Attacked owl rescued by fishing crew 100 miles out to sea - BBC News
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My cat Shine purring away while I read this book on rock gardening that I just got. I really like the look of a false mountain top with lots of rocks, some small waterfalls and ponds with plants tucked into the crevices.
Some images of salt marsh bushes.
Spider lurking beneath a small leaf.
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You’re going to regret this. I fill hard drives.
Castanea sativa ‘Variegata’
You’re saved by the limit of 3 consecutive posts.
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Your starter for ten, no conferring.
(Magnolia grandiflora of course, one of your best exports to the UK)
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Magnolia grandiflora. Or is there a look alike in the UK?
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One of yours over 'ere!
(No! Old World. Cotinus coggygria, European / Eurasian / smoketree, smoke bush, Venetian / dyer’s sumach, Love all those gees. What 19 common English words have three double letters? Which has consecutive?)
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And another one uh yours.
((Mallow?) ninebark. Physocarpus (Gk. bladder fruit) malvaceus? But single flowered variety. Must go back and snap the fruit! Rowan behind the 3rd down.)
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Beautiful forms, patterns and textures.
Gorgeous colors!
Lovely maple.
Knock yourself out!
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Un unatha won frum the States. The genus has a vast range. As do many others that crossed the Bering Strait in the Preboreal.
(Liquidambar styraciflua - aka American sweetgum / storax, hazel pine, bilsted, redgum, satin-walnut, star-leaved gum, alligatorwood, or simply sweetgum)
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Oooh! Thanks. I’ve not seen this one before.
The name is perfect.
Got to love that bark for similar reason that I love ‘tree’ manzanitas.
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You guys are killing me with all the amazing fall color. Persimmon foliage is the best I have by way of deteriorating deciduous foliage.
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Wow the mist rising from the water in the last one is wonderful.
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Thanks. That was on a church retreat in New Hampshire on Saturday.
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