https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog daily 0.75 2026-01-21 https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/why-fall-winter-planting-and-dividing monthly 0.5 2026-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/e74dcbd8-0b8e-4082-90c7-7fccd426b6bc/Screenshot+2026-01-16+at+11.34.18%E2%80%AFAM.png Media - Why Fall-Winter Planting and Dividing? - Make it stand out One of the many California native Wild Buckwheats, butterfly host and nectar plants, Eriogonum fasciculatum California Buckwheat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/52ca7c6c-fa6c-41fc-a322-f03a80edbd0f/Screenshot+2026-01-16+at+11.34.53%E2%80%AFAM.png Media - Why Fall-Winter Planting and Dividing? - Make it stand out A favorite of bumble bees, Tuscan Blue Rosemary https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/hugelkultur monthly 0.5 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/c7dd0f22-46fd-46a6-bdcc-b68ebc36e880/Picture1.jpg Media - Spotlight on Hugelkultur - Nursery Display Garden Beds - Make it stand out 1st Nursery hugelkultur bed, year 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/9e08f903-1d0c-43de-a130-dcdeef22e99f/Picture2.jpg Media - Spotlight on Hugelkultur - Nursery Display Garden Beds - Make it stand out Habitat plantings as well! Quail nest found at base of plant in hugelkultur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/98559d20-758c-4ced-a8c4-870a57d02967/Picture3.jpg Media - Spotlight on Hugelkultur - Nursery Display Garden Beds - Make it stand out Base of hugelkultur was carved of of the nursery gravel and 1st layer of logs and branches started. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/f7c35b3d-93bd-473b-ae14-5f3ddd6b868a/Picture4.jpg Media - Spotlight on Hugelkultur - Nursery Display Garden Beds - Make it stand out Base of logs and branches being built up. https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/august-plant-of-the-month monthly 0.5 2023-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/a3dfbfc7-bd47-45ac-9eb9-d605cdf7ab04/Screen+Shot+2023-08-29+at+3.00.42+PM.jpg Media - Plant of the Month for August 2023: Asclepias speciosa – Showy Milkweed - Make it stand out A single Showy Milkweed bloom head with its complex individual blooms, has the appearance of being delicate, and yet alien-looking, both at the same time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/bc7aeac2-b63c-4538-a47a-0fe67ede74d9/Screen+Shot+2023-08-29+at+3.00.42+PM.jpg Media - Plant of the Month for August 2023: Asclepias speciosa – Showy Milkweed - Make it stand out A young Showy Milkweed planted in the California Garden from a one gallon pot that, with time and its vigorously spreading rhizomes, became the large patch (in the following photo) that grows there now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/09292431-b281-4059-bcf0-0a963e16b1b7/Screen+Shot+2023-08-29+at+3.00.49+PM.jpg Media - Plant of the Month for August 2023: Asclepias speciosa – Showy Milkweed - The mature patch of Showy Milkweed growing in California Garden with one of our local Pipevine Swallowtail butterflies. Mature stands like this are breathtaking when in bloom! Plants spread reliably by underground root runners, called rhizomes. The mature patch of Showy Milkweed growing in California Garden with one of our local Pipevine Swallowtail butterflies. Mature stands like this are breathtaking when in bloom! Plants spread reliably by underground root runners, called rhizomes. https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/volunteer-spotlight-kelly-williams monthly 0.5 2023-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/c9b9dc2f-4c6b-40e0-ab95-f7ed73702fd5/IMG_2219.jpg Media - Introducing Our Volunteer Spotlight: A Passionate Plant Enthusiast! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/1687889305748-I6JB1ANTD2FK7GN1FA81/Kelly%2BWilliams%2BGarden3%2B10-22-22.jpg Media - Introducing Our Volunteer Spotlight: A Passionate Plant Enthusiast! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/1687889306607-7IM77QVR4LQA0HAIF3ZL/Kelly%2BWilliams%2BGarden2%2B10-22-22.jpg Media - Introducing Our Volunteer Spotlight: A Passionate Plant Enthusiast! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/1687889307329-BRXBC5C6Q954KZEHTLN8/Kelly%2BWilliams%2BGarden%2B10-22-22.jpg Media - Introducing Our Volunteer Spotlight: A Passionate Plant Enthusiast! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/16f7893d-3330-4367-942f-67e58502d417/IMG_2227.jpg Media - Introducing Our Volunteer Spotlight: A Passionate Plant Enthusiast! - Make it stand out Kelly next to his favorite plant, Blue Sage https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/june-plant-of-the-month monthly 0.5 2023-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/47c8a71c-bc8d-4d8d-bfc9-c4caf0685904/1-01.jpg Media - June Plant of the Month: Verbena rigida and Verbena rigida ‘Polaris’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/234a4cfa-6ce9-412d-acb4-d1b9836d578f/2-01.jpg Media - June Plant of the Month: Verbena rigida and Verbena rigida ‘Polaris’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/5e3d6db4-f325-4054-abd4-9ca1db09c0e7/3-01.jpg Media - June Plant of the Month: Verbena rigida and Verbena rigida ‘Polaris’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/f7eb1a77-e37f-4887-9944-aaa035174708/4-01.jpg Media - June Plant of the Month: Verbena rigida and Verbena rigida ‘Polaris’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/may-plant-of-the-month monthly 0.5 2023-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/a52ed70e-f4fe-478d-8727-2073a01753a9/AdobeStock_427956686.jpeg Media - May Plant of the Month: Penola Lavender Grevillea Grevillea lavandulacea ‘Penola’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/5dda447b-78a4-40ee-8cf6-5ad5f7468a7e/1.png Media - May Plant of the Month: Penola Lavender Grevillea Grevillea lavandulacea ‘Penola’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/2b61bd27-6e0c-44c4-a738-f897ea59de6f/2.png Media - May Plant of the Month: Penola Lavender Grevillea Grevillea lavandulacea ‘Penola’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/erb-groundbreaking monthly 0.5 2023-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/902a9a6b-7b15-4f27-aa44-d9b7cd86d668/IMG_1877.jpg Media - Turtle Bay Breaks Ground On NEW Environmental Resource Building - Make it stand out The site of construction for the new Environmental Resource Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/bab7293a-e745-4935-bae7-003615ce15c4/IMG_1872.jpg Media - Turtle Bay Breaks Ground On NEW Environmental Resource Building - Make it stand out Community gathering for the groundbreaking ceremony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/e4fc89ef-ffe1-4541-87ce-ae36222deda2/IMG_1945.jpg Media - Turtle Bay Breaks Ground On NEW Environmental Resource Building - Make it stand out Sue Asbill & family, CEO & President -Lindsay Myers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/17f174db-4490-4b4e-b7d3-c7de4caf5db6/IMG_1931.jpg Media - Turtle Bay Breaks Ground On NEW Environmental Resource Building - Make it stand out Digger breaking ground at the construction site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/b57f019b-c86f-4144-a696-9e9e6b478f12/IMG_1956.jpg Media - Turtle Bay Breaks Ground On NEW Environmental Resource Building - Make it stand out Digger, the American Badger https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/april-plant-of-the-month monthly 0.5 2023-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/8a3d89eb-9db0-452f-930f-8384e342e9a4/1.png Media - April Plant of the Month: Velvet Centaurea - Make it stand out Pruned as a mounding shrub, Velvet Centaurea is a great contrast for green leaved California native Fan Palms Washingtonia filifera in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/4fcb84aa-9868-4ea6-bc0f-4cdb9586ba0f/2.png Media - April Plant of the Month: Velvet Centaurea - Make it stand out Velvet Centaurea pruned as a sprawling large-scale groundcover under a shrub form Echium, Pride of Madeira Echium fastuosum https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/march-plant-of-the-month monthly 0.5 2023-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/b0bbc39a-c57b-42ba-a2b5-b77d6dcf4597/1.png Media - March Plant of the Month: Foothill Penstemon Penstemon heterophyllus  - Make it stand out Habit of Foothill Penstemon growing next to a Little leaf Sage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/1231870c-8d4b-4945-ae41-e499f681facf/2.png Media - March Plant of the Month: Foothill Penstemon Penstemon heterophyllus  - Make it stand out Closeup of the multicolored, tubular blooms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/1809e335-45ae-4464-9865-c0e316fc9dbc/3.png Media - March Plant of the Month: Foothill Penstemon Penstemon heterophyllus  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/37c7fee1-a371-48b3-adec-8442c8ce390d/4.png Media - March Plant of the Month: Foothill Penstemon Penstemon heterophyllus  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/february-plant-of-the-month-coffeeberry monthly 0.5 2023-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/2136b9a9-0202-456c-9049-d4e06b304ee2/1.png Media - February Plant of the Month: Coffeeberry, Frangula californica - Make it stand out Local Coffeeberry shrub growing as an understory plant near one of the walking trails around Shasta Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/33c4b311-08ee-400d-9f0b-db827d8a148e/2.png Media - February Plant of the Month: Coffeeberry, Frangula californica - Make it stand out Coffeeberry leaves up-close on a Coffeberry shrub in the Botanical Gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/16ebcd5d-f26b-4d22-bcb8-ee1b71fb3f4b/3.png Media - February Plant of the Month: Coffeeberry, Frangula californica - Make it stand out Coffeeberry cultivar ‘Eve Case’ in Willow Pond plantings at Turtle Bay’s Botanical Gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/9fce5b18-e9bd-46e9-9f48-aece131aaf31/4.png Media - February Plant of the Month: Coffeeberry, Frangula californica - Make it stand out Coffeeberry ‘Eve Case’ leaf close-up https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/january-plant-of-the-month monthly 0.5 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/33e59d86-510d-4be3-8e7f-51df01b75b53/1.png Media - January Plant of the Month: Deer Grass - Make it stand out Muhlenbergia lindheimeri known also as Lindheimer’s Muhly or Mexican deer grass. This species of deer grass grows and blooms well in partial shade to full sun. It can easily reach 5’ tall and wide at maturity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/2bfe5f79-9804-4948-9001-3eb767330829/2.png Media - January Plant of the Month: Deer Grass - Make it stand out In the west Botanical Gardens parking lot, a stand of Muhlenbergia rigens Deer Grass are lit up in the evening light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/d44497ed-699e-4c57-9467-73a5cd4ee13b/3.png Media - January Plant of the Month: Deer Grass - Make it stand out Single deer grass have a beautiful, open form when in bloom. https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/december-plant-of-the-month-agave monthly 0.5 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/0a5c79b5-556c-409b-85f1-95312cd80ebd/December+2022+-+Plant+of+the+Month.jpg Media -  December Plant of the Month: Agave - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/4c8f0573-160e-4a82-bdee-d80b5e07e02d/December+2022+-+Plant+of+the+Month.jpg Media -  December Plant of the Month: Agave - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/6e57950d-2c03-419f-93e8-3c808c467b47/December+2022+-+Plant+of+the+Month.jpg Media -  December Plant of the Month: Agave - Make it stand out A new Agave favorite in our Nursery: Agave americana var. protoamericana 'Lemon Lime' A medium sized 4’x4’ Agave at maturity. Truly beautiful coloration! https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/november-plant-of-the-month-2022 monthly 0.5 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/84524c9e-d8f6-4994-96a0-3caa1eefc9ef/Arctostaphylos+%27Howard+McMinn%273.jpg Media - November Plant of the Month: Manzanita Howard McMinn - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/9642d477-81e9-42fd-a7ab-30d10a2a247b/Arctostaphylos+%27Howard+McMinn%272.jpg Media - November Plant of the Month: Manzanita Howard McMinn - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/october-plant-of-the-month monthly 0.5 2022-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/374b623a-edd4-4966-83c4-f5629965d63d/photo_1.jpg Media - October Plant of the Month: True Myrtle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/e11fe19a-dd14-4a6f-802c-6c16a8f33211/photo_2.jpg Media - October Plant of the Month: True Myrtle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/3e1e16e7-1e18-4015-9d07-7f4ccdbc9375/photo_3.jpg Media - October Plant of the Month: True Myrtle - Make it stand out With attractive purple berries in the fall - True Myrtle and Variegated True Myrtle Myrtus communis and Myrtus communis ‘Compacta variegata’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/c31cb6c8-dc6c-4fb6-bcdd-fb6980f73b1d/photo_4.jpg Media - October Plant of the Month: True Myrtle - Make it stand out The berries are edible, but not tasty without preparation, and full of seeds. (Which makes them easy to propagate!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/a67ef588-5fc1-4270-bb32-d44eead1f274/photo_5.jpg Media - October Plant of the Month: True Myrtle - Make it stand out With little training, Twisted Myrtle Myrtus communis ‘Boetica’ can have a unique twisting structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/2c366ce4-fc17-472e-8472-9084903c66d9/photo_6.jpg Media - October Plant of the Month: True Myrtle - Make it stand out With more training (pruning), Twisted Myrtle Myrtus communis ‘Boetica’ can have a more dense form. https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/desert-willow monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/cb8ce29b-e91d-424f-b2ab-0493a3a1bee6/hannah_sweeney_POM.png Media - September Plant of the Month: Desert Willow - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/187fcb56-e0a4-46cb-b182-21d0763a3515/desert_willow_flower.jpg Media - September Plant of the Month: Desert Willow - Make it stand out Desert Willow flowers close-up: you can see the tubular throats of the flowers that are regularly visited by hummingbirds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/d4381a49-8c95-4315-afba-91bb81c80b40/desert_willow_habit.jpg Media - September Plant of the Month: Desert Willow - Make it stand out Desert Willow habit: this Desert Willow growing in the Turtle Bay Nursery has not been trained as a tree but is left to grow as a large shrub (more blooms!) https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/ornamental-grasses-form-movement-and-light monthly 0.5 2022-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/0a1addfc-0a21-4cd3-81b3-844c04ad16c4/grass%2B2.jpg Media - Ornamental Grasses: Form, Movement and Light - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/65c17fbc-d043-48e5-9468-c11bbd0f10f8/blog%2B1.jpg Media - Ornamental Grasses: Form, Movement and Light - Make it stand out Muhlenbergia rigens Deer Grass - catching the evening light in the botanical gardens parking lot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/63193ebd-3dc6-43dd-a255-2f02f84542af/Grass%2B1.jpg Media - Ornamental Grasses: Form, Movement and Light - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/642982da-c39b-4bff-b01b-185b739be5b2/nursery.jpg Media - Ornamental Grasses: Form, Movement and Light - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/2b1675cb-d2b3-4f02-adcb-999a00343fda/nursery%2Bsign.jpg Media - Ornamental Grasses: Form, Movement and Light - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/plant-of-the-month-little-leaf-sage-autumn-sage-and-offspring monthly 0.5 2022-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/ede7aa61-b7a1-4c4d-909f-2aa3c839bcbe/IMG_5959.jpg Media - Plant of the Month: Little Leaf Sage, Autumn Sage, and Offspring - Make it stand out Photo by Janae Easlon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/9286b4c8-a931-407c-9954-c7ce5446e895/IMG_5958.jpg Media - Plant of the Month: Little Leaf Sage, Autumn Sage, and Offspring - Make it stand out Photo by Janae Easlon https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/drought-tolerant-gardening-is-a-redding-area-must-heres-why monthly 0.5 2022-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/b43a57b6-029b-423b-8159-c2a278f474a9/Drought%2BTolerant.jpg Media - Drought Tolerant Gardening is a Redding-Area Must. Here’s Why. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/026ddb14-3b4e-443d-b938-79d0d6e7f4c7/drought%2Btolerant%2Bplant.jpg Media - Drought Tolerant Gardening is a Redding-Area Must. Here’s Why. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/blog/plant-of-the-month-toyon monthly 0.5 2022-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/2b6b90c5-ec92-4651-99fb-97a95004914c/POM_1.png Media - Plant of the Month: Toyon - Make it stand out Nursery Specialist, Lynne Klocke, next to a mature Toyon with immature berries growing by the Willow Pond at Turtle Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/d93532b0-ef97-4e79-8dfa-5c8c0cb24e87/POM_2.png Media - Plant of the Month: Toyon - Make it stand out Toyon trained as small tree in Botanical Gardens’ West parking lot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/a3357037-bdc1-498f-888c-3d7a45809e37/POM_3.jpg Media - Plant of the Month: Toyon - Make it stand out Toyon with pollinator-attracting flowers in Nursery Specialist’s Lynne Klocke’s home garden in late 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Muhlenbergia rigens deer grass (mid-right back- ground), Diplacus aurantiacus yellow sticky monkey flower (background far right ), Ruellia brittoniana Mexican Petunia (background left.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/806a71f8-e72e-4ced-b226-3f33d8b0927d/kw4.png Galleries - Kelly Williams Garden Blooms closeup: Lupinus albifrons, silver bush lupine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/c060230e-5b61-46df-bd0b-c8c70a1b875e/kw3.png Galleries - Kelly Williams Garden Closeup, blooming bright yellow in spring: Euphorbia rigida (foreground) Teucrium fruticans bush germander (background left) blooming blue at same time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/68e178ce-f802-4778-bd26-823942a4684c/kw10.png Galleries - Kelly Williams Garden Summer blooms and foliage: Lobelia laxiflora Mexican Lobelia, blooming red (background, left), Diplacus aurantiacus yellow sticky monkey flower(midground left), silver foliage of summertime Epilobium canum 'Silver Select' Silver Select California fuchsia (foreground right), Muhlenbergia rigens deer grass (left foreground.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/d5d5f689-d89d-406c-add7-88f26995e5ab/kw9.png Galleries - Kelly Williams Garden Carpenter bee on Mexican Lobelia These bees “steal” nectar by piercing the flower base and bypassing the pollen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/662bf2c6-6fab-42a6-b8d1-a51f0e647e0a/kw8.png Galleries - Kelly Williams Garden Bright yellow blooms of: Diplacus aurantiacus yellow sticky monkey flower (right), silver foliage of summertime Epilobium canum 'Silver Select' Silver Select Califor- nia fuchsia (left.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/bb2d0d1a-aa20-4d8b-97db-328ede8202be/kw11.png Galleries - Kelly Williams Garden In front yard planting bed: Gaura lindheimeri— white white/pink and pink 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(These blooms are a result of nat- ural garden hybridization between white and pink Gaura). Gaura draws many different pollinators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/f52e7ab3-78d0-4666-bac4-38556ed2ebcb/kw6.png Galleries - Kelly Williams Garden Included in photo: Salvia leu- cantha Mexican bush sage (right foreground), mixed planting of Monardella vil- losa Coyote mint and Lanta- na montevidensis trailing lantana and (left fore- ground), Gallardia x grandi- flora blanket flower (midground), Santolina chamaecyparissus lavender cotton (behind Gaillardia), Epilobium canum 'Silver Se- lect' Silver Select California fuchsia (background right), Ruellia brittoniana Mexican Petunia (left background), Hesperaloe parviflora Red yucca (deep mid-ground right.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/61ff1866-ff06-4ab9-9e68-d9d19f4e1911/kw5.png Galleries - Kelly Williams Garden Closeup of: Monardella villosa coyote mint blooming in spring https://www.turtlebaynursery.org/galleries/linda-russos-garden monthly 0.5 2023-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/1696357903432-83DU31NXK110ACX4U49H/Screen%2BShot%2B2023-10-03%2Bat%2B11.30.09%2BAM.jpg Galleries - Linda Russo’s Garden Silver Centaurea gymnocarpa Velvet Centaurea, Arbutus unedo strawberry tree in large pot, along with Lonicera spp. Honeysuckle bush, Acer palmatum Japanes maple, Cercis canadensis eastern redbud, et al, make up this secluded corner in Linda’s plantings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/1696358516836-77I565VZAG9ZS9T6RSMR/Screen%2BShot%2B2023-10-03%2Bat%2B11.39.43%2BAM.jpg Galleries - Linda Russo’s Garden Green moss growing on boulder under shaded tree canopy makes a soft blanket for Peaka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/1696359195687-ZB5990KZ0XGTWB3XHE6D/Screen%2BShot%2B2023-10-03%2Bat%2B11.50.12%2BAM.jpg Galleries - Linda Russo’s Garden Lycnis coronaria rose campion in front of pomegranate tree and misc. shrubs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/1696358018282-NHOU1RV9XCN4Q22WS8WB/Screen%2BShot%2B2023-10-03%2Bat%2B11.30.48%2BAM.jpg Galleries - Linda Russo’s Garden Centaurea gymnocarpa blossom closeup. 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The bright pink of the rose campion adds depth of field to a relatively compact garden site, making the gardens appear much larger than they are. Jasminum mesnyi Primrose jasmine is in the foreground of the photo, growing as a large cascading shrub (but it can also be trained as a vine). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cf99ebebdb041422ca4c15/1696358671152-H21N4V58ATGUN7OIK05Y/Screen%2BShot%2B2023-10-03%2Bat%2B11.42.55%2BAM.jpg Galleries - Linda Russo’s Garden Murphy (in front) and Peaka (in back) pose by newly clipped, fast-growing Carex divulsa Eurasian sedge. A Phlomis sp. 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Chitalpas are an intergenus hybrid of our native desert willow and eastern U.S. Ca- talpa trees. (Unlike either parent, Chitalpas don’t usually produce the long, pea-like seed pods produced by both parent species.)