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the Ballad of the Saguaro
Driving east from Phoenix, it began to rain and started to smell of Creosote. Fully aware that many things do not live up to preconceived ideas and expectations, sometimes things do. For years, I have wanted to see Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) but never had the opportunity to experience the plant in its habitat of…
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Fragrant Swamps
(the story of the Venus Flytrap and the Green Swamp) Each Spring, while others look ahead to upcoming plant sales, I think about the Green Swamp. Southeastern North Carolina’s Green Swamp is the home of a variety of carnivorous plants and the native range of the Venus Flytrap. The presence of Pines, specifically Longleaf Pines,…
Green Is The Color 