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Botanical and garden photography by Gayla Trail.
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Urn Plant (Aechmea fasciata)
I bought mine back in 2001, and while the mother plant (purchased for 15 bucks) has long since perished, I have never had to buy another. This is because after flowering the parent dies off leaving baby urn plants at its base to carry on the lineage. I have nurtured a couple of offsets to maturity.
It’s a fairly forgiving plant. I grow mine in a mix of orchid bark and soil-less mix for house plants, and am sure to give it lots of showers during the dry winter months.
There was a time when I thought the bright pink bracts accompanied by purple flowers was too showy and overbearing but I have since come to adore this plant. And the silvery banded foliage looks great on its own.
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Photo taken February 2007. Meanwhile here in Toronto we are waiting on yet another predicted snowstorm.
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Winter Wetland
Common reed (Phragmites australis) In the last few years I have tried to get out more during the winter as a way to get out from under the crushing weight of cold and snow and remind myself that plants are still alive during the winter months. I took this photo during last weekend’s excursion to my favourite place in Toronto which just happens to be located directly in this wetland. Standing there looking at the tall grasses and rushes lifts my spirits at any time of year.
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