enjoi is back :)

This is going to be a fun read :)

I remember bunnygrunt #floatingwitchshead

violet leaves in the frost

An early January phlox flower in the Boise Foothills

I'm dreaming of a rainsoaked Christmas

Finally going to finish reading a book club book on time for book club #lifeonsabbatical

wintergreen barberry (Berberis julianae) in December

mystery mushrooms growing in the sand at Elephant Rock Loop (Boise Foothills)

Before and After. Not perfect but definitely an improvement. Up next: new garden beds

Many plants defend themselves with physical defenses. Spikey armaments, at various scales, are the subject of this week’s posts. Let’s start with root spines: Adventitious roots that harden & become sharp. Cryosophilla palms do it best. 📷: Cryosophila warscewiczii #root #Arecaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Day 1 of a 39 day break from work. First project on the list: build a new gate.

fall color on Korean spice viburnum (Viburnum carlesii)

persimmon tree planted

fruits of creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

hope springs eternal

Anisophylly means “unequal leaves” & refers to the production of unequal leaves continuously & concurrently (not a growth stage). Maples (this is Acer rubrum) produce a pair of leaves at each node, but one leaf has a longer stalk than the other. #Sapindaceae #anisophylly #Acer #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

the fruit of chocolate vine (Akebia quinata)

May the underdog win

you can find me at the lo-fi show

It's fall y'all. Plant something every day.

the flowers of watercress (Nasturtium officinale)

stems, flowers, and fruits of rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea) #weedsofboise

not sure if we'll get any sweet potatoes, but we do have flowers

indian tamarind, painted by amanda almira newton, 1908

Weeds of Boise: a tiny buffalo bur in a friend's yard (Solanum rostratum)

Weeds of Moscow Idaho: hairy cat's ear (Hypochaeris radicata)

awkward horticulture

smooth oxeye a.k.a. false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)

slender buckwheat (Eriogonum microtheca)

It's National Moth Week!? I really should have tried to get a photo of that police car moth I saw yesterday. Just try to picture it. It was on nettleleaf giant hyssop and yarrow

First blog post in a while. More to come! awkwardbotany.com/2025/07/16/h...

I got to take a peek into the greenhouses at Native Roots in Twin Falls, Idaho

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Here’s one that everyone knows: Sunflower (Helianthus annuus; 📷: hourourmono CCBY2). Of course, this is not one flower. It’s a head of showy, yellow, sterile flowers surrounding a disk bearing small, dark, fertile flowers. #Asteraceae #pollination #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

another one of my favorite weeds-themed books

Finally turned in the manuscript for my first book. It's about weeds of course. I have many inspirations when it comes to weeds, but here is one of my favorite books.

Ode to Great Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum biflorum), a gorgeous wildflower native to eastern and central North America. It’s an absolute stunner for the garden in partially shady areas, resembling a gigantic lily of the valley.

Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'

tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta syn. Potentilla arguta)

mashed potatoes for breakfast, not too bad

And now I want all the amsonias. This one is Amsonia tabernaemontana or eastern bluestar.

Good riddance to my boss. It's my lucky day.

The simple beauty of sidebells penstemon (Penstemon secundiflorus)

Weeds of Boise: bur chervil (Anthriscus caucalis)

Popping up as a "weed" in the home greenhouse is what appears to be Wilcox's penstemon (Penstemon wilcoxii)

tiny, wild buckwheat: thymeleaf buckwheat (Eriogonum thymoides)

wild strawberry Fragaria vesca, if I've ID'd it correctly

Arisaema triphyllum, also known as Jack-in-the-Pulpit, is part of the Araceae family. This specimen was collected by Dr. & Mrs. A. J. Sharp on May 1st, 1964. It was located near Calderwood in Blount County, Tennessee.

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