Plant Profiles
‘Dragon’s Blood’ and first snow
Yesterday, Saturday OK, I see it now. After several years of growing Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood', I have only seen…
Discovering and identifying the Oracle Oak
Discovering new natives I have always loved the names of plants. I don't know why, but I must know what a…
An Explosion of Asters
Their colors are so intense, majestic, it is a privilege to be out among the asters and goldenrods and drying…
Marvelous Milkweed, part of a butterfly garden
Collecting milkweed pods I found these milkweed pods on a drive up to Bald Mountain in the Sierra Forest. I…
Invasive plants and impatience in the garden
Arrrgggghh! I did it to myself,...I planted Mexican Primrose in my front beds in my impatience for something to fill…
Ice Wings
Each with their secret and each with their song Narcissus lifting their faces to me Paper-white petals so fragile so…
Reblooming Iris ‘Hemstitched’
Rainy, stormy night and day. Big change in the hot weather of the last two weeks. This Iris just rebloomed,…
‘Sweet vagrant’ tarweed
"What is that wonderful smell", guests exclaim! So spicy and fragrant, Common Madia, Madia elegans and Rosinweed, Calycadenia truncata are…
August ‘Easter’ Lilies
Three pots of lilies, with faded blooms, given to me by a friend in May 2009, were planted on the…
Red and Pink
Fun for Valentine's Day. Can you guess these? [gallery link="file"] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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