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| A mature clump of Iris fernaldii (Country Mouse Garden) |
A little late I know. But better late than not at all. I recently took photos at our respective gardens. I hope you'll enjoy these garden views (which I tend not to do so much) and flower close-ups.
Town Mouse Garden in April
Note: taken in the evening, which limited my options some... |
| Red fruit of pajaro manzanita, with foothill penstemon in background |
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| Ceanothus `Tilden Park` with some monkeyflower in foreground |
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| Foothill penstemon in evening light |
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| Calfornia fescue |
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| Prettyface (Triteleia Ixioides Starlight) - planted a few years ago and spreading |
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| Happy bumble bee getting pollen from Tansy-leaved Phacelia |
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| Garden in evening light: Poppies, autumn sage, and California fescue |
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| Chinese houses, just starting to bloom |
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| Dry streambed with different coral bells and succulents |
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| Checkerbloom in front of bird bath |
Country Mouse Garden in April
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| Mostly native chaparral on the left of the path: Artemisia californica in the back, Baccharis pillularis darker in the foreground, and non-native succulents on the right, greenhouse in and shade house in upper right of photo. |
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| Deer grass, Muhlenbergia rigens, spiky in bottom right (not locally native but native nearby). Feathery needle grasses to the left - Stipa cernua. Wild chaparral lapping up the slope to the edge of the flat area, showing Arctostaphylos crustacea, brittle leaf manzanita, and Salvia mellifera, black sage. |
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| An assortment of things in pots. And boots! |
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| The succulent is a kind of native Dudleya and I think it is a cross - purchased at a sale. Probably local Viola adunca, western dog violet, in the middle, and fringe cups on the right, Tellima grandiflora - not yet blooming - on the right. |
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| Coastal wood fern, Dryopteris arguta, foreground, and probably Heuchera maxima, island alum root, behind. |
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| Garden stairs with on the left a small local Dudleya, Dudleya lanceolata. |
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| Pentagramma triangularis, goldback fern, growing wild. |
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| Monkey flower, Mimulus aurantiacus, not blooming much yet, on the left, and sage brush, Artemisia californica, on the right |
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| Paintbrush, Castilleja affinis. Locally wild, these are in a flower pot with companion plants. |
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| Pellaea andromedifolia, coffee fern. |
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| Western columbine, Aquilegia formosa. It's really flourishing on my north-east slope. |
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| Coastal bush lupine (lavender form), Lupinus arboreus |
Thanks -- hope you enjoyed the show!
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