Yellow-Faced Bumble Bees in the White California Poppies
The lovely White California Poppies "Alba" that I planted last year are lush again after winter and spring rains. They are such lovely...
Yellow Faced Bumble Bee in the Poppy Patch
The California poppies are blooming in full force now and the bees are having a great time in the poppy patches. In the image above see...
Cedar waxwings visiting again
Here are the cedar waxwings in the redwood tree again. I first hear their high pitched trills from a distance, as the whole flock was in...
Orchid surprise in the backyard
Last July I was given a cymbidium orchid plant. Prior to that, I had never tried to grow an orchid plant outdoors here in Northern...
Meanwhile on the patio...
One of the plant beds, which is in bright shade, is slowly transforming into a lovely lush area, with mostly native plants. This photo...
Our first Pandora poppy
Here is the first bloom of our Pandora poppy Papaver rhoeas plant. I'm so thrilled to see the poppy blooming in one of the patio plant...
Bumble Bees in the Native Garden
As the plants blossom, and the temperature warms up, out come the bees. There is so much bee activity in the native garden these days,...
New plants
I just can't help myself when it comes to plants. Somehow I feel you just can't have enough of them. A few weekends ago we went back to...
Springtime, time for renewal
Well, just when I was giving up on the Ribes sanguineum v. sanguineum 'King Edward VII' red flowering currant, look at it now! We planted...
Busy Honey Bees
Bees are busy in the front yard now that a ground cover plant that I can't identify is producing tiny lavender colored flowers. The...
