I have so many photos to share this week that I'll just keep my comments to those pictures. One note. My article on native pine trees for the Regional Parks Botanic Garden's eNewsletter will appear the first week of June. If you're on the email list, it'll come to you automatically. If you're not signed up, it's easy to do.
Summer Garden asiatic lily mix. This mix also includes a light yellow and a gold with dramatic brown markings.
Lily Black Eye. I love the deep burgundy centers on this Asiatic lily.
Come ye, come ye all ye anise swallowtail butterflies! This bronze fennel is one of the most popular choices for inviting anise swallowtails into your garden.
This cousin to Yerba Buena (Satureja mimuloides) has the prettiest coral-orange flowers!
We are regularly asked at our nursery "What is that fantastic shrub with the million tiny purple flowers?" This is it - Gomphrena decumbens. Once established, it blooms nearly year round.
Centaurea Black Gem. This annual bachelor's button is a prolific bloomer.
This Gereanium is a new addition and I love its fluted flower petals. It's G. sanguineum var. striatum.
Some of the new lilies in my garden.
My Cryptomeria Spiraliter really put on a show of golden new growth this year.
Lily Night Flyer. Black or near black lilies are much sought after by lily enthusiasts.
My Oxalis White Pillow keeps expanding but I don't mind. A nice splash of white.
Clematis Josephine. This double clematis hasn't fully opened yet.
Arisaema speciosa v. magnificum. This Jack-in-the-Pulpit has an especially dark spathe.
Helleborus argutifolius Pacific Frost. This variety is distinguished by the white speckling on the foliage.
Anomatheca laxa. This Iris relative colonizes well in shade and come late spring puts out an abundance of coral-red flowers.
Philadelphus lewisii 'Covelo.' Not fragrant but incredibly floriferous!
Peanut cactus. For a small guy, this cactus puts out rather large, bright orange flowers.
Main walkway. I have maybe 50 different plants packed in this narrow strip.
Wine Cups. This exuberant ground cover has settled in nicely to its sunny front yard bed.
Papaver Lauren's Grape. One of the very first breadseed poppies that Annie's Annuals grew.
Gladiolus Nanus Mix. This species glad mix features this lovely red variety, each with a white edge.
One more shot of the first of the driveways bed lilies.
Alstroemeria variety. Always so colorful and abundant.
Cerinthe major. Grown from seed (it's easy) I now have this freely self-seeding annual coming up everywhere.
Royal Kiss lily buds. This variety promises to be especially prolific.
Trichostema lanatum. Wooly Blue Curls is an apt name for this CA native perennial.
Tweedia caerulea. Robins-egg blue flowers like no other.
Another shot of my Clematis Josephine.
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