Common sage (Salvia officinalis) in bloom



Love the light there in the evening.
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The fruit is edible, but there's not much food on it, so probably not worth planting outside of its native range.

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I have to admire the survival skills of this Prickly Pear. How did it get there. How is it still alive ?





From the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
From the perspective of plants we are all rich and in the long run they will eat us all. @plants
This little plant, identified as Equisetum arvense by a colleague, appears to have grown right through one of the metal posts of the bridge of Amsterdam University College (#AUC #UvA #VU). ... read full post

TL;DW: You can't, unless it is still attached to the plant. Just eat it right away, it will not get any riper.


The plant is frost-hardy, but all parts of the plant above ground die in winter.

From the Singapore Cloud Forest

From the Singapore Cloud Forest



Singapore Cloud Forest. Not sure what plant it is, but I guess from the Araliaceae.

Singapore Botanic Garden