california native flora

a drought tolerant patio garden of mostly natives

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02-14-2010

What’s Blooming: Phacelia Campanularia (Desert Bluebells)

Feb 14, 2010. Desert Bluebells.

What’s blooming in the patio garden mid way through February 2010 and a few words about yesterdays trip to the Theodore Payne Foundation in Sun Valley.

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02-08-2010

Happy New Bird House

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Based on a recommendation from the National Wildlife Federation, I have built a little bird house to offer shelter to the small feathered visitors who frequent our patio garden.

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02-01-2010

New Native Plant Inventory and Competition at the Matilija Nursery

Feb 01, 2010. Matilija Nursery website screenshot.

Latest native plant inventory and other great updates at the Matilija Nursery website. The Matilija Nursery sells California Native plants exclusively, promoting wildlife-friendly and water-wise gardening and landscaping.

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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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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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Recent Images

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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