Tag: Point Pelee National Park
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The Meadow Bell
Tall Bellflower is an herbaceous, native, biennial that is an excellent self-seeder. These gems flourish in the meadows at Point Pelee National Park. Fun Fact: One of my all-time favourite plant facts is that Tall Bellflower is a botanical misfit. The Latin “Campanula” translates to “little bell” but, if you look closely at a…
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Water’s Wizardry
Yesterday I enjoyed my first outing in 13 weeks. Thirteen weeks!!! Can you imagine? True that I was not alone, but the euphoria was every bit as wonderful as if I was. Whilst confined to quarters, I decided to embrace my new (self-assigned) role as a pseudo-sociologist; after writing about “Third Spaces” last week, I’m…
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Ethereal Dancers of Sanctuary Pond
Water Willow (Decodon verticillatus), also known as Swamp Loosestrife — not to be confused with Purple Loosestrife — is a native Ontario shrubby perennial that plays a healthy role in our wetland ecosystems. This beauty is growing on the edge of Sanctuary Pond at Point Pelee National Park in Ontario. Ethereal Dancers of Sanctuary Pond…
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The Flower Hour #31: Lilac is more than a flower…
My trusty friend, The OED, tells me that the colour “lilac” is a moderate to pale grayish-purple or a light purplish-pink. With apologies to Terri, our Lilacs have finished here in southern Ontario, and the only Lupins I know of are in the Monty Python sketch “Dennis Moore” — “Give me all your Lupins!” —…
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The Flower Hour #23: Phorest Phloxy Phlorals*
The Flower Hour #23: Spring’s Phloxy Florals Thanks as always to Terri for another Flower Hour reminder. She chose Phlox this week and — ta da — this is actually a flower I have in my collection. Here in south-west Ontario, and especially at Point Pelee National Park, we have a species of wild…