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Tag: Botany

  • Where Are the Colours?

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    Where are the colours! They are everywhere.Whether we are looking at fall colours from a distance or close-up, fall’s palette is truly magical, a blend of blue mountains and waters, summer and winter greens, gentle reds, and fading browns. Red sumac leaflets hang down like rows of identical pennants. They are stunning against the ultramarine…

  • A May Full of Perfect Flowers and Pollen Cones

    A May Full of Perfect Flowers and Pollen Cones

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    Vancouver
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    Do we have enough terms for green? Spring green. Lime green. Mint green. Olive green. Sage green. Forest green. Chartreuse. Moss green. Sea green. Pea green. We need them right now, because our delayed spring has suddenly burst into the greens of summer. And whites. And pinks. And reds. And purples. And yellows. In fact,…