"An absolute patience. Trees stand up to their knees in fog. The fog slowly flows uphill. White cobwebs, the grass…
Frankincense and myrrh These fascinating herbs are best known through the story of the Three Wise Men delivering gold, frankincense,…
Happy Holidays, everyone! Since my 'Yuletide' Camellia, usually on the patio, is in full bloom, we decided to put it inside…
Get down... Get down low...and see the mysteries that may be in your mulch and layer of leaf liter under…
Shasta Daisies and Ox-eye daisies The memories of the tall Shasta daisies in my grandmother’s and mother’s gardens created in me,…
Introducing you to... Mexican marigold or Tagetes lemmonii... Lemmon's Marigold, Copper Canyon Daisy or Mexican Bush Daisy, you can call…
Yesterday, Saturday OK, I see it now. After several years of growing Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood', I have only seen…
Discovering new natives I have always loved the names of plants. I don't know why, but I must know what a…
Their colors are so intense, majestic, it is a privilege to be out among the asters and goldenrods and drying…
Collecting milkweed pods I found these milkweed pods on a drive up to Bald Mountain in the Sierra Forest. I…
Arrrgggghh! I did it to myself,...I planted Mexican Primrose in my front beds in my impatience for something to fill…
Each with their secret and each with their song Narcissus lifting their faces to me Paper-white petals so fragile so…
Rainy, stormy night and day. Big change in the hot weather of the last two weeks. This Iris just rebloomed,…
"What is that wonderful smell", guests exclaim! So spicy and fragrant, Common Madia, Madia elegans and Rosinweed, Calycadenia truncata are…
Three pots of lilies, with faded blooms, given to me by a friend in May 2009, were planted on the…
Fun for Valentine's Day. Can you guess these? [gallery link="file"] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Nov 1st, 2007 I love the Fall color of the 'Royal Cloak' barberry, so determined to get more. As a…