Weekly Puzzler #218: Robin-Sized Bird with a Yellow Head and Breast
Well hello there and happy weekend to you! I hope you are staying safe and doing well on this, the first day of August. Are you making time to get
Weekly Puzzler #217: Endemic Tree With Waxy Leaves and Fragrant, Drooping White Flowers
Happy weekend! Our next puzzler is a native tree with alternate and finely toothed leaves that taste sour. (Yes, I know, most people aren’t going to just go around tasting
Weekly Puzzler Answer #214
Last week’s puzzler is a vigorous vine you can often see growing in the forest, climbing up trees, other vines or even along the ground. It has gorgeous, heart-shaped
Weekly Puzzler #215: Aggressive, High-Climbing Vine with Three Broad Leaflets
If you live anywhere in the south, it’s pretty likely you’ve seen this next puzzler. It’s a vine that is super aggressive. When you see it, it is usually covering
Weekly Puzzler #213: Cane-Like Stems, Red Berries and Compound Leaves
Let me tell you a story. For many years we had several of these small trees growing in the woods in the front of our house, beside our azalea, and
Weekly Puzzler Answer #212
When I first saw this vine from last week’s puzzler it was covering everything in sight and I thought surely it must be an invasive plant. I took some photos
Weekly Puzzler Answer #211
The small shrub from last week’s puzzler was Japanese Barberry, Berberis thunbergii. It is non-native, invasive, yet common shrub used in landscaping–it’s hard to go down any road in any