Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus luteus/ Erythranthe lutea) 猴面花

Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus luteus/ Erythranthe lutea)猴面花

Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus luteus/ Erythranthe lutea) have pretty good sized flowers in summer. 美麗的猴面花於夏天綻放.

Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus luteus/ Erythranthe lutea) flower is about 5cm in diameter. 猴面花的花徑約5公分.

Yellow Monkey Flower seed pods and seeds (Mimulus luteus/ Erythranthe lutea) 猴面花種夾與種子.

Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus luteus Erythranthe lutea) seeds germinated with tiny seed leaves. 猴面花種子孵出長出小小的子葉了.

Cold hardy aquatic perennial. Easy to grow. Best in full sun to partial shade location in pond or wet soil. Native in south of Canada. Yellow flowers with red/purple markings bloom in summer. Flowers attract bees and butterflies. USDA Zones:6-9. Mature size:6″-3′(H)X 9″-1′(W). Propagate by seeds, cuttings, layering or division. Self-seed. Edible leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

耐寒多年生的水生植物. 容易栽種. 最好栽種在全日照到半日照處的池塘或濕土中. 原生於南加拿大. 夏季開黃色有著紅紫色般的花朵. 花頗吸引蜂蝶. 耐寒喜溫暖. 成熟株高6吋-3呎,寬幅9吋到1呎. 繁殖以種子,扦插,壓條或分株的方式來進行. 會自行落籽繁殖. 葉片可以生食或煮食,兼具食用與觀賞價值!

Reference links: 參考網站資料連結:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythranthe_lutea
https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/127046/
http://moorewatergardens.com/product/yellow-monkey-flower-mimulus-luteus/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythranthe_guttata

Watercress (Nasturtium officinale) 西洋菜/豆瓣菜

Watercress (Nasturtium officinale) 西洋菜/豆瓣菜

Watercress growing from supermarket bought cuttings. (Nasturtium officinale) 西洋菜/豆瓣菜繁殖自超市買來的小把菜中挑粗的來扦插.

This hardy aquatic perennial is common vegetable that you can find in any supermarket nowadays.  Very cold tolerant and easy to grow from cuttings or seeds.  Best in full sun to partial shade location.   When you harvest just cut the top tender shoots with young leaves then the rest of plants will continue to grow rapidly.  Do not introduce it to wet land because its invasive growth.   Small white flowers from late spring to mid summer and do grow seeds easily.   I find it is easy to grow from cuttings and you can get a bundle of them with good price in the supermarket vegetable isle.  Just save few thicker cuttings then grow them in a pot will wet soil.   Keep the pot moist/wet (I keep the pot in a small container) and in full sun to partial shade location.  USDA Zones:5-11.  Easy to grow and propagate.   Propagation from seeds or cuttings or dividing the plant clumps.   As food you can eat it raw as salad or cook in water or oil.   Medicinal.   Fast growing.

這種菜是多年生草花,非常強健的水生植物. 也是超市中常見的葉菜區中小把小把在賣的.  非常耐寒並且容易栽種,容易繁殖自超市買來的小把菜中挑粗的來扦插或是買種子來播種.   以栽種在全日照的濕潤土壤/積水的泥土中為佳.  勿種在開放水域以免繁殖到不可收拾.  春末到仲夏開白色的小花並容易結子.  由於超市賣的不貴只要留幾枝稍粗的來扦插比種子栽種的快.  只要維持盆土的濕潤就可以了(我是把盆放在小提桶中放在全日照到半日照處讓它們生長.  耐寒且耐熱.  易栽種及繁殖.  繁殖以種子/扦插/分株方式皆可.  它可當沙拉生吃或煮熟食用. 生食有辛辣味. 可藥用.  生長極為快速.

Reference links: 參考網站連結:

http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E8%A5%BF%E6%B4%8B%E8%8F%9C http://foodfacts.mercola.com/watercress.html

Autumn in High Park 秋訪多倫多公園High Park

Autumn in High Park 秋訪多倫多公園High Park

It is a nice park in Toronto.  There is a small zoo in it! 🙂  它是一個多倫多市免費參觀的大型公園,有池塘與小型動物園.

Check below link for more information:  更多資訊請查詢以下連結:

http://highparktoronto.com/

Striking fall colour! 美豔的秋色!

Colorful parking lot. 公園內的停車場就很美.

High Park fall colour. High Park園中秋色.

High Park fall colour. High Park園中秋色.

High Park fall colour. High Park園中秋色.

High Park fall colour. High Park園中秋色.

High Park fall colour. — Yew and its berries. High Park園中秋色.

Red maple. 紅楓.

Swan in High Park pond. — High Park園中池中悠遊的白天鵝.

White swan and duck in High Park pond. High Park池中的白天鵝和野鴨子.

Duck in High Park pond. High Park池中的野鴨.

More ducks. 還有更多的野鴨子.

Nice colorful reflection on the pond. 反映著美麗秋色的池水.

Chipmunk. 花栗鼠.

Squirrel. 松鼠.

More colorful trees. 更多秋色.

More colorful landscaping. 更多秋色景觀.

More colorful tree — black gum. 更多秋色.

High Park Zoo. High Park中的小型動物園.

Eastern Gartersnake is harmless snake. (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) 原生種無毒的小蛇.

Common Bulrush (Typha latifolia) 長苞香蒲

Common Bulrush (Typha latifolia) 長苞香蒲

Typha latifolia (bulrush, common bulrush, broadleaf cattail, common cattail, great reedmace, cooper’s reed, cumbungi) or 長苞香蒲 Typha angustata Bory et Chaub.

You can find this almost everywhere near waterside. Insects, birds and other small animals like to live among these for shelter.

水邊常見的多年生草本植物,昆蟲,鳥類或其他小型動物喜歡棲息在其中. 它也是很好易燃的生火材料,花莖是很好的切花花材.

Planting lotus seed indoor (Nelumbo nucifera)室內孵蓮子

Planting lotus seed indoor (Nelumbo nucifera)室內孵蓮子

first leaf of lotus from lotus seed

This time I use temperature controlled aquarium heater to keep the water temperature at 24 C. There is a light right above the container for 8 hours a day. Normally from seed to first bloom will take 1-3 months if growing condition is good. This is a single, deep pink lotus. Its flower of mother plant looks like this…

蓮/荷（學名：Nelumbo nucifera）蓮科蓮屬多年生草本挺水植物,荷花原產於中國. 它是印度和越南的國花. 種類有很多種,從大型的需種到寬廣池塘的到小型的碗蓮. 又分開花的花蓮和不開花食用為主的菜蓮品種,耐寒與否和品種也有很大的差異. 一般蓮荷種植偏愛黏性土壤,全日照,重肥和喜高溫.

Lotus roots in fall (plant wilt during dormancy) which I grown it from this medium to small type of lotus from seed in late spring.  (Nelumbo nucifera) 春末孵的中小型蓮子,秋冷休眠翻盆看看藕根的狀況.