But first, I want to show you what spring looks like in her colorful, sun-drenched, California garden.
"A mast year for oaks in California," she said. Sure enough. Quercus agrifolia, coming up all over the place.
She's been working this wisteria for fifteen years, trying to get it tree-like. It's getting there!
Raspberries.
I gave her this Coreopsis gigantea, grown from seed collected on Santa Cruz Island during a 2005 expedition by horticulturists from the San Francisco Botanical Garden. These are its first flowers.
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Guru Emma has a magical touch in her garden. What is that grass with the longish flowers? And such tenacity with the wisteria, it looks perfect. Good job with those coreosis, you are a mster of seed germination. Her garden looks like one that would be a soothing yet colorful retreat away from the harshness of the world. Lovely.
Frances
I think your garden guru and my resident gardeners would get along just fine. They have very similar styles.
Just amazing - it looks like mid-summer there!
Wow. WOW. Wish I had a guru with a gorgeous garden like that from whom to learn.
What is that cool fuzzy red flower? (I'm thinking it might be that "kangaroo plant" thingy from Australia, but my brain is fried right at the moment.)
You're right Kim, Kangaroo Paw, or Anigozanthos. Well, something like that. I think that's spelled correctly.
Definately looks like mid-summer...just beautiful!
Went to a neighbor's house last night for ladies' movie night. The host picked "Death at a Funeral," which prominently featured wisteria that looked just like that. Pretty!
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