Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 27, 2019
Here is a memory from 2017’s bloom in the Californian desert within Joshua Tree National Park. I’ve heard this year is also turning out to be an exceptional one.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on January 15, 2019
With its striking complementary colours, I think that the common name of painted sage aptly suits Salvia viridis.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on December 24, 2018
Was this purple foxglove intentionally planted against the orange lichen-encrusted wall? The effect of having all three of the secondary colours adjacent to one another is pleasing to me, whether it is by design or not.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on October 4, 2018
Bluebeard is named for the shape and colour of the flowers rather than the grisly French folktale. This visually-charming and bee-friendly shrub has found its way into many xeriscape gardens, including one at the site of today’s photograph, the Summerland Ornamental Gardens.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 1, 2018
The low-growing Thompson’s beardtongue is native to Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California, associated with pinyon-juniper and subalpine habitats. It grows in a relatively narrow elevational band (1500m to 1900m (5000 ft. to 6700 ft.)) and is associated with calcareous soils.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 20, 2018
Ethiopian acanthus is native to the highlands of Ethiopia, where it grows in a Mediterranean-type climate with free-draining soil. Apparently used for fencing around vegetable gardens in Ethiopia, it has been introduced into ornamental cultivation in Europe and the USA in recent years.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 1, 2018
One of the showier species of ash in terms of floral display, Fraxinus sieboldiana is native to southeastern China, Korea, and Japan. The plant in today’s photograph was grown from seed collected in Japan two decades ago.
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