Catalina Currant

Catalina Currant

by | Mar 22, 2010 | Farm Blog, Flora and Fauna, Native Plants, Natives

Many gardeners we speak with have never heard of Catalina Currant. It’s not a particularly dazzling or showy shrub, and as such it is an often overlooked plant.  It is unlikely to be found in your average run-of-the-mill plant nurseries, but nurseries that...
Forget-Me-Nots

Forget-Me-Nots

by | Mar 19, 2010 | Farm Blog, Flora and Fauna, Invasives, Native Plants, Natives

  We currently have two varieties of Forget-Me-Nots blooming on the farm.  Although they are not of the same genus, they are related, as both belong to the Boraginaceae (Borage) family.  One is native to California, the other was introduced, escaped cultivation,...
Anemone oregana

Anemone oregana

by | Mar 10, 2010 | Farm Blog, Flora and Fauna, Native Plants, Natives

Each time I find a new native plant growing on the property, it feels like I’ve been given a gift.  Just uphill from the area just cleared of French Broom, on an east facing slope, there is a small delicate colony of Anemone oregana just beginning to flower....
Trillium ovatum

Trillium ovatum

by | Mar 5, 2010 | Farm Blog, Flora and Fauna, Native Plants, Natives

Today, a walk through one of the natural woodland areas on the property, near one of the creeks, revealed the first blooming Trillium ovatum of the season. Trillium ovatum is a native of the west coast of North America, ranging from British Columbia to California, and...
Two-Eyed Violet

Two-Eyed Violet

by | Feb 19, 2010 | Farm Blog, Flora and Fauna, Native Plants, Natives

Late last autumn we noticed some interesting heart-shaped leaves pushing through the soil near one of our redwood groves while we were installing the deer fence. At first glance it seemed this plant might be wild ginger (Asarum caudatum), but on closer inspection the...