Garden Blog Latest Entries
What’s Blooming? June 2010
The sun is out and the temperatures are climbing. The summer flowers are coming to life now and a few of the traditional spring bloomers are putting on a late show.
What’s Blooming? May 2010
May is turning into a fantastic flowering month with more native plants showing off their colors for the first time this year. Among the bloomers on display are the Matilija Poppy, Red Fairyduster and several of our native Sages.
What’s Blooming? Early April, 2010
Springtime continues to impress as several native and non-native plants in our garden are showing off their colors for the first time this year. Included are Seaside Daisies, Irises, Mallows and California Lilacs.
Plant Journal Latest Entries
Introducing California Bush Sunflower – Encelia Californica
Oft seen brightening up our hillsides in coastal southern california, Encelia Californica brings a little sunshine to the garden. Long blooming season makes this just as attractive to people as it does wildlife.
Introducing Arctostaphylos ‘Pacific Mist’ – Pacific Mist Manzanita
Fast growing groundcover Manzanita hybrid. Great in planters or ground, pretty winter flowers keep the hummingbirds interested.
Introducing Penstemon Spectabilis – Royal (or Showy) Penstemon
Spectacular bloomer, tall flower spikes are covered in blue to purple flowers spring through early summer. Must have very good drainage or will not survive for long.
Plant Journals
- Apricot Mallow
Sphaeralcea Ambigua var. Ambigua
Entries: 1 - Aromas Cleveland Sage
Salvia Clevelandii 'Aromas'
Entries: 1 - Bee's Bliss Sage
Salvia 'Bee's Bliss'
Entries: 1 - Blue Bush Lupine
Lupinus Propinquus
Entries: 1 - Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium Bellum
Entries: 1 - Bougainvillea Barbara Karst
Bougainvillea Buttiana 'Barbara Karst'
Entries: 1 - Bougainvillea Brasiliensis
Bougainvillea Spectabilis var. Brasiliensis
Entries: 1 - Bougainvillea Orange King
Bougainvillea X Buttiana 'Orange King'
Entries: 1 - Bush Anemone
Carpenteria Californica
Entries: 1 - Bush Poppy
Dendromecon Rigida
Entries: 1 - Bush Snapdragon Gran Canyon
Galvezia Juncea 'Gran Canyon'
Entries: 1 - California Bush Sunflower
Encelia Californica
Entries: 1 - California Lilac Dark Star
Ceanothus 'Dark Star'
Entries: 1 - California Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus 'Concha'
Entries: 1 - California Poppy
Eschscholzia Californica
Entries: 1 - California Wild Rose
Rosa Californica
Entries: 1 - Catalina Fuchsia
Epilobium Canum 'Catalina'
Entries: 1 - Coffeeberry Bonita Linda
Rhamnus Californica 'Bonita Linda'
Entries: 1 - Common California Fuchsia
Epilobium Canum ssp. Canum
Entries: 1 - Desert Willow
Chilopsis Linearis
Entries: 1 - Flannel Bush San Gabriel
Fremontodendron 'San Gabriel'
Entries: 1 - Fuchsia-flowering Gooseberry
Ribes Speciosum
Entries: 1 - Heart-leaved Penstemon
Keckiella Cordifolia
Entries: 1 - Howard McMinn Manzanita
Arctostaphylos Densiflora 'Howard McMinn'
Entries: 1 - Hummingbird Sage
Salvia Spathacea
Entries: 1 - Indian Mallow
Abutilon Palmeri
Entries: 1 - Iris Pacific Coast Hybrids
Iris Pacific Coast Hybrids
Entries: 1 - Island Snapdragon
Galvezia Speciosa
Entries: 1 - Margarita BOP Foothill Penstemon
Penstemon Heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP'
Entries: 1 - Matilija Poppy
Romneya Coulteri
Entries: 1 - Morning Glory Candy Cane
Calystegia Macrostegia ssp. Cyclostegia 'Candy Cane'
Entries: 1 - Mountain Pennyroyal
Monardella Odoratissima
Entries: 1 - Narrow Leaf Milkweed
Asclepias Fascicularis
Entries: 1 - Pacific Mist Manzanita
Arctostaphylos 'Pacific Mist'
Entries: 1 - Pink-flowering Currant
Ribes Sanguineum var. Glutinosum
Entries: 1 - Pitcher Sage
Lepechinia Calycina
Entries: 1 - Purissima Tree Mallow
Lavatera 'Purissima'
Entries: 1 - Purple Hopseed Bush
Dodonaea Viscosa 'Purpurea'
Entries: 2 - Purple Sage
Salvia Leucophylla
Entries: 1 - Ray Hartman Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman'
Entries: 1 - Red Fairyduster
Calliandra Californica
Entries: 1 - Red-Heart Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus Spinosus
Entries: 1 - Royal Penstemon
Penstemon Spectabilis
Entries: 1 - Sticky Monkeyflower
Mimulus Aurantiacus
Entries: 1 - Sugarbush
Rhus Ovata
Entries: 1 - Toyon
Heteromeles Arbutifolia
Entries: 1 - Wayne Roderick Seaside Daisy
Erigeron Glaucus 'Wayne Roderick'
Entries: 1 - Western Columbine
Aquilegia Formosa
Entries: 1 - Western Redbud
Cercis Occidentalis
Entries: 1 - Wildflowers
Various
Entries: 1