Gardening: Name This Plant
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Agapanthus Blooms In August In Oakland, CA
Growing up in Berkeley, California, we had a few clusters of Agapanthus on the side of the house that just bloomed year after year with seemingly very little care. Today, as a garden and flower lover I appreciate agapanthus even more, and was so thrilled to see it in bloom at the beginning of August…
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The Stunning Glory Bush, Pleroma Heteromallum, Blooms In Northern California
Glory Bush also called silver leaved princess flower with the botanical name of Pleroma Heteromallum (though it has a few botanical names as well, strangely enough!) is a stunning purple flower with velvety leaves that is quite unique and happends to grow very well in Northern California, specifically, the historic Haddon HIll neighborhood in Oakland,…
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Stunning Amaryllis Belladonna Blooms In Oakland, California
One of the many treats of visiting my mother for a few weeks, this August, in Oakland California, as all the amazing gardens I enjoyed in the neighborhood where we stayed, historic Haddon Hill, just above Lake Merrit. Northern Californians love drought resistant and dramatic front yards these days, that front lawn is long gone,…
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Huge Agave Plants Thrive In Historic Haddon Hill, Oakland
I have yet to share the many many photos from our summer vacation in California, but thought I’d start by sharing with you these amazing giant Agave plants that were everywhere in the Haddon Hill neighborhood of Oakland, CA. I love agave, but they are very expensive in Israel, and the small one I once…
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Hillsides Filled With Echium Pininana In Devil’s Slide
As we were about to enter the Devil’s Slide trail in Pacifica, CA, which I posted about here, I could not believe my eyes……… hillsides filled with tall cone like plants that truly looked like something only seen in Dr, Suess’s imagination, not actually in real life! Wow, wow wow, it truly felt like I’d…