Flowers
Pineapple Guavas (Feijoa sellowiana) are flowering. Perhaps this year they’ll fruit.
A Shooting Star (Primula) flower in the August Complex burn area about 1/4 mile north below the summit of Black Butte.
iNaturalist hasn’t confirmed but these purple flowers appear to be Moss Phlox (Phlox subulata) near the cirque & summit of Black Butte in the northern Coast Range of California in the Mendocino National Forest. Again, the rocks make the shot!
Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) from near the summit of Black Butte in California’s northern Coast Range. Rocks always make a photo great, but I am biased.
First bloom of the peppers. Serranos in this case. 🌱
Peppers and tomatoes got their second Jobes fertilization today in advance of likely rain. We really don’t want end rot on our fruit! Flowers should be developing on the peppers real soon. Fruit set is beginning on the tomatoes. Meanwhile, front yard annuals are looking hot 🌱
Might be a Copestylum mexicanum (Mexican cactus fly). If so, it is fittingly on a cultivated California wild rose flower.
Our back porch grapes look awesome this year! The fullest they’ve ever been.
The humble shrub that’s predicting a terrible fire season
The humble shrub that’s predicting a terrible fire season.
I like the rust color of dried out chamise flowers. I don’t like where this fire season is headed.
Peppers and tomatoes garden update: tomatoes are flowering and peppers are finally growing post-transplant. The Drip Depot crop row irrigation kit is ace. 🌱
Our mandarin tree is in full bloom. 🌱🌳
Front yard update. Poppies are now blooming, joining the creeping sage and the Ceanothus (California Lilac). 🌱
Backyard Elderberries are seeking pollinators.
Our “Bacon” Avocado tree is blooming basically right on time as compared to last year on April 11th. It has yet to produce any fruit and it is supposed to be self-pollinating. 🌱🌳
Spring mornings in our front yard. Sage and Ceanothus are in full bloom. 💚🌱
Ceanothus (California lilac) is magnificently blooming. 🌱
The nectarine is about to start shedding its flowers. Leaves are growing. Since it is pretty young starting its second year in the ground, I’ll be super impressed if it successfully fruits. 🌳🌱
A slow, rolling bloom for the apricot this year. It didn’t fruit at all last year. Here’s hoping for a fruitful year. (it has fruited before so we know it is possible) 🌳🌱
Our “Bacon” Avocado flower buds are developing nicely. Also, the fig is waking up. 🌱🌳
First apricot bloom. Hopefully, as in past years, far more will follow. Figure this flower puts pollinators on notice. 🌳🌱
