Tag: Farewell-to-spring

Working quietly along with quail

By Sue LangleyProjects, Sierra FoothillsAchnatherum hymenoides, Agoseris grandiflora, Anaphalis margaritacea, Brodiaea elegans, California Everlasting, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, Clarkia cylindrical ssp. clavicornate, Elegant Brodiaea, Elegant Madia, Farewell-to-spring, Gnaphalium californicum, Grand Mountain Dandelion, Heermann's tarweed, Holocarpha heermannii, Indian Rice Grass, Madia elegans, Navarretia, Pearly Everlasting, Pretty face, Speckled Fairyfan, Triteleia ixioides, Wavy-leafed Soap Plant

Weeding the natural meadow I work quietly, allowing my thoughts to fade away into just being. I especially don’t think about the enormity of my goal, and the only urgency I feel is the one. The weeds are going to seed. The last three days I have spent in the natural meadow two levels below…

Native plants from Lewis and Clark, found in the Sierra Foothills

By Sue LangleyHistory, Plant ProfilesBitter-root, CA natives, Camasia quamash, Clarkia amoena, Clarkia unguiculata, Corps of Discovery, Farewell-to-spring, gardener, Golden Currant, Indian blankets, Joseph Whitehouse, Lewis and Clark Herbarium, Lewis’ Blue Flax, Lewisia rediviva, Linum lewisii, Meriwether Lewis, Mimulus lewisii, Mountain Garland, Northwest Passage, plant profiles, Ribes aureum, Thomas Jefferson, wildflowers, William Clark

Lewis & Clark discoveries we can plant… In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson requested $2500 from Congress to send Meriwether Lewis and William Clark off on the Corps of Discovery expedition. See how their discoveries influenced the garden world of today in our foothills! Lasting from 1804 to 1806, this was the first exploration of the new…

Sierra Foothill Garden

A New Mountain Gardener

Tag: Farewell-to-spring

Working quietly along with quail

Native plants from Lewis and Clark, found in the Sierra Foothills