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PLANT ITINERARIES: San Bruno Mountain

Grows best in sandy, coarse-grained or other fast draining soil… yes! Selected for the garden from San Bruno Mountain… closer to home… and to the now established San Bruno Mountain Sessileflower Goldenaster… happy to find more local native plants for … Continue reading

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PLANT ITINERARIES: St. Helena

Grows best in sandy, coarse-grained or other fast draining soil… yes! Prefers sun in coastal sites, and sun or part shade in inland sites… yes! Selected for the garden by Nevin Smith from Mount St. Helena in Napa Co… bloom … Continue reading

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Frosty Dawn

Looking for Coral Bells… finding Frosty… California Mountain Lilac… budding blues… slow growing but long lived… hopefully longer than the old and very short lived Ceanothus centennial… we have just the right place for you… welcome to B5!

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Heucheras

Heuchera ‘Canyon Duet’… ideal for a container too… blooming coral bells in pots… Canyon Belle… Canyon Delight… Canyon Melody… that is a blooming wish list!

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Cascade Creek…

…California goldenrod… let it grow… pollinators!

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PACIFIC COAST IRIS: Violeta…

Welcome to our garden!

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CITINERARY: Rancho San Antonio

A classic 2h hiking itinerary… maybe longer… in spring with blooming wildflowers… popular but never disappoints… November highlights… follow the trail… . pdf Over the hills not very far away Coyote bush is the plant of the day Start at … Continue reading

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DAY TRIP: Villa Montalvo

In search of a sugar pine… for an art exchange winter holiday project… another view of Villa Montalvo… Creando Espacio… Sugar Bush… Rolling Counterpoint… Four Bridges… to be continued…

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Wayside Manzanita & Coral Bells

November plant gift… Arctostaphylos hookeri… Wayside Manzanita or Inner Monterey Manzanita… one of the few manzanitas that does well as an understory plant… where it is planted… and a great candidate for a rock garden… thinking of another one in … Continue reading

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October Plant Presents

Native planting season… Cercis occidentalis… California goldenrod… Golden Currant… annual wildflower seeds… including the Blazing Star… and some herbs for the fragrant garden… Yerba Buena… Midnight Mojito… Wild Magic Basil too!

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