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    Zombies in a Poppy-Pocalypse
    • Mar 27, 2019
    • 3 min

    Zombies in a Poppy-Pocalypse

    by Joan Dudney I’d been waiting in anticipation, obsessively checking flower updates and blog posts. I daydreamed about becoming a flower...
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    Duckweed or Suckweed? Tiny Plants Turn Out to be Interesting!
    • Jan 23, 2019
    • 4 min

    Duckweed or Suckweed? Tiny Plants Turn Out to be Interesting!

    by Julie Everett Growing up, I had a forsythia bush in my backyard. For some reason, each spring my sister and I would always eat the...
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    The Allergy Tree
    • Oct 3, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Allergy Tree

    by Mark Brunson I love trees, but trees don’t always love me. The trouble is: I’m susceptible to pollen allergies, and those allergies...
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    Found Love in a Vulgaris Place
    • Sep 12, 2018
    • 3 min

    Found Love in a Vulgaris Place

    by Jeremie Fant That I chose a species I once hated for my first “Plant love Story” was a surprise even to me. However, given the thin...
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    A Love-Hate Relationship
    • Jun 20, 2018
    • 4 min

    A Love-Hate Relationship

    by Heather Dawson I spent years fighting with alder trees. They grow in dense thickets that form tangled and terrible walls of vegetation...
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    Why I Don't Hate Plants
    • May 30, 2018
    • 4 min

    Why I Don't Hate Plants

    by Josh Galperin I don’t hate plants, though I do sometimes hate looking at them for too long. For that reason trees are among my...
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