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PLANT ITINERARIES: Lupine & Poppies

Posted on March 12, 2025 by admin

Showers… for wildflowers…A Rainbow of California Poppies and Arroyo Lupines!

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CELEBRATION: Sierra Blue

Posted on March 10, 2025 by admin

Ceanothus cyaneus x ‘Sierra Blue’Sierra Blue and San Diego Mountain Lilac. Selected for the garden. Selected by Walter Lammerts in 1948 from an open-pollinated seedling from Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.

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FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY: ConChaChaCha…

Posted on February 20, 2025 by admin

Ceanothus ‘Concha’… cha cha cha 🙂 Ceanothus ‘Concha’ (California Mountain Lilac) True blue: how to plant ceanothus for quick colour

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FRUITINERARIES: Pomegranate

Posted on December 11, 2024 by admin

Ariana… to replace the irreplaceable Persimmon Fuyu ‘Jiro’… 🙁

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PLANTINERARIES: Thyme

Posted on November 6, 2024 by admin

Birthday gift… Thyme Faustinoi… Summer Thyme!

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FIG ITINERARIES: Desert King

Posted on October 25, 2024 by admin

One more fig try… Desert King for now… hoping to find the Ischia and Blue Celeste too… hmmm… Adriatic… Black Madeira… Coll de Dama… Smith…

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TOMATO TRIP: Stupice… sweet :-)

Posted on May 17, 2024 by admin

Wish granted… Stupice… Sun Sugar… and Juliet bonus 🙂

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Tomato Trip

Posted on May 16, 2024 by admin

STUPICE: Very early and very productive Czech variety… on the wishlist… Detour… Open Source Seed Initiative… Adelaide Festival… Dwarf Tomato Project… TomatoVille… Back to tomatoes… Striped German… San Marzano… Costoluto Genovese… Momotaro… Mexico… to be continued…

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Fava & Tomatoes

Posted on May 15, 2024 by admin

May is for Fresh Fava Beans… followed by tomatoes… Berkeley Pink Tie Dye… Brad’s Atomic Grape… Health Kick… Momotaro… San Marzano… Super Sweet! LEARN TOMATO GROWING TERMS … to be continued… tomatoes around the world 🙂

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Anniversary Gifts

Posted on April 4, 2024 by admin

Heuchera ‘Canyon Duet’… Alpine Strawberry Mignonette… for pots… Phacelia californica… Phacelia ciliata… for pollinators… Persimmon Fuyu ‘Jiro’… for a soil test… Calico Monkeyflower… for beauty… Pacific Coast Iris… for colors… Happy Plantiversary! 🙂

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