Plant Profiles

California Fuchsia, easy to grow, complicated in name

Growing California Fuchsia is like hanging out a neon sign to a certain pollinator, namely hummingbirds! It also fills a…

14 years ago

Foothill Penstemon, vivid and bright

It’s California Native Plant Week and I’m profiling a different California native each day that is on my particular wish…

14 years ago

Sulfur Flower, a native Californian butterfly magnet

California Native Plant Week It’s California Native Plant Week and I’m profiling a different California native each day that is…

14 years ago

Blue-eyed grass, a native gem

It’s California Native Plant Week and I’m profiling a different California native each day that is on my particular wish list. …

14 years ago

A California native, served sunny side up

It’s California Native Plant Week and I’m profiling a different California native each day that is on my particular wish…

14 years ago

wordless wanton wednesday

Ceanothus 'Dark Star'

14 years ago

Allelopathic Plants….what? “I want to be aloooone”

Marlene Dietrich, in her strong German accent, said this in the old movie ‘Grand Hotel’, but plants say it too,…

14 years ago

wordless wildish wednesday

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14 years ago

California Buckeye, always one season ahead

... or, how I discovered Buckeye 'bulbs'. California Buckeye, Aesculus californica, is always ahead of the season,...first to leaf out in…

14 years ago

Manzanita ‘Howard McMinn’ and companions

This is National Wildlife Week and for that, I have chosen some favorite California native plants to show, as well…

14 years ago