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Category: stories

• experiences plants stories

  

  Jacobaea maritima

  Perhaps the most common ‘dusty miller’ in the horticultural trade today

  14 May, 2025
• experiences plants stories

  

  Centaurea ragusina

  A rare endemic from Croatia traveled the world!

  14 September, 2024
• plants stories

  

  That Mysterious Plant

  Finding the identity of a plant saved from a refuse pile.

  31 May, 2020
• plants stories

  

  The Curiosity

  A strange Pelargonium seedling that appeared in our garden.

  30 June, 2019
• experiences plants stories

  

  Mr. Kovac’s dusty miller

  Part III – A recent rekindling of interest in Centaurea ragusina

  11 April, 2016
• history plants stories

  

  ‘Gilva’ vs. ‘Gilva’

  An Echeveria by any other name …

  23 June, 2010
• experiences plants stories

  

  Hunting More Centaureas

  More effort in tracking down the true identities of various gray leafed Centaureas

  16 November, 2001
• experiences plants stories

  

  Mr. Kovac’s dusty miller

  PART II – Learning the true identity

  1 January, 1971
• experiences stories

  

  Mr. Kovac’s dusty miller

  PART I – How I started down a path to learn about gray leafed plants …

  12 April, 1970