Beautiful cooler-than-average fall weather this week. Felt (and looked) like October yesterday. The buckwheats are spectacular this year! Still many butterflies, other native pollinators and dragonflies. We even had a female Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens), an unusual bird for our area, eating elderberries (see below). Come visit the garden to see just how pretty a fall garden can be. These pictures are from 9/11/16.
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| Just enough green to make the garden inviting |
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| The rain garden (left) will need some work this winter |
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| The hybrid Monkeyflowers are looking great in shady places |
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| Not as many California fuschia (Epilobium canum) blooms this year. The effects of drought are everywhere! |
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| Buckwheats (Eriogonum species) are still spectacular! |
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| We may need to start calling Toyon 'California Halloween Berry'. Fruits are ripening way early this year. |
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| Female Phainopepla in the Blue elderberry (wish I'd had my good camera). This is mainly a desert bird; eats berries and insects. |
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| Many plants in the Garden of Health, being local natives, are already dormant or nearly so. |
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