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 I've been spending every second I can in the garden, so many weeds & moving things around.  Blooms galore, I absolutely treasure this time of year! I wish I could've driven home from Cave Creek with a carload of plants, I did manage to carry home a Talavera snake.  The price on Talavera there is vastly different than here in Livermore.  About 1/4 of the price!  Anyone want to roadtrip?   Various blooms... from the greenhouse, this vivid purple shocked me.  Cactus blooms are the best. Iris No memory of planting this one, lol. Jerusalem sage I need to pull the poppies & honeywort, they are a little aggressive this year.   *Not my sideyard, but spotted on a run - isn't that lovely? Love this shock of red when I step out into the back garden. One of Ivan's astrophytum's in the greenhouse sent out a nice soft bloom.  Still trying to set rocks. Epiphyllum, I thought this was 'King Midas' but looks too pink to me? And a BIG Happy Birthday to the King of th

 I'll be gone for a few days to visit with friends in Cave Creek, AZ.  A few pics before I go, I'm thinking now that we are getting into the 80's there will be serious changes to the garden. Aloe speciosa sent up a late bloom, it's first - I'm thrilled! I'll be checking this the minute I get back home. The ranunculus really exploded! The Raoulia hookeri has been added to the small crevice garden, so far so good. I have to admit I can't remember what this is.  Another thing to check when I get home to see if the blooms opened. The Lotus berthelorii is early blooming, so pretty. Poppies, of course.  Red chief I believe. A patch of iris with sunflower starts behind.  The sunflowers are my attempt to shade the tomato plants when it gets hOTter. So sweet, anemone. Greenhouse bloom, lasting longer than most cactus flowers do, day 3. I need to get everything out of there when I get back. And a question, does anyone grow Liparia splendens, mountain dahlia?  Mine is

Things are happening!  I've neglected to update, but I've been busy weeding, planting, etc.  I thought this Iris was 'dangerous mood' but it is missing the black.  So no idea what mood this is, hahaha.  She is pretty and full of mood, though. A pretty snap that overwintered from 2023, very fruit punchy and 3' tall!. A shoutout to the lovely Viburnum that gets absolutely neglected in the back corner and looks lovely all year, especially now.  Spring Break was last week, all the kids were home!  We went to American Soil & Stone and brought back one thousand pounds of rock.  Thanks to Ivan for the heavy lifting.  *Filling the car. I usually place the rocks first and then rinse.  Olivia was serious about uncovering the beauty and got to rinsing. Some beauties. I did feed them for their troubles, a Basque cheesecake - one of the desserts I made for Easter.   The sea of blue honeywort in the front garden needs to be tamed, I'll pull some out today. I planted Clian

It's been lovely, after a very windy day to start off our warm weather.  I've pulled a million little grass seedlings from the paths, but really nothing to "show" it's just maintenance.   My current dilemma is... the Acacia 'Cousin Itt'.  They look lovely right now, but they get scorched by the first stretch of super hot days.  So that is typically June, then they continue to look half dead until Fall.  I've been looking for a replacement, a different 'Cousin Itt'  Casaurina glauca - and Ivan found 3 of them for me!   As I've been busy, I keep putting off pulling out the Acacia.  I think because they look so nice right now.  Enough is enough!  I'll do it today.  I did get the orchids and air plants hung back on the front porch.  Most of the staghorns were fine for the winter, but a few smaller ones did spend the winter in the downstairs shower. These sweet tulips have opened up in the slope, a picture of one doesn't do it justice.