Category Archives: .plants

SAN FRANCISCO: Spring Scents

Posted on March 24, 2022 by admin

Living with scents… delightful… Neighbor Bakehouse… delicious… Letterform Archive… on the wish list… Minnesota Street Project… Dogpatch… blooming!

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DAY TRIP: Spring Concert

Posted on March 12, 2022 by admin

Solano / Yolo Counties… Putah Creek Road… orchards… Stebbins Cold Canyon… Blue lupines… fragrant spring… California green! Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts | UC Davis: Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell

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SUNDAY HIKE: Los Altos Hills

Posted on February 5, 2022 by admin

Buckeye view Canvas sky Shades of green Spring maids Why is Bay Area air quality so bad in the winter?

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NATURE HIKING: Rancho San Antonio

Posted on February 3, 2022 by admin

February greens… wildflowers… warrior’s plume… little frogs… hound’s tongue… California winter… fragrant forest… a bridge to spring!

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DAY TRIP: Footsteps Of Spring

Posted on January 29, 2022 by admin

When there’s not enough time to go for a hike… and to the City… a hike in the City! Mt. Davidson is the highest point in San Francisco… and the first on our Saturday itinerary… on the Footsteps Of Spring… … Continue reading →

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PLANT ITINERARIES: California Lilac

Posted on January 21, 2022 by admin

Big Pod Ceanothus that is… Ceanothus megacarpus x ‘Tranquil Margarita’… endemic to California… from Santa Barbara County to San Diego County… including most of the Channel Islands… such a traveling opportunity in the garden… while enjoying California… a hopeful happy … Continue reading →

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PLANT ITINERARIES: San Bruno Mountain

Posted on January 19, 2022 by admin

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

Posted on January 17, 2022 by admin

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

Posted on January 15, 2022 by admin

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

Posted on January 12, 2022 by admin

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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