To celebrate our club’s 30th Anniversary we have set up a gardening book lending library at Walter Andersen’s nursery in Poway. Enjoy. Many thanks to the management and plant experts at Water Andersen’s.
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Fritillaria bifloraFritillaria biflora
With all the rain this season flowers are starting to bloom around Miramar lake. This lily (Chocolate Lily) is native to Baja and southern California but I do not recall seeing it before in this location. Send your photos in for our 2023 Wildflowers of 92131 and they will be posted in the Gallery.
Toyon and Hollywood?Toyon and Hollywood?
It appears to be a favorable winter for the fruiting of red Toyon berries as patches of red have appeared on our chaparral hills. The berries while technically edible are very unpleasant if eaten raw. Heteromeles arbutifolia, Toyon, or California Holly is native to coastal ranges of California and southern Oregon. Although it grows on the hills around Hollywood that is apparently not the reason for the name.
California Holly: How Hollywood Didn’t Get its Name | Natural History Museum (nhm.org)
CamelliaCamellia
One of the first blooms of spring especially from an established plant. Although popular in North American and European gardens the Camellia originates from Asia.
image provided by S. Castellitto