snow and cold weather…
Comment by Mom
I belive the purple flower you wanted to get rid of is a fuschia. It is a favorite of ours and both of your grandmothers. We always give them in hanging baskets for Mother’say.
This year, at least we don’t have to be “Dreaming of a White Christmas!”. Ho!Ho! All the Way!
Posted on December 18, 2005 at 1:44 pm
Comment by Mary Jane
Can’t tell you are an astronomer, can you? Watch out for all those planets in your back yard.
Posted on December 18, 2005 at 3:14 pm
Comment by Steve
The really sad thing is that for every planet that slipped through, I corrected 5 more. It is just ingrained in me to type an ‘et’ after a ‘plan’.
Posted on December 18, 2005 at 6:03 pm