#ilex

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 10 March 2026

The evergreen Ilex aquifolium (holly) makes a dense hedge if pruned regularly. The dark, glossy green, spiny leaves make an excellent background. There are small white flowers in spring followed by bright red berries on pollinated female plants, but for a uniform hedge the same clone may be selected.

Bright, little, bobbly fungi; something in the family Nectriaceae, I think. Growing on moribund holly bark.

Outer Wilds vines pt 4

Hornfels has learned not to handle anglerfish without gloves today.

Here's all the babies btw:

@outerwilds-events Campfire Fest 2026, Day 1. Prompts: Purple, Nomai, Broken, Rare Pair.

For this fic, I wrote about the long path toward romance between Solanum and Ilex, filled with a general inability (or unwillingness) to actually address their feelings, in favor of letting them toss and turn and fester indefinitely. …Also, there's, like, a deadly comet or whatever at some point, which definitely doesn't affect those feelings at all, no sirree!

I gathered small branches of holly, mint, and oak today in preparation for my winter solstice altar.