I wanted to share these lovely poppies with you for this Garden Blogger Bloom Day, but the girls are a bit sleepy. As a matter of fact, unless it is completely sunny outside, they tend to nap a lot. I checked them before work and they hadn’t had their coffee or done their hair. I [...]

My garden seems to fairing much better than I thought. As I was thinking about what would be in this post, I lamented that there wasn’t that much in bloom. But as I puttered around the garden with camera in hand, I find that there is, actually, quite a bit in bloom. Some other observations [...]

This past Saturday, the Central Coast Greenhouse Growers Association held its annual open house where wholesale nurseries in the area open their doors, for one day only, to the public. What gardener wouldn’t want a behind the scenes looks at how their plants are grown? And better yet, how about some great deals on those [...]

I’ve decided to take the Native Plant Challenge issued over on Garden Smackdown. Andrew Keys (@oakleafgreen … do follow, you won’t be sorry) created a roll call of all the natives in his garden to help bring awareness to these wonderful plants. Now I’m a big fan of natives, but I’m no purist. I completely [...]

Sometimes one good bloom is all you need. I could add the pictures of the chives that are blooming or the irises whose blooms were pummeled by the recent rains, but this monkey flower is all I need to make me happy on this cold December morning. A recent addition picked up at a local [...]

For this #florafriday I’m excited about leaf color, especially bronzes and greens. As the cold weather starts to settle in and fewer and fewer blooms remain  I find myself noticing the hardworking foliage plants in the yard. Three that seem particularly spectacular right now are: Chocolate Mint geranium is a scented variety that smell of [...]