When I first started the sidewalk native plant garden – way back in 1998 – I planted lots of sunflowers. Each year sunny, funny-faced flowers swayed on stalks six feet […]
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December Highlights
December is the height of the gardening season in California, yet looking back over what I have posted this month there is little on what I am doing in my […]
Sowing Wildflowers
Tips on growing native wildflowers in the garden.
Change in the Native Garden
Last fall’s wildfires in Southern California epitomize the changing nature of landscapes. Change can come suddenly through disturbance that accompanies catastrophic events like fires or floods, or it can be […]
Parkway Garden Will Stay – for now
Many of you followed the story of the city citation for my wildflower parkway garden. If you didn’t you can read about it here. To make a long story short, […]
What I’m Doing In My Garden
globe gilia (Gilia capitata) seed heads From Wild Suburbia I’ve started something new on WildSuburbia. On the right is a new column: What I’m Doing in My Garden. Each time […]
Wildflower Seedlings Doing Well
I planted some baby blue eyes (Nemophila menziesii) seeds in a pot on December 17th and as you can see they are germinating nicely. This year I sowed lots of […]