Sorry I've been off line for a while. I was working on quite a lengthy post, which I was just deciding to divide into two parts, detailing the many plants that have flowered in the yard over this last month. But I'm afraid I made a silly and catastrophic error and deleted the whole thing. Yes. I can't quite see reconstructing it all, so I'm just going to re-paste in the pictures, along with names, which I am not going to spell-check, so this'll be a little test for me. Sorry about the lack of descriptive text. The gist of my post was going to be that, contrary to popular myth, a lot of California natives do bloom late in the summer, and if one were to mass these plants together (which I have not done as yet), then one could have quite a colorful, myth-busting yard. Please let me know if you would like more info on any of the plants; I can certainly provide it, but not just at the moment, and I don't want to delay posting another day longer. Ahh, blogging.
Epilobium canum
Monardella macrantha 'Marian Sampson'
Satureja mimuloides
Achillea millefolium (really a spring bloomer but late in my yard for some reason)
Salvia 'Pozo Blue' hybrid
Aster chilensis (its name has changed but I haven't learned the new one yet)
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Eriogonum nudum
Eriogonum grande rubescens (very recent photo)
Eriogonum grande rubescens (a month ago)
Eriogonum grande rubescens planted with Monardella villosa
I guess I will do this in two posts. There are plenty more. The next post will feature the more yellow and white end of the summer bloom spectrum.
Love the photos. Your focus on blooms and very close-up images really do these plants justice. Eriogonum is a favorite but your rubescens makes me envious - I have only planted the creamy colors. Must get this into my gardens.
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