The Gardener's Corner
The Rugged Cone Flower
by Judith Rogers
      The botanical name Echinacea is derived from the Greek word echinos, meaning hedgehog while the common term of coneflower is fitting for this flower with the raised spiky cone in the centre of the daisy-like petals. Pale purple coneflower is the native species with drooping pastel mauve petals fr...
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The elusive hummingbird
by Jennifer Howard, Naturalist/photographer
      As the summer draws to an end, we are all noticing a change in birding activities around us. This last spring, our little ruby throated hummingbird arrived on schedule on May 8th. The birding here at the point was different. We had our male arrive first as usual and the female followed a couple ...
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