Heat wave flowers

If it’s 108º F, you move out of the sun. But if you’re a plant, you’re stuck. Unfortunately, every summer in Sacramento seems to have more and more days of blasting triple digit heat. This time, it’s different: it rains, too. Last night, lightning ripped across the sky, rain pelted the landscape and yet theContinue reading “Heat wave flowers”

Red Yucca (Hesperaloe) from seed

The new fancy varieties may not set seed, but if you have the normal, tall apricot-pink type you should start seeing nice black seeds sitting inside recently split brown seed pods. Good news: they’re easy to start. Bad news: they take forever to flower. Growing the seeds Place the seeds in a pot, lightly coverContinue reading “Red Yucca (Hesperaloe) from seed”