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Native_plant_project_v2_March_April_2020

Kazu Nozue / 2020-04-18

March 21, 2020 […] This year Lupins and California poppies bloomed earlier than usual due to warm winter. During shelter-in place order many sidewalkers enjoyed our front yard. Some of them took pictures of plants, and others took California poppy plants and planted them to their front yards. …

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Native plant garden project v2.1

Kazu Nozue / 2019-12-30

Toward this rainy season I started upgrading my native plant gardens. Main goals of this project (v2) are […] Fig.1 Survived lawn. […] Fig. 2. Replacing lawn to native plants. […] In the first project I expected spontanious disappearance of lawns from fronyard by no watering …

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Eight months later: Native plant project 6

Kazu Nozue / 2019-06-10

Milkweed is one of California native plants. This spring milkweed plants returned in my backyard exactly at the same location (Fig.1), suggesting they are perennials. Milkweed plants are very important because they are the only food for precious migrating butterfly, Monarch butterfly (please read an …

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Seven months later: Native plant garden project 5

Kazu Nozue / 2019-05-10

After blooming, lupine have lots of been-like seed pods (Fig. 1). […] Fig. 2. Clarkia williamsonii blooming […] Among Clarkia unguiculata plants, Clarkia williamsonii started blooming (Fig. 2) . One of closely related species, Clarkia amoena, is called farewell to spring. So as it is …

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Seven months later: Native plant garden project4

Kazu Nozue / 2019-05-07

Clarkia unguiculata blooming […] Fig.2. Close up […] As I posted in January, I have lots of Clarkia unguiculata plants, which start blooming the last week in April. Although it seems become early dry season, plants in my yards are still green.

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Six months later: Native plant garden project 3

Kazu Nozue / 2019-04-17

April 2019 lunine blooming […] Native plants have been growing and growing in my yards. In this early spring, lots of lupine plants have been bloomed. As I reported in Jan 16, 2019, our yards have lupine plants from native plant seeds mix. Surprisingly lots of lupine plants grew bigger and …