Tag: Meriwether Lewis

wordless wildish wednesday

By Sue LangleyPlant Profiles, Spring, wordlessblue flax, CA natives, Linum lewisii, Meriwether Lewis, plant profiles, seeds, Spring, wildflowers

Blue Flax, linum lewisii, a CA native, introduced in my garden

Blue Flax, linum lewisii, not native to my property, but wildish

Blue Flax in the meadow

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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: Meriwether Lewis

wordless wildish wednesday

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