Category Archives: .flowers

PLANT ITINERARIES: Canyon Snow Iris

For a good new year! It’s the second Canyon Snow Iris in the backyard and the first one doesn’t seem to find its place… hence a warm welcome to the new iris! 🙂

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SAN JOSE: La Vie en Rose

At San Jose Heritage Rose Garden that is… a beautiful place!

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EDIBLE GARDEN: Ribes Sanguineum

On the native plant wish list for a while… moving it up for the edible flowers… very fruity 🙂

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MOVIE NIGHT: The Rose Maker

A day later than Chandeleur… lovely French movie with Catherine Frot… for the young bio scientists out there 🙂

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CELEBRATE: Bloomings from Sunnyvale!

It was a joy to have a request for flower cards… send flowers… love! HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A PEACEFUL NEW YEAR!

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Desert Eve & Jelly Bean

Desert Eve™ Deep Rose Yarrow… Jelly Bean™ Gold Monkeyflower… you know, for the butterflies… wish-adding the Red for a sunny border… Yellow for a splash of joy… still looking at Achillea millefolium ‘Island Pink’… wary of the watering shade combination… … Continue reading

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EDIBLE ITINERARIES: Wild Strawberries and Hibiscus Jamaica

Hmmm… edible groundcover… wild strawberries… Alexandria… with a TEA surprise… Hibiscus Roselle Jamaica 🙂

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BIRTHDAY GIFT: Lewisia ‘Elise’

Lewisia (Lewisia cotyledon ‘Elise’) Lewisias are charming rock garden plants with showy flowers in late spring and early summer.

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PLANT GIFTS: Jelly Beans

Jelly Bean Monkeyflower that is… pink… orange… marigold… hmmm… CaliPots? Yerba buena for a casa buena too!

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BLOOMING ITINERARY: Pacific Iris & Coral Bells

Blooming in mid April… Pacific Coast Iris ‘Lavender’… Heuchera ‘Old La Rochette’… white sage… sunset in Davis… Rosada!

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