Tag: Castilleja attenuata

Weed and more native plants will come

By Sue LangleyDesign, Garden, Plant Profiles, Sierra Foothills, Springblue flax, California native plants, Castilleja attenuata, Dodecatheon hendersonii, Linum lewisii, meadow, Pretty face, Shooting Star, Triteleia ixioides, Valley Tassels, weeding, weeding California native plants

The natural meadow in the second year By that, I mean, this is the second year that I have weeded but not planted here. I’ve planted my 5 year old garden in irrigation zones. The area around the house gets the most water and has the most ‘non-native, but Mediterranean plants.’ We’re on a slope…

May Day bloomers and identifying new native plants

By Sue LangleyGarden, Plant Profiles, Sierra Foothills, SpringBear Clover, blue flax, CA natives, California natives plants, California poppy, Castilleja attenuata, Ceanothus cuneatus, Chamaebatia foliolosa, Chaparral Honeysuckle, Leptosiphon bicolor, Lonicera interrupta, Luzula comosa, Pacific Woodrush, Penstemon, True babystars, Valley Tassels

Recently identified, four CA natives on the property are ‘new to me.’ If you read this blog very much, you know that I’ve been compiling a sort of natural history of the California natives on the place. After ten years here and five years since the house was built, I have thought I knew all the…

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Tag: Castilleja attenuata

Weed and more native plants will come

May Day bloomers and identifying new native plants