Plants and gardens around me.
A financial professional, plants have increasingly become a large part of my life, I grow and look for them in the wild. I am interested in ecological conservation and spreading the word of the good green lord.
ʻIʻiwi (Drepanis coccinea, Scarlet honeycreeper)
Native Hawaiian birds have some of the sweetest songs I have ever heard. These honeycreepers are altitudinal migrants living in wet forests along the slopes of Hawaiian mountains. They follow the progress of blooms across altitudes as the weather changes. Despite being the third most common land bird in Hawai’i’, it is still considered threatened.…
Callisia graminea (Grassleaf roseling)
A bit of a throwback from last years trip to North Carolina.
Cercis canadensis (eastern redbud)
As spring rolls in, the north east is filled with colorful flowering trees. Most of which aren’t native. But one small tree stands out, the redbuds. A native large shrub/small tree, the redbuds are covered in magenta pink flowers that occur in clumps right on the tree branch, or sometimes on the trunk itself. It…
This blog is intended to keep a curated list of images and descriptions I create in one place. I found insitu pictures of native plants lacking on the internet and hence this is my effort to introduce them and raise awarness about the amazing biodiversity around us.
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