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Mountain foxglove (Ourisia macrophylla) on Taranaki Maunga, Te Papakua o Taranaki Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography
Most mountain foxgloves flower from November to February, so now is the best time to get out and see them. It was spring. The mountain air was warm, the track was before us, and at first our eyes were drawn to the immense form of the volcano above. But more and more we noticed the […]
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