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Question for any chestnut growers / propagators out there: this is a seven month old +\- chestnut seedling, last fall seed. Out of a few dozen seeds I collected from Luther Burbank hybrid trees this is the only one blooming. In my experience, I have
“8-Ball” in bloom - One of ten named cultivars of grafted pineapple guava I am growing. Pineapple guava fruit contain considerable amounts of easily digestible carbohydrates, and ascorbic acid. The content of iodine in an average size fei
Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) fruit can range significantly in size and quality. Most loquat trees we see planted in subtropical/mediterrsnean climates (8+) of the US are ornamental seedlings, producing inferior quality fruit with minimal flesh and fu
If social distancing was a plant. #papaversomniferum #covid19
This years #garlic is showing promise.
Mespilus germanica - Medlar’Breda Giant’ flower. #antique #fruit #trees
Solanum betaceum flowering. Also known as tree tomato, tamarillo or tomate del arbol, this is a very popular fruit throughout S. America and has been popularized in other areas of the world, such as New Zealand. It seems to like subtropical highland
Stemonitis spp. - Chocolate tube slime mold. #weird #naturephotography #aliens
Crataegus azarolus in bloom a few weeks ago. Azarole, or Mediterranean Medlar is a hawthorn species native to the Mediterranean basin. Azarole has similar traditional and contemporary medicinal uses as Chinese Hawthorn (C. pinnatifida) and a number o
Ilex paraguayensis (Yerba Mate), blooming. #plants #botany #education #ethnobotany #agroforestry
These are photos of old cultivated Pistacia lentiscus- mastic tree - on the island of Chios, Greece. A member of the Anacardiaceae family, relative of such well-known food crops as Mango, Cashew and Pistachio, P. lentiscus is a shrub or tree that gro
#priorities
This is a six month old seedling of what I’m assuming is a Quercus macrocarpa hybrid from a tree I randomly found on a neighborhood sidewalk. The acorn cap is very woody and almost reptilian in its scaliness whereas Q. macrocarpa seems to typi
Medlar in bloom - Mespilus germanica. Medlar is one of those ancient fruit species that will help get you through the collapse of modern western civilization. When people start using dollar bills for toilet paper, trees like this will be currency. #a
In early spring, Lasthenia california, or Goldfields, blankets fields and hillsides throughout areas of California and Oregon. Historically the Cahuilla (S. California) would collect and toast the seeds which were then ground into flour and used to m
I also propagate Sorbus domestica like this: Seeds fermented in ripe fruit for a few weeks, then planted directly in pot, spaced a cm or two apart in a sandy, well drained mix. I plant when fruit is ripe in fall, seeds stratify en situ all winter a
Young Prunus mume fruit. #ume #umeboshi #prunus #fruit #trees #apocalypsebotany
Tucking in this evening with one of the old classics. #richardevansschultes #hallucinogens #goldenguide #rarebooks #ethnobotany #plants #vintage
Seed - a currency you can depend on. #pandemic #plants
I have hundreds of Sorbus domestica germinating this season. This is one of those post-apocalypse tree species that everyone will want to have. #apocalypsebotany