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<\/a><\/p>\nThe last time I worked at the downtown Los Angeles courthouse prompted this post<\/a> on Grand Park*. Branches of the waxflower are familiar to everyone as a perfunctory addition to mixed bunches from grocery stores. Massed in the landscape they are wild things again, as good with concrete as they are with a vase.<\/p>\n <\/center> *August 30-31, 2014, 50,000 Made in America Festival<\/a> attendees will sprawl across Grand Park. Watch out for the plants, people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The last time I worked at the downtown Los Angeles courthouse prompted this post on Grand Park*. Yesterday the waxflowers were in bloom, an Australian shrub that most likely passed completely unnoticed at my last visit. The waxflower, or chamelaucium, … Continue reading
\nYesterday the waxflowers were in bloom, an Australian shrub that most likely passed completely unnoticed at my last visit.
\nThe waxflower, or chamelaucium, is a member of the myrtle family. Its tiny, needle-like, evergreen leaves are arguably past the point of subtlety, but wonderfully adapted to sun and drought.
\nFrom a distance, for a moment the foamy mass had me guessing Baja spurge, Euphorbia xanti. <\/p>\n![\"](\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/april2014\/P1015041.jpg\")
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\nBut they are not seen in gardens much anymore. A single shrub is possibly a bit too precious.<\/p>\n![\"](\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/april2014\/P1015036.jpg\")
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