I am thinking of making a Herbam specialist Tytalus, one who has realised that trees and plants war with each other over sunlight an other resources, and wishes to fully comprehend the plants' battle tactics and strategies.
But the action is so slow. Is there a way for this Tytalus to develop time lapse photography? Or something just as useful?
Harvest seed, fruit, whatever from each plant, cast your spell on each, little plant sprouts up and goes through life-history in fast motion? Might count as scrying the past, so: Plants go through life in fast motion, so experiments can be set up.
Leave the item near plants to be watched, later retrieve time lapse images from ...
An enchanted mirror?
A tree planted from an enchanted seed. (charged item!?) Tree is peeled (as one might for veneer) to reveal the images.
Enchanted Onion.. Onion is peeled for images of surrounds.
Box of beetles, nearby anthill, nearby beehive. Enchanted, later carefully sorted to retrieve captured images.
Skull on stake: Gives blow-by-blow coverage when asked.