Ana

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Gardening in Zone 10a, So Cal. Flora and fauna make my heart sing.🌱 No political affiliation.

A very large self-seeded four-o-clock plant displaying flowers of hot pink, bright yellow, variegated peachy-pink.
A peachy pink collarette type dahlia with a golden yellow center. Blurry plants in background.
A dahlia with eight petals blending shades of magenta and red. Gold-green center. Blurry yard in background.
A tiny black bug on the petal of a white cactus flower whose outer petals are brushed with pink.
Thirteen light taupe colored clay pots filled with different types and colors of succulents on a glass topped patio table.
Two white Formosa lilies with a pale blue-green stucco wall in background.
A floral arrangement in a cream colored vintage California ceramic vase on an oxidized metal stand against a green wall. Contains pink and white strawflower, variegated green-white-burgundy begonia leaves, carrot flowers, magenta dahlias, chocolate nicotiana, dark burgundy scabiosa, white snapdragon, pale pink Himalayan gloxinia, and purple basil.
A white drawn arrow and the black lettering "clean steal" in a white box pointing to where a ripening tomato had been the day before. A traumatized unripened tomato hangs next to it. Green leaves surround.
A floral arrangement in a cream colored vintage California ceramic vase on an oxidized metal stand against a green wall. Arrangement contains red and orange echinacea, white sunflowers, gomphrena, and zinnia, carrot flowers, very dark red and magenta dahlias, dark red scabiosa, pink oregano flowers, and green pelargonium leaves.
Two dark crimson pincushion flowers speckled with white rise on long stems beyond a small flower bed. Oregano, dark orange and yellow Rudbeckia, and an old wood fence in background.
Yellow and white plumeria flowers surrounded by green leaves.
A deep red dahlia blooing against green leaves.
Swirls of clouds colored in the golds, pinks, and grays of early morning light. Mountains in the background. Palm trees and other plants in black silhouette in foreground. Edge of a white house in bottom left foreground.
Six six-cell plant trays filled with happy young plants. Green wall in background. Trays contain marigolds, chard, four varieties of kale, purple and mrihani basil, and lettuce.
A frothy floral arrangement of mainly white flowers in an antique white urn type vase on an oxidized metal stand against a green wall. Flowers include carrot, 'Pope John Paul II' roses, strawflower, echinacea, marjoram, sunflower, gomphrena, alstroemeria seed pods, heliotrope, and variegated leaves whose name I never remember.
A white cactus flower with many slender petals and a yellow center. Petals curl up at the tips. Thin very spiky cactus stems and more flowers surround.
Two stacked images. Top is of six six-cell plant trays filled with happy young green plants ready to transplant. White label with black letters "before" in top left corner. Bottom image is the same set plants after being outside to harden off and now ravaged by some animal, likely birds. White label with black letters "after" in top left.
A small skipper butterfly wings dappled in gold and caramel feasting on a pale lavender scabiosa. Green leaves in background.
Tall tithonia blooming dark orange flowers with deep yellow centers and dark green leaves poking through a wood trellis, blooming carrot stems, and a scraggly green leaves with serrated edges. A white labels containing black lettering "Did not plant" at top center, "this carrot" just below "this tithonia" at center left and "this epazote" off to the right.
Six six-cell plant trays together under grow lights. These are a mix of zinnias, marigolds, cosmos, and lettuce. Green wall in background.
White gomphrena plans starting to bloom their small round heads. Garden twine to keep the plants up visible as are some snapdragons nestled in behind.
Two Romanesco cauliflower plants decimated by birds. Only a few old blue green leaves remain.
A very pale yellow almost white sunflower with a large yellow center unfurling its petals. Stem has small buds as well. Blurry brown and green leaves and trees with a bit of blue sky in background.
A newly opened dahlia with eight dark magenta petals and a gold-green center. Two unopened buds below. Blurry plants in background.
Close up of part of a long stem of flowering Encyclia alata x mooreana orchid. Its pseudobulbs are attached to an avocado tree that is out of view. Acidy yellow petals tipped in maroon with a dark pink and white center. Blurred leaves, pots, etc. in background.
A collage of six images, three rows of two. From left to right. Top row, young perennial white echinacea beginning to bloom with green leaves and wood fence in background; close up of cluster of young green 'Aosta Valley' tomatoes in a cage. Second row, a cluster of young green 'Pigletwillie's French Black' tomatoes in a cage; a cluster of four young green 'Iraqi Heart' tomatoes in a cage. Bottom row, a stem of three young green 'Tonnelet' tomatoes on a stem; a single young green 'Big Mama' tomato with other tomato pots visible in background.
A stem of very pale pink strawflowers. The most mature one has a egg yolk yellow center. Green vibes and fruit of cucamelon and wood fence in background.
White Laelia purpurata alba orchids with pale yellow centers and sword-like yellowy-green leaves against a clay colored background.
Seriously overgrown and gone to flower Italian parsley paired with white borage gone to seed in a early 1970's pale blue-green floral relief milk glass whiskey decanter/vase on an oxidized metal stand against a green wall.
Video of roughly a dozen bees pollinating white cactus flowers.
A floral arrangement in a dark moss green ceramic vase on an oxidized metal stand against a green wall. Arrangement contains peachy white alstroemeria, dark orange Rudbeckia, flowering purple basil, flowering carrot, electric blue salvia, and soft green stems of abutilon palmeri.
A collage of six images. Clockwise from top left, the largest is a stem white alstroemeria flowers brushed with dark peach and yellow against a blue-green stucco wall; a glorious bronze fennel; a sunflower bud; a tithonia bud; a young carrot flower; pale pink and white strawflower buds.
Night photo of two donner plate sized night blooming yellow and white cactus flowers. Tree trunk, terra cotta pot, long thin cactus stems, and green pregnant onion leaves surround.
Bright purple penstemon flowers, their white throats lined in purple. Surrounded by green leaves.
The cover of the book The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature by Sue Stuart-Smith. The jacket is white. Lettering in green and black. Drawing of a stylized silhouette of a woman rendered in green branches and leaves.
A medium-light skinned hand holding a green tomato stem in a horizontal position. Leaf branches on the left above the hand and a cluster of white roots on the right. Green wall in background.
A collage of three images. Left is a red echinacea plant with seven buds in multiple stages of bloom. Top right is an orange echinacea. Bottom right is a gold and copper rudbeckia in full bloom.
A pale pink climbing rose with one bud above. Green leaves, wood fence, and blooming jasmine vine in background.
A pale orange orchid cactus flower.
A medium-light skinned hand holding a corsage of white gardenias, apple-scented pelargonium leaves, black violas, pale green hellebore flowers, bronze fennel fronds, flowering marjoram, and a coral-colored 'Koko Loko' rosebud. Green wall in background.
Close up of a yellow and black German Shepherd dog laying on her side and smiling at the camera. Her head is on a pale yellow silk throw. Blue and white striped rug and a red bone plushie toy in background.
A white rose in full bloom. Surrounded by green leaves. A few small pink climbing roses and more greenery in background.
Early morning blue sky decorated with clouds glowing pink, yellow, lavender, and gray. San Gabriel Mountains visible in background. Silhouttes of palm trees, random shrubbery, and house visible in foreground.
A very old strawberry pot filled with yellow alpine strawberries and topped with young dill and yellow, pink, magenta, and white 'Brush Strokes' violas. Against a pinkish stucco wall.
A bunch of freshly picked and washed turnip and radish greens and flowers on a wood cutting board.
A floral bouquet in a small vintage gold vase on an oxidized metal stand against a green wall. Peach stock, pinky-brown snapdragons, pale pink strawflowers, yellow and white violas, feverfew, pale green celosia, bronze fennel fronds, flowering Italian parsley, and apple mint leaves.
A white gardenia flower beginning to unfurl into bloom. Surrounded by green leaves.
Three taupe-pink roses clustered below two peachy-yellow rose buds. Surrounded by green leaves against a blue-green stucco wall.
A black, orange, and white Monarch butterfly perched on the lavender with bright yellow center blooms of California aster. Green leaves in background.
Short video of over a dozen green and red Mitred Parakeets feasting in a large loquat tree.
Stacked photos and names of birds. From top, yellow and black Hooded Oriole, grayish California Towhee, reddish-brown House Finch, yellow black and grey Lesser Goldfinch, brown white black with a splotch of red Red-whiskered Bulbul, black white red Nuttall's Woodpecker, and green red Mitred Parakeet.
Over a dozen Mitred parakeets gorging on over ripe fruit in a very large loquat tree.
A small yellow tomatillo flower and other buds forming under the arching green leaves. Green tomato cage and other plants/pots visible.
A fully open epiphyllum (aka orchid cactus). Neon pink with a hint of peach. Hanging from a basket tucked in the branches of an orange tree. Out of control plants in background.
Reddish-orange pomegranate flowers against green leaves.