Category Archives: passionflowers Passiflora
An Evening of Fine Wine, Exotic Foods and Exciting Entertainment! Vine 2 Wine Classic
It will be an evening of fine wine and fun at the popular Vine 2 Wine Classic on Saturday, August 18 from 6:30 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the Activities Center of the City of Santa Clarita’s Sports Complex, located … Continue reading
A floral passion
FOR ikebana artist Shoso Shimbo, the traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement is akin to a religion. It’s not a concept that comes easily to others, not even his students, until they have practised the art form for many years. … Continue reading
Master Gardeners: Exotic-looking passionflowers add passion in the garden
THE FIRST TIME I saw a passionflower vine blooming in a neighbor’s garden I did a double take. The flower was so exotic and perfect it was hard for me to believe that it was not an artificial flower. I … Continue reading
Memorial service for Mary Ussery. Beloved Coronado High school teacher.
The memorial service for Mary Ussery will be held Saturday, August 13, at 10 a.m. at St. Paul’s Methodist Church, 700 D Ave, Coronado, CA 92118. Wear purple in honor of her creativity and love of life. in Lieu … Continue reading
Most fruits and vegetables are best harvested in the morning
My colleagues and I are rather proficient in communicating with the plants in the garden. Plants let us know when they want a particular nutrient or are getting hassled by a particular pest. Those that produce fruit and vegetables also … Continue reading
Picturing Plants and Flowers: Curtis’s Botanical Magazine: Passion flower
Passiflora caerulea, also known as the Common Passion Flower, from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1786. Link: Five fast facts about Curtis’s Botanical Magazine Note: although the magazine began to be published in 1787, British Botanists by John Gilmour (1944) credits this … Continue reading
ERIC FRANK RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ: Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima (Passifloraceae) “poro-poro”, “puro-puro”
INNOVA NORTE. 2(1):11-29. 2009 ISNN 2078-8967 Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima (Passifloraceae) una especie promisoria de los Andes Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima (Passifloraceae) a promissory species of the Andes Eric F. Rodríguez Rodríguez & Sandra J. Arroyo AlfaroHerbarium Truxillense (HUT), Universidad … Continue reading
Stitching ‘n’ Knitting
I’m still knitting the same things – the red/black sweater is coming along but I might have to rip it out because I’m not really getting gauge. I have to decide if it will be big enough even if it’s … Continue reading
What Are Bees Telling Us?
I have always worried about bees. not in a typical environmentalist-colony-collapse kind of way, but in a I-may-die kind of way. I had an allergic reaction when I was stung in the foot mowing the lawn barefoot as a tween. … Continue reading