There are almost 100 different species of oak native to the United States. They occur naturally in all of the 48 contiguous states except, oddly, Idaho. Probably the oak most Wisconsinites can identify is the white oak, whose leaves have the classic round-lobed shape. The bur oak, one of the white oak group, is the [Continue]
In my neck of the woods, or rather, on my bend of the river, it was a bad year for lotus. Or a good year for lotus. It depends who you are. Boaters and fisherman would say it was a bad year; however, nature photographers and lotus plants themselves rejoiced. Acres of lotus lined [Continue]
The entryways of plant nurseries, grocery stores, drug stores and department stores are filled with beautiful pots of chrysanthemums in an array of gorgeous fall colors. Soon all those pots of mums will migrate to front porches, decks and sidewalks throughout the area. Don’t be quick to buy the biggest most spectacular plants [Continue]