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Conservatory of Flowers: Waterlilies!
It’s as big as your head.
A big beautiful hibiscus from the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park
Carnivorous Plants at the Conservatory of Flowers
DH always wants to go to Golden Gate Park on Sundays. They close off the roads, so we don’t have to worry about the kids steering their bikes into traffic. I’m not sure what DH’s vision of the day was, but it didn’t include a stop at the Conservatory of Flowers. It [...]
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Remember this?
I’ve got a big beautiful bloom! Hopefully, I will soon have this.
Really, the last of Bamboo Giant
Brand new bamboo looks bizarre
This odd looking building was up the hill from Bamboo Giant.
I guess that it was a watertower, once upon a time.
A few more garden pictures.
Love-in-a-mist and Japanese maple
I’ve had this Japanese maple for almost 20 years. I bought when I was living in a townhouse in Pleasanton. My yard there had zero sun. The townhouse faced northeast. It was 2 stories high, and there were 2 large trees to the southeast. The townhouse was [...]
Flowers
Sea Thrift
Saundra gave me the sea thrift some time ago. It hasn’t done so well in my garden. I suspect that it doesn’t get enough water, and, perhaps, the desiccating furnace blast (aka sunlight) is too much for it. I really like it. It’s a nice ground cover, and, of [...]
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Well, I’m still behind in posting my images, and it’s still about a month.
View from the front room
May is a really beautiful time in my garden. Everything explodes. Things are green, but the weeds haven’t grown very much.
The other side of the window.
Last of the Bamboo Giant Pictures
Moon Gate
I asked my mom to buy me the moon gate, but she refused.
Rhododendron
We speculated that Bamboo Giant used to be a general nursery. They had several nice shrubs, all very neglected, tucked in here and there among the bamboo.
If you are ever down in Aptos, be sure to stop by this great nursery. [...]
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- The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent upon it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as it if had nothing else in the universe to do. -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)
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