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APRIL ANNIVERSARY: Scent & Color

Posted on April 21, 2023 by admin

Evergreen currant for perfume… Pacific Coast Iris ‘Tiburcio Vasquez’ for color… Fragaria vesca ‘Mara des Bois’ (Wild Strawberry)… Mignonette… you know, for the kids 🙂

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Birthday Bells

Posted on April 16, 2023 by admin

Heuchera sanguinea… ‘Coral Bells’… Happy Birthday! 🙂

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MOVIE NIGHT: The Rose Maker

Posted on February 2, 2023 by admin

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

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Manzanitas

Posted on January 11, 2023 by admin

Little apples… Arctostaphylos… árktos means “bear”… staphulḗ a “bunch of grapes”… a genus comprising the manzanitas and bearberries… Bell shaped flowers… sinuous smooth branching… dramatic showy bark… wild beauties!

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CEANOTHUS ITINERARIES: Ray Hartman

Posted on December 22, 2022 by admin

Plant Itineraries… California Natives… local species… Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’ originated by chance in 1929 at the Leonard Coates Nurseries in Morgan Hill… in our backyard now 🙂 A hybrid of Ceanothus arboreus and Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus that was collected … Continue reading →

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CELEBRATE: Bloomings from Sunnyvale!

Posted on November 22, 2022 by admin

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: California Buckwheat

Posted on October 21, 2022 by admin

Eriogonum fasciculatum ‘Warriner Lytle’ that is… welcome to our butterfly garden!

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WEEKEND WISH: Santa Cruz

Posted on July 17, 2022 by admin

From the redwood forest… nesting woods… Painted Barrels… forest bathe… Seep Zone… to the beach… wharf… Santa Cruz Blues… a weekend wish fulfilled!

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Yarrows

Posted on May 26, 2022 by admin

The long and winding road to loving Achillea millefolium… as a canvas… for butterflies… learning begins… on a non-native foot… a bright yellow gift… Moonshine… on to the common yarrow to fill in a meadow… with butterflies… Black Butte… Lost … Continue reading →

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Desert Eve & Jelly Bean

Posted on May 25, 2022 by admin

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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