You don’t see too many trees full of Spanish Moss any more. Maybe Katrina & Rita washed it away. The trees in the park are not this loaded with moss at this time. This Live Oak is on Constance Street[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Flora & Fauna
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In the Gulf South, nature wins every time. It will overwhelm you. Should man leave this place, all trace would vanish-be swallowed whole in moments, leaving only bronze statues of Louis Armstrong. Allowing us to live here is a gracious[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s a different attitude toward nature in New Orleans. First of all, it’s best not to anger it. You see that this is not a big or fancy or exotic tree, but we’re still making way for ducklings, here. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
These are called Resurrection Ferns (ones that grow from random places- cracks in steps, walls, etc) after a good rain. People often ask me what my favorite thing about New Orleans is (because I annoyingly somehow find a way to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s pic is a 3-parter. This is a lovely Live Oak on Carrollton Avenue. You’ve surely noticed by now that this album will be absolutely lousy with Oak trees. But they are truly breath-taking. This is how you notice that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I think I could have a whole blog called “New Orleans Live Oaks”, and have a paragraph to write about each one. This tree is in the Garden District, at 7th and Prytania. I took this photo in March of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Many parts of the country have invasive flocks of feral Quaker Parrots, also called Monk Parakeets-(Myiopsitta monachus) thriving in their area. It’s not just limited to semi-tropical places like New Orleans and Miami. Chicago and New York has it’s own[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mr.(&Mrs.)Snail Our “front yard” is about 4′ x 6′. It’s basically a patch of Canna that I tried to remove in its entirety to hopefully replace with Brugmansias (this will likely take me years to dig out, as Canna have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Asian Scrotum Plant (Testicliensis orientalis) is actually an invasive species to New Orleans. You can’t dig ’em out but if you kick ’em real hard, they shrivel up. And they don’t like the cold. I kid you. I am[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I wish I had two Rosemary hedges. Don’t you? I’d settle for just one. Originally published Jan 2009