CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

 Teasels  Dipsacus fullonum  are wild flowers that just keep giving. Bees love their flowers, goldfinches eat their seeds and the empty hone...

The teasels Dipsacus fullonum in my garden are beginning to shed ripe seeds, so I’m expecting the local goldfinches to show up any day now...

Over a century ago there was considerable debate as to whether the teasel Dipsacus fullonum was a carnivorous plant. It’s not difficult...