Someone cares

Why an eccentric band of tree lovers is cloning an ancient forest

I found this article froma link from somewhere (it's so easy to get lost on the 'net and not find your way back). It tells about some people who care enough to try and save the earth's biggest, hardiest trees by cloning them. Such good work, really. He started this work after a near-death experience.

Did you know that the believed oldest tree is a California Redwood that they believe is 4,842 years old? Incredible! Even more incredible is that we're all working hard to kill as many as we can. We don't think about that, but our everyday actions are leading to it...

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I'd like to grow

nothing but heirloom plants in our small yard...

Food Ark

I doubt that we'll ever be able to do that, though...

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Where to take that special plant...

A Gourmet Restaurant for Plants, Not People

"A look at an experiment in which plants savor menus of light and challenge our assumptions about the natural world"

I didn't have an 'artist' graphic that would suit something this... avant garden...

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Sure

"It's a very private, intimate moment for the plant,"

Titan arum (corpse flower) blooms in Berkeley

If a plant can have a "private, intimate moment" and be aware of it, that is. It sounds like a bit of anthropomorphism to me...

(I've always found these plants fascinating, though. Not that I'd ever want to grow one.)

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Interesting plant

Tree Tumbo - Mystery plant of the desert

This is a link to a photograph of it:

Welwitschia mirabilis

I really do think that this is a plant I could have some success with. It's beauty is in the fact that it looks pretty much finished when its healthy. Anyway, I'm not known to have the greenest of thumbs...

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