Mimulus cardinalis "Golden Form"
It's so exciting to see the "Golden Form" Mimulus cardinalis plant start to bloom. This is the first time I planted one of these. It's...
Happy Summer Solstice!
Lovely animation of the "Story of Flowers"
" Cupcakes White" Cosmos bipinnatus
I love to plant cosmos every year. They are native to the southwestern US and Mexico, and provide nectar and pollen to bees and...
The fascinating Wool Carder Bee
Now that the Lambs Ears plants are growing larger and full of leaves the Wool Carder Bees Anthidium manicatum are hard at work all day,...
First blooms in the native garden
Aren't these California rose chiffon poppies lovely? I've never grown them before, and am so excited to see how this plant is thriving in...
The native plant garden now
Every morning before before getting ready to leave for work and every evening when I return home, I always check our native plant garden...
Colors on the patio
Every day brings new surprises to the patio. There's always something else that is blooming, bringing a different color. I'm especially...
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee in the Margarita Bop
It seems like whenever I am in our newly created native plant garden area, I always see Yellow-Faced Bumble Bees Bombus vosnesenskii ....
Honey Bees and Lavender
Now that the lavender plants are blooming again the bees have more nectar sources. Hummingbirds feed on the nectar of these plants. Above...
Cosmos blossoms for the bees
This year we have at least twice as many cosmos plants growing on the patio as well as in the front yard. I'm looking forward to seeing...
