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Month: May 2016

What’s blooming in May

What’s blooming in May

Whats blooming?  Red creeping rose, star jasmine, copper canyon daisy, and mealy blue sage.  Note: mealy blue sage grows easily from seed and is very tolerant of alkaline soils.

First loquat fruit

First loquat fruit

First loquat fruit from our tree planted two years ago.  Bees loved the flowers, but we only got a few fruit.  Not sure why…birds, squirrels, lack of pollination?  Will need to look into this for next year.  The fruit was delicious and reminds me of my childhood…

Dewberries

Dewberries

I used to work with a guy who made a delicious Dewberry pie.  He would pick them wild from some spot where he would go fishing.  I wish I had gotten that recipe!

Flowers in April and Fruit in May.  The birds love it too!