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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 […] 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 May,…

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Seven months later: Native plant garden project4

Kazu Nozue / 2019-05-07

Clarkia unguiculata […] 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 lupine 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…

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Three months later: Native plant garden project2

Kazu Nozue / 2019-01-16

Jan 7 2018 front yard plants […] As I posted in last fall, I started watering early November 2018 and late rainy season has started after the tragic wild fire (“Butte Camp Fire”). On January 2019 I’ve noticed a couple of unfamiliar plants in my yards (Fig. 1), which should be one of native…

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Native plant garden project

Kazu Nozue / 2018-10-18

Lawn in yards are common in USA. However, keeping lawn green needs lots of water in California. California central valley is a center of agriculture due to excellent soil quality (ref). However, weather of California central valley is Mediteranian type, which has long dry summer and wet winter…