By Richard B. Primack
“Knowledge is to be acquired only by a corresponding experience.” Henry David Thoreau in A Week on the Concord and Merrrimack Rivers.
On August 1, I led a canoe trip upriver from Millennium Park in West Roxbury for the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) to view and learn about rose mallow flowers. At this time of the year, these plants are in full flower creating a wonderful display of their dessert-plate sized flowers. Plants vary dramatically in flower color, size, petal orientation, and presence or absence of a purple center creating an exciting opportunity for the curious plant lover.
Photo 1: We traveled by canoe and kayak.
Photo 2: We landed on an island and viewed the variety of flowers on rose mallow plants.
Photo 3: I explained the floral morphology and showed the variety of flowers.
Photo 4: Emily Norton, Executive Director of the CRWA, and her staff explained the range of the organization’s activities.
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