Recent content by dobharchu

It is boxelder. The leaves of poison ivy are alternate, these are opposite. Also, remember "Hairy rope, don't be a dope"? The stems pictured are smooth.

I lived in B'ham for a while, the sun shines plenty there!!!--for natives, look for Douglas Hawthorn, Vine Maple, Doug Fir, Alpine Fir, Western/Water Birch, Western Larch, Bitter Cherry, Western Azalea, Huckleberry, etc. I think most of the popular Japanese species do fine there, I had a satsuki...

I collected one in spring (late February) in the south Puget Sound area (Mason county) last year. I potted it to a good draining mix and misted morning and evening through that first spring. It is still looking healthy.

Every few years we have a bumper crop of Celtis occidentalis seedlings in our neighborhood from the boulevard trees the city planted--at least they're a common weed in my yard. I've been working with them for a few years--they ramify really well and the leaves get down to under an inch long...