The Phytophactor

 Wow! 2023!  Who would have thunk it?  TTP's family is not known for their longevity, so it is quite a surprise to find myself still aro...

 Sorry  for TTP's absence; stuff happens and my attention has been elsewhere.   Now that the considerable leaf fall is done a couple of ...

 October is not a great month for flowering, but a few plants flower in the fall.  This little perennial is generally hard to raise, at leas...

 Orchids are funny, and a number of even botanists are obsessed by them.  It is one of the largest families of flowering plants.  Among the ...

 TPP has been occupied, so sorry.  Having technical problems with images.  Here's part of the back log that doesn't need illustratio...

  The Phactors have two pet cats who own this house.  The older one, a rescue cat, just turned 17 and it was like the meter had run out.  Sh...

 This news item caught my eye because New York state is my childhood home and polio is a distinct memory.  TPP had just started school in th...

 This ia an aptly named plant, it does look like a bottle brush and even better is grows in the shade and flowers in midsummer.   Actually t...

 OK TPP was the victim of a very busy week.  What a relief to get that overwith.  And it rained after two long weeks of hot dry weather.  My...

 Hello readers, TPP is back!  A combination of too many things to do, mild depression, and a lost password kept TPP off the intertudubes.  A...