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PLANT ITINERARIES: Point Sal Spreader

Salvia leucophylla ‘Point Sal Spreader’ – Purple Sage that is This low growing native California shrub typically remains under 2 1/2 feet high and spreads to 10 feet wide but can climb higher onto other plants or objects. It has … Continue reading

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SAN FRANCISCO: Spring Scents

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

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Heucheras

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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PACIFIC COAST IRIS: Violeta…

Welcome to our garden!

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Wayside Manzanita & Coral Bells

November plant gift… Arctostaphylos hookeri… Wayside Manzanita or Inner Monterey Manzanita… one of the few manzanitas that does well as an understory plant… where it is planted… and a great candidate for a rock garden… thinking of another one in … Continue reading

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October Plant Presents

Native planting season… Cercis occidentalis… California goldenrod… Golden Currant… annual wildflower seeds… including the Blazing Star… and some herbs for the fragrant garden… Yerba Buena… Midnight Mojito… Wild Magic Basil too!

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California Gold…

Goldenrod, that is! With a touch of anise basil and Wild Magic basil too!

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ASILOMAR: Then & Now

A foggy weekend… canvas for blossoms… memories blooming for five years… feels like forever… a happy place for the soul…. citinerary to be continued…

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Mimulus ‘Eleanor’

Last native before the heat is on… hope this monkeyflower will make it… adding the Red Bush Monkeyflower to the wishlist… you know, for the butterflies

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ANNIVERSARY: Sea Ranch

The Sea Ranch in April… starting the trip early brings an extra day feeling… bright & crisp weather… wildflowers… walk by the Del Mar Landing Marine Reserve… to Salal Creek… sunset by the ocean… a beautiful half day that feels … Continue reading

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