california native flora

a drought tolerant patio garden of mostly natives

Post Archive January 2010

01-21-2010

What to do about Aphids?

Jan 21, 2010. Goldfinch at the Orange King Bougainvillea

Insecticide? Horticultural soap? Prune ’til you can’t see them any more? Maybe best leave it to nature…

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Category: Garden Blog

01-19-2010

Abutilon Palmeri – Indian Mallow

Dec 12, 2010. Indian Mallow - Abutilon Palmeri. New planter specimen.

Introduction to the frequent blooming desert native, Indian Mallow (Abutilon Palmeri).

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Category: Indian Mallow

01-17-2010

Happy New Garden Journal

Jan 10, 2010. South wall.

Welcome to my new garden journal. Here I’ll be keeping track of all the goings-on in my little Patio Garden here in Camarillo, CA.

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Category: Garden Blog

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July 16, 2011 - Penstemon Mexicali 'Red Rocks' - Red Rocks BeardtongueJuly 16, 2011 - Heterotheca Villosa 'San Bruno Mountain' - San Bruno Mountain California Golden AsterJuly 16, 2011 - Epilobium Canum ssp. Canum - California FuchsiaJuly 3, 2011 - Trichostema Lanatum - Woolly Blue Curls. Still very small but has survived into a second year!July 3, 2011 - Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem' - Wynyabbie Gem Coast Rosemary