Zoologically Improbable

perhaps a robot too tired from my job to do art anymore

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creatures, and evidence thereof

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azaleas from last year. if you have the chance, visit the us national arboretum for azalea season

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i’m a big fan of foliage

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plenty of things are in bloom in january and february

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spring starts as early as you want it to

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i’m really trying to move past my first experience with fothergilla

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wild ginger is imperative for a japanese woodland aesthetic

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taxonomy is ever-changing, so i have no hope of remembering if this was mahonia or berberis

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this is a fern, latin name osmunda. it’s my favorite type of fern.

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some cultivar names are really interesting! this variety of solomon’s seal is named after byakko, the white tiger of the west, which has had cultural significance in a number of east asian countries

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i don’t have much to say about fringe flowers. they’re pretty cool

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a lot of the crepe myrtle cultivars introduced by the us national arboretum are named after indigenous peoples, or just kind of vaguely native-themed words

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this is a really cool hybrid of a fatsia and some ivy, latin name xfatshedera. the cultivar pictured was introduced by the us national arboretum, i believe

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i don’t have time for art so i’ll be posting photos i took at work

this is a full-moon maple!