Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses. Unless mentioned, all links should be free of paywalls.
article: What Makes Blueberries Blue? (Rachel Sargent Mirus/The Outside Story/Northern Woodlands) The short answer is two things: anthocyanin pigment and a wax bloom that scatters blue light; but it’s more complex than that.
images: Downloadable Woodland Vintage Botanical Prints For Free (Picture Box Blue) Download or print.
essay with photos: Why are many American gardens full of mulch? (Radovan Hajekon/US Perennials blog) Lots of examples of “socially distanced” plants in a sad desert of mulch, and quite a few ideas as to why this state of affairs exists, such as poor knowledge of plants and how to put them together; tidy and neat areas contrast with the wild = uncontrolled, potentially dangerous and scary; easy clean-up, especially by people who don’t know plants; lack of good design models and prevalence of compact plants on the market; financial reasons. Many photos of well-planted gardens further down the page.
list: hummingbird flowers (Mt Cuba Center) List with links to descriptions and photos of each of 20 flowers that hummingbirds visit (in the mid-Atlantic U.S.)
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