Ann Loves Plants

Category: Propagation from Seed

  • Digging in the Roots: A Pre-Spring Reverie

    Viola odorata.  After work tonight my husband and I walked to the grocery store. Along the way I plucked a few stray Viola odorata blooms and then cupped them in my left palm like small birds. From time to time—passing the halal markets and medical marijuana storefronts—I held my hand to my nose and drew in…

  • Growing On

    Japanese maple (Acer japonica) in my backyard. I’m still feeling a lot like this seemingly vulnerable leaf on one of my Japanese maples, but as days have passed, and the leaves have all opened up, the leaf no longer sticks out. I’m taking this as a sign. As it lifted up its head to the…