plants – hashiworks

plantings

Published on June 4, 2026June 3, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

teensy and huge

Published on June 3, 2026June 2, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

ribbon and nest

Published on June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

In a shaded corner of our garden, I’ve tucked a gathering of diverse ferns and nestled the shiitake log among them (still no mushrooms, but it’s only been four months.)

Bulbine frutescens

Published on May 30, 2026May 27, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

I’m learning a lot from Let’s Botanize. This week: RAM and SAM.

hairy armpits

Published on May 28, 2026May 27, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

you’re so vein

Published on May 24, 2026May 22, 2026 by Hashi1 Comment

I just bought this cool book, Let’s Botanize by Ben Goulet-Scott and Jacob S. Suissa. 101 Ways to Connect with Plants? Yes please! The very first prompt has me jonesing for a microscope.

In working on this page, I learned the botanist’s terms for the upper- and under-side of a leaf. Adaxial and abaxial. How to remember which is which? Abaxial includes B for Bottom.

Uresiphita reversalis

Published on May 15, 2026May 14, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

Phacelia cicutaria

Published on May 10, 2026May 9, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

It’s the first time I’ve ever looked closely at Phacelia seed structures. They are delicate and beautiful.

This California native is clearly a fire-follower: Professors Carol and Jerry Baskin of the University of Kentucky noted a 27% increase in germination as compared to control when treated with aqueous extracts of charred wood, or the charred wood itself. Cool!