There’s a wordless tune from some old Native American song from my
childhood that sometimes haunts my memories – a one chance encounter
humming in a barely whispered Hodge posh of unintelligible lyrics and
music from the cracked lips of a sad elderly Pacific Northwest beggar at
a farmer’s market. He was there peddling his bleeding heart plants
harvested no doubt from the forest floor of a nearby wildlife preserve.
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For the last few weeks we’ve been quite proud of the heirloom plants
that are growing in upside down containers on our front porch. It
seemed like every morning we’d awake to new evidence of their growth and
vitality. However, this morning, quite the opposite has occurred. For
whatever reason, they are now showing signs of stress and struggle.
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Certainly
all flowers did once grow wild — and all animals, too. There are
certain kinds of flowers and animals which men have developed by
choosing the kind of thing they wanted and leaving the rest, and so
gradually getting such things as the garden rose, the different breeds
of dogs, and so on.
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Here you'll find descriptions of some of the more common wild flowers of the region, and
the descriptions and pictures will enable you to know them when you find
them. Here are some of my favorite wild flowers in our Pacific Coast states!
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As someone who once dyed my then blonde hair pink on a dare, it occurs
to me that while I’ve seen Old Man’s Whiskers outside in nature, I’ve
never seen a man (old or young) brave enough to sport a pink beard
(although I’m sure some have). For a long time, this wildflower of the
west and northwest, has been on its way to becoming the passenger pigeon
of plant life.
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Unfortunately, many people today do not know much about berries
found in the wild or even in their own backyards. Here are some of my
favorites that everyone should be familiar with:
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