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Who outwitted whom?
I've an ongoing struggle with the resident squirrels that eat more of the seed I put out for the birds than the birds do. My husband built a cage around my largest feeder but, in time, the squirrels...
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March Favorites
Once a month, Loree of danger garden invites us to celebrate the plants in our garden making the biggest impression at the moment. Most of my selections this month aren't exotic or unusual. However,...
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In a Vase on Monday: An angel by any name
My roses are starting to bloom. The beautiful noID lavender rose had two large blooms I couldn't resist cutting for my contribution to "In a Vase on Monday," the weekly meme hosted by Cathy at...
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Wednesday Vignette: What says spring to you?
Even in the midst of drought, spring can be an almost overwhelming experience here. This year, late winter blooms combined with spring blooms to create a floral explosion. Honestly, it's left me...
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Wide Shots - Inside Out
I looked back to see what I covered in my March wide shots post and discovered that there was no March wide shots post. I guess Leap Day must have thrown off my internal calendar. In any case, this...
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In a Vase on Monday: What season is it anyway?
A number of people have expressed surprise at seeing roses and other flowers characteristic of summer elsewhere in bloom in my garden. For all practical purposes, coastal southern California has two...
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Getty Center Visit
Late last month, my husband and I took off on a weekday visit to the Getty Center in West Los Angeles. We hadn't been there in 3 years, our last visit unexpectedly marking our last outing with his...
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Another work in progress
In my recent wide shots post, I mentioned that I was working on the area on the southwest end of the property alongside the street. This area is a mish-mash. The strip directly adjacent to the street...
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In a Vase on Monday: Who's up?
In preparing this week's post for "In a Vase on Monday," hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden, I realized that I've been making up vases in connection with this meme for 2 years now. My first...
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Wednesday Vignette: The wait comes to an end
Since February, when I saw the first buds forming on my Echium candicans 'Star of Madeira', I've been waiting and waiting for the blooms to appear. In March, the Ceanothus hedge behind the Echium...
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Bloom Day - April 2016
My recent Bloom Day posts have been overloaded with photos so rather than bore readers with another long post, I tried to whittle down my photo collection to focus only on the most floriferous...
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What's a garden without trees?
Can you imagine this space without the Magnolia tree on the left? Or the peppermint willow (Agonis flexuosa) on the right? Or the red-barked Arbutus 'Marina' in the distance? I can't.I hadn't...
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In a Vase on Monday: Smashing Pink Blooms
After publishing my April Bloom Day post, I realized that I'd unintentionally omitted a photo of one of my most floriferous plants, the Leptospermum scoparium 'Pink Pearl'. I have two of these shrubs...
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Tarnished Gold
Yellow is my favorite color but I've gone way overboard in its use in my backyard garden. While I have several swaths of yellow color, the one that seems most jarring to my eye is that created by a...
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Earth Day Celebration
Today marks the 46th celebration of Earth Day. In recognition, I thought I'd take you on a short stroll through my garden, the place where I feel closest to the earth and its needs.We enter through...
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In a Vase on Monday: Too much yellow?
Last week, I reported on an effort to adjust an excess of yellow color in my back garden. It certainly seems that everything is coming up yellow right now, vases included.This week the front and back...
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So, I've been shopping...
Fall and winter is absolutely the best time to plant here in coastal Southern California. It's cooler and we get rain - not a lot of rain the last few years but some. Frost is virtually unheard of so...
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April Favorites
On the last Friday of the month, Loree of danger garden celebrates her current favorite plants and encourages other gardeners to follow suit. April is usually a high point in my garden but the lack of...
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Wide Shots - Odd Angles
I've made a habit of taking my monthly wide shots from the same vantage points in my garden to facilitate comparisons over time. This month I decided to change things up a bit by posting photos taken...
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In a Vase on Monday: Fumbling with Foliage
Last week, I noticed that one of my favorite plants, Arthropodium cirratum (aka Renga Lily), was starting to bloom. I used this plant in my last garden and it was one of the first plants I added to...
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