More new spring flowers in the garden: miniature lupine to bring nitrogen to the soil for the strawberries; Phacelia Californica; yellow Pt. Reyes meadowfoam; Sea Pink.
More new spring flowers in the garden: miniature lupine to bring nitrogen to the soil for the strawberries; Phacelia Californica; yellow Pt. Reyes meadowfoam; Sea Pink.
Recently had to chop back our Palmer's Indian Mallow because it was getting leggy and crowding other plants. This is a flower that I put into a vase on our mantle.
The flowers in my front garden wish you a happy Spring, in spite of the hardships we are facing.
Lupine with CA poppies in the background; San Francisco Wallflower; Red Maids
On my photo blog I have a few photos of Monardella undulata (aka Dune Mint) at Pismo Dunes.
If you want to talk #CANativePlants, #Mending, #Talmud, or surviving capitalism and parenting while ND, I’m here and would love to chat.
Sequoia sempervirens (left) next to a Pinus torreyana in the UC Davis Arboretum. #Arboretum #Botany #CANativePlants
Planning to guerilla garden some California poppies along one of our roads in the South Bay, but I was hoping to do it after a rain. But it is getting to be time, so I think I'm gonna do it anyway. Do you think it will work?
Update on #fieldofdreams #wildflowermeadow could use some rain. None in january. #CaNativePlants
@eleland I'm not yet aware of someone who posts that as the majority of their posts. However, you can find folks who talk about CA native plants and plants that are invasive in CA through hashtags.
Native Plant Extravaganza
Saturday, September 28, 10:00-4:00 pm US Pacific Time Shop in-person, or Online: Free talks!
Shop in-person at any of the 5 nurseries listed on Sat. Sept. 28, or online through Green Thumb Works on the weekend of Sept. 28-29, and a % of your sales will go to support the (SF Bay Area) Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour!
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Suddenly noticed one of the weeds at my feet was possibly a native Fabaceae. Took photos with the loupe to look up when I got home.
Looks like it may be Acmispon americanus. It's not as fuzzy as the "What grows here?" search on Calflora, and has a little cock's comb center to the wing. https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=11269 #CANativePlants #Botany
Prunus illicifolia tree allowed to grow to its full mature height. This one is just over 2 stories tall (I didn't have a way to take more accurate measurements) and standing at a fenceline.
A closer look through a 14x loupe. Same species, different specimen. Early #FernFriday #Botany #CANativePlants
A sight for sori.
I have some Wooly Sunflower (Eriophyllum lanatum 'Siskiyou') in a little buddies group with some Naked Buckwheat (Eriogonum nudum), 2 Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) and a Rock Phacelia (behind that paver!). Yesterday I spotted some color (2nd pic) ,and today it bloomed!! I planted it mid-April, so it's lovely to see it start to unfurl a month-ish later!.
It's such an honor to watch these plants grow! What a real joy #Nativeplants #canativeplants #woollysunflower
#nakedbuckwheat
#yarrow
im truly in love with my local native plants. Here are some more I have in the garden! They are: Silver Bush Lupine, Yarrow California Sagebrush (a personal fave) and rock phacelia! #nativeplants #canativeplants #gardening