Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 03/09/2026New Dinosaur Jr. album making me want to bring the old perzine back from the dead 030
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Greek yarrow (Achillea ageratifolia) in the home rock garden 031
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 15/08/2026beaver dam (?) on Beaver Creek #ponderosapinescenicbyway 010
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 29/07/2026grain buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) #covercrop 000
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 24/07/2026oceanspray earlier this month in oregon #holodiscusdiscolor #summerville 030
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The smell of wormwood is living in my nostrils 010
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 14/05/2026For those who are like me and love subshrubs, here is Helichrysum trilineatum 'P021S' 010
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 11/05/2026eastern gray penstemon (Penstemon canescens) 030
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I <3 seed oils. Also, tap water is delicious. 010
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 12/04/2026catkins of chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii) 000
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 24/03/2026leaf buds of yellowhorn (Xanthoceras sorbifolium) 000
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 14/03/2026desert alyssum (Alyssum desertorum) now blooming 010
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 08/01/2026An early January phlox flower in the Boise Foothills 010
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Finally going to finish reading a book club book on time for book club #lifeonsabbatical 040
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 13/12/2025wintergreen barberry (Berberis julianae) in December 020
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 08/12/2025mystery mushrooms growing in the sand at Elephant Rock Loop (Boise Foothills) 030
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Before and After. Not perfect but definitely an improvement. Up next: new garden beds 010
Reposted by Awkward Botany🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Many plants defend themselves with physical defenses. Spikey armaments, at various scales, are the subject of this week’s posts. Let’s start with root spines: Adventitious roots that harden & become sharp. Cryosophilla palms do it best. 📷: Cryosophila warscewiczii #root #Arecaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱 27610
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Day 1 of a 39 day break from work. First project on the list: build a new gate. 000
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 18/11/2025fall color on Korean spice viburnum (Viburnum carlesii) 030
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 09/11/2025fruits of creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata) 020
Reposted by Awkward Botany🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Anisophylly means “unequal leaves” & refers to the production of unequal leaves continuously & concurrently (not a growth stage). Maples (this is Acer rubrum) produce a pair of leaves at each node, but one leaf has a longer stalk than the other. #Sapindaceae #anisophylly #Acer #Botany 🌾🧪🌱 2497
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 26/10/2025the fruit of chocolate vine (Akebia quinata) 020
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 13/10/2025It's fall y'all. Plant something every day. 100
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 29/09/2025the flowers of watercress (Nasturtium officinale) 010
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 22/09/2025stems, flowers, and fruits of rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea) #weedsofboise 010
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 15/09/2025not sure if we'll get any sweet potatoes, but we do have flowers 020
Reposted by Awkward Botanyold fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 09/09/2025indian tamarind, painted by amanda almira newton, 1908 08811
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Weeds of Boise: a tiny buffalo bur in a friend's yard (Solanum rostratum) 030
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Weeds of Moscow Idaho: hairy cat's ear (Hypochaeris radicata) 040
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 12/08/2025smooth oxeye a.k.a. false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) 020
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 21/07/2025It's National Moth Week!? I really should have tried to get a photo of that police car moth I saw yesterday. Just try to picture it. It was on nettleleaf giant hyssop and yarrow 010
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 17/07/2025First blog post in a while. More to come! awkwardbotany.com/2025/07/16/h...awkwardbotany.comHorticulture’s Weedy Introductions in a Changing ClimateIn case I need a reminder that the horticulture industry has a history of introducing weedy plants to natural areas, I get one each time I bike to work. Riding along the Boise River Greenbelt, a tr… 011
Awkward Botany @awkwardbotany.bsky.social · 11/07/2025I got to take a peek into the greenhouses at Native Roots in Twin Falls, Idaho 000
