365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Resilience
Day 141: Landscape heather (genus Erica) as is commonly seen in gardens is not too far removed genetically from that found in the alpine meadows (Phyllodoce) and in the highlands of Scotland (Calluna). Like its relatives, it is a resilient, yet vulnerable plant, able to withstand the relentless weight of winter's deep snow and the bitterest cold, yet one which dies beneath an idle, heedless foot-fall when in its full summer sap. It requires an acidic soil in order to thrive, and does not take well to pruning. Its flowers may be pink or white.
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