Seeds for the birds
The birds are enjoying the dried seeds on plants in the front yard. After it bloomed and then dried up, I left the Amaranthus "Hot...
Sunshine Blueberry Blossoms
The Sunshine Blueberry plants are producing buds again, and there are a lot. When they start to bloom the bees will be visiting a lot. In...
What is blooming on the patio now?
It's nice to see some plants still blooming now, for example some cosmos plants that are growing from seed that fell from plants growing...
The "Family Jewels" Milkweed tree
As you may remember from a November post, we inherited a large Asclepias physocarpa "Family Jewels Tree" milkweed from a friend whose...
Penstemon 'Hidcote Pink' - Beard Tongue
The Penstemon 'Hidcote Pink' - Beard Tongue is full of blooms right now. It seems to like the cooler weather. Note the nectar guides ...
Pollinator corner
This must be one of the Anna's hummingbirds' favorite places in the garden. Here are Abutilon "Red Tiger", California native Heuchera...
Lovely Red Tiger Abutilon
Oh, isn't the Abutilon Red Tiger blossom lovely... We purchased this plant as a seedling from Spiral Gardens http://www.spiralgardens.org...
Mockingbird's delight
We are so surprised to see that the figs on our potted Black Jack fig tree are actually ripening now. We bought the tree late Spring of...
Permaculture just makes so much sense
Maybe some of you are already very familiar with permaculture. I didn't know so much about it until I watched a program on Deutsche Welle...
Meyer Lemons in the rain
The Meyer Lemon tree in the backyard is thriving in the cool weather. Last Sunday the fruit looked so refreshed in the rain showers,...
