Carpenter bees: big enough to get into Bear’s breeches!

The plant called Bear’s Breeches (Acanthus mollis) gets this rather odd name because someone thought that the large, deeply lobed, hairy leaves look like wide, rustic trousers or a bear’s rump. I can’t quite see the resemblance myself, but there are number of other names, including sea dock, bear’s foot plant, sea holly, gator plant […]