First time ever Orange Sulfur
About an hour ago, I went out in the heat of the day, 90 degrees F. to check up on wildlife activities in the field of native plants. I...
The Essential Pacific Aster
This is the first year that we have been successful with our Pacific or California asters Symphyotrichum chilense, planted as seedlings....
Monarchs visiting!
At last! So many of us have been worried because we had seen only very few monarchs throughout the summer. And now they are making their...
Pollinators in the garden
From morning to evening, our pollinators are so fascinating to observe. Here is a Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee sipping nectar from a Pozo Blue...
Be part of the change
Read this great article https://www.lewisginter.org/doug-tallamy-productive-native-plants/?fbclid=IwAR0oW9JMRe09xHoKAB-n6ECPoful0pJGMEQQZ...
Echinacea Rainbow Marcella
I love these echinaceas/coneflowers! Look at those delicious colors. This is their third year growing in a large container pot and look...
Lovely, tattered Ladies
The sight of female butterflies that are a little tattered is a poignant one. They survive close calls, intent on creating a new...
Painted Lady Caterpillars!
We are starting to see Painted Lady Vanessa cardui caterpillars in our garden. This is the first time we planted mallow shrubs, including...
Butterfly weather
Here in the Bay Area we have, so far, been spared extreme weather conditions this summer. Now that the temperatures are slowly rising,...
In honor of Pollinator Week, some of our pollinator visitors
So happy to see pollinators enjoying the native habitat we created for them! Top photo is of a Leaf Cutting Bee on a flowerhead of the...
