Category: flowers
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It’s Back!
This verbena in a pot finally bloomed this week, no small feat since I thought it was dead and ready to be replaced. I bought it at a drug store four years ago–the first year was magnificent. It disappeared during the winter months, but managed to pop up in the Spring over the next few […]
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Water Lily Fourth
There’ll be fireworks tonight but yesterday water lilies in Sacramento were bursting with color and people taking family photos with lilies in the background.
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The “Wow” Purple of Rock Purslane
The rock purslane is a succulent that thrives along the Central Coast. The flower looks like a purple light bulb from a distance. This one is in or backyard.
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The Nasturtium Forest
The western hillside of Mission Trail which ends at the historic Carmel Mission is home to a forest of nasturtiums. Here are a few examples.
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Geraniums: Disliked by Spiders and So-So with Honeybees
Some 70 years ago I went into a brick house built in the 1760s. What I remember about the insides was the smell of red geraniums–they were everywhere. The elderly woman who lived there said geraniums keep spiders away–they don’t like the odor. To this day I think about that day when I see red […]
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Ivy Geranium
Last year the ivy geranium “died” in our side yard but this Spring it has rebounded despite the continued drought conditions. It is now common to talk to neighbors about what plants are surviving.
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