Posts in: Native Garden

Hummingbirds love these cultivated native California fuchsias so here’s their bird’s eye view of them.


Cultivated native California grapes. Seedy & thick skinned but good to eat. Since the birds aren’t.


The birds aren’t eating the grapes, so we might as well. 😋


Watering the front yard and this hummingbird was really curious about the water and I swear the bird took a drink.


Our cultivated native California grapes are ripening! The birds will hopefully soon find them. Or we’ll enjoy them despite their massive seeds.


The last two days of 110°F heat has also resulted in our cultivated native California grapes turning to raisins on the vine.

cultivated native California grapes turning to raisins



The California Buckwheat is now blooming — cool hot pink anthers!


The toyon is in full bloom and it is impossible to photograph its flowers without pollinators. A very popular plant!



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