Pictures of garden on a frosty morning
Author Archives: mike
Sedge meadow expansion
recently planted sedge meadow
Wet year!
rain garden plants in winter
Rain garden update
The rain garden after a few months of growth
Wildflower patch update
Midwinter update on our test patch of wildflowers
Commissioning a design
Choosing a landscape designer is like commissioning a work of art
Bodacious Bamboos! (and a palm)
A visit to Instant Jungle Nursery in Cotati to look at interesting and edible varieties of bamboo.
Some new plants for testing
Our back yard plant testing area will have some new inhabitants as soon as it dries out enough for us to do some earthwork. For now, the plants are sitting in their pots, waiting. Scroll down to see what’s going in the ground next.
Senecio mandraliscae
This is a daisy. Although it doesn’t look much like one, it’s in the same family as your average marguerite. This is a very popular drought tolerant ground cover used in Southern California and the Bay Area. Supposedly, it can survive in Sacramento as well. We’ll see.
Aloe
This nifty aloe is supposed to be frost hardy in the Central Valley. It has interesting leaves and as a bonus gets typical red, tubular aloe type flowers that should attract hummingbirds.