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CALIFORNIA: State Insect

Virtual travel from Japan to California brought up the topic of the state symbols… like, the official State Insect of California? The California dogface butterfly or dog head (Zerene eurydice) was designated the official State Insect in 1972. The butterfly … Continue reading

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Monarch Butterfly Garden

Amazed by the incredible Journey of the Butterflies… saddened by the latest population drop that brought their count to a record low… inspired by The Monarch story… we’ve just embarked in our little California native journey to create a Bird&Butterfly B&B… after starting … Continue reading

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Bird & Butterfly Rock Garden

Planted: Asclepias fascicularis, Narrow Leaf Milkweed Asclepias speciosa, Showy Milkweed Erigeron glaucus, Seaside daisy Eriogonum grande var. rubescens, Red-flowered Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum, Sulphur Buckwheat Eriophyllum lanatum ‘Siskiyou’: Spreading Wooly Sunflower Heteromeles arbutifolia, Toyon Monardella villosa,Coyote Mint Monardella villosa ‘Russian River’ Verbena … Continue reading

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BIRDS&BUTTERFLIES: Here Comes the Sun…flower!

Another epiphany for the plant of the month… if it is December it is Toyon… the Christmas berry… California Holly! It needs sun… as does the butterfly B&B… so here is the beginning of the Bird & Butterfly Bed & … Continue reading

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PLANT ITINERARIES: More California Natives

Last native plants of the year… THE Ceanothus ‘Centennial’… and a few additions for the butterfly bed&breakfast…  Achillea millefolium ‘Sonoma Coast’  Asclepias speciosa / Showy Milkweed Ceanothus ‘Centennial’ Scutellaria antirrhinoides / Snapdragon skullcap

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Color & Fragrance

Never say last fall planting… unless you fall for the Peachy Keen Hummingbird Mint… and Salvia ‘Aromas’… the Purple Sage… the Evergreen Currant or Catalina Perfume… California Aster… you know, for the butterflies 🙂

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HIDDEN VILLA: California Native Plants

If it’s November it is seed sowing time… and the Santa Clara Valley Native Plant Sale for the last planting of the year… got a couple buckeye seeds as well… adding some California Color to the mix… the fall magic … Continue reading

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HIDDEN VILLA: Native Plant Sale

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If it is October it’s CNPS Santa Clara Valley Native Plant Sale… didn’t find the Ceanothus‘Centennial’… but found five plants to start the California native pots… Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Margarita BOP’ Monardella macrantha ‘Marian Sampson’ Sedum spathulifolium ‘Broad-leaved Stonecrop’ Dudleya caespitosa … Continue reading

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CALIFORNIA NATIVE: Butterfly Garden

Rather a mini garden… with a monarch diner… or Butterfly Bed & Breakfast🙂 California Narrow Leaf Milkweed Sulphur Flower buckwheat – Annie’s Annuals Keep Monarchs Wild!

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CALIFORNIA: Native Herbs

Thinking of the Monardella villosa ‘Russian River’… hummingbird sage… native herbs… found this native herbs story and on CNPS Flora… ordered them and the Origanum vulgare ‘Compacta Nana’… finally starting our California herb garden!

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