Tag: native plants

  • Native Miniature Mimulus

    Mimulus alsinoides This past weekend my neighbor and I took one of the weekend foster respites out to the Columbia River Gorge. Since it is a National Scenic Area, it is seriously protected, therefore it’s a great area for viewing native flowers in bloom doing their thing. This is a good example of that, but…

  • You Know You’re in the NW When…

    You are walking along the sidewalk in downtown Seattle, it’s raining, you look down at the grate you are about to cross, making sure you won’t slip and slide into the street, and you see this. Where else in the world do ferns grow like this? I am sure they are out there, but this…