Pineapple guavas have been blooming for a few weeks now. The Mockingbirds love munching on the flower petals.

Wild California Grape flowers.

Here’s a magenta flower from one of our cultivated California Wild Roses.

Avocado flowers! 🌱🌳

Poppies (1st photo) are now in full bloom and clarkias (2nd) are about to do the same. 🌱

Now in bloom in our backyard: cultivated California Wild Roses (pic 1) and Elderberry (2). Still gorging themselves: ladybugs. Everywhere in our front yard. They’re just decimating aphids. Ladybugs particularly love coyote bush (3) and sage.

More Point Reyes National Seashore photos from last Monday: bumble hovering near a flower, elk, and another coyote.

The freeze we got a few weeks ago, down to 28°F, did no clear harm to our plants. Mandarin, Valencia, Meyer lemon, & avocado flowers fine. Our nectarine is setting fruit as shown by this cute little green ovary. And ladybugs are all over our California wild roses 🌱🌳

Front yard is looking really nice. I’ve been trying to rein it in with lots of pruning. I know our annual wildflowers super appreciated the 0.38” of rain last week. 🌱

After weeks of warmer than normal weather, weather swung the other way and we had freezing temps for a few days. Had to cover up the weaker & less freeze tolerant trees. I don’t see damage to my earlier than normal blooming trees yet: all citrus, all stone fruit, one avocado 🌱🤞