Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Bee Report

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Denise

Plenty of bees on these poppies. (You weren’t expecting hard science, I hope. ) But this is a subject too serious for flippancy. The short version is that bees are still in serious trouble (and by symbiotic association, so then … Continue reading →

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Some Plants to Forget

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Denise

You won’t be rushing home from work to check on how these plants are holding up on a hot, dry summer day. Just forget about them. Aeonium with a nice, snaky curve, ballota, sedum, golden sedge, and a little pelargonium … Continue reading →

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Man-Eating Corydalis

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Denise

There’s a man-eater loose in the neighborhood Image found here. Not a tawny blur of shadowy stripes, but a flutter of ferny glaucous leaf, 4X4 feet. Big enough for a tiger cub to hide behind. Corydalis heterocarpa, Corydalis heterocarpa var. … Continue reading →

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Occasional Daily Photo

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Denise

California poppies and agave at sunrise in an Altadena, California garden designed by Sue Dadd.

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Gladiolus communis ssp. byzantinus

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Denise

Some byzantine glads opened while I was out of town a few days. Flowers have that unerring sense of timing, don’t they? As I’ve written before, these bulbs are an inferior strain, in that they are not the desired deep … Continue reading →

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