Peruvian Daffodil

Exotic and fragrant!  If you want a consistent spring bloomer and a bulb that will reward you every spring then you need to plant Peruvian Daffodils Bulbs (Hymenocallis festalis). They love our zone 10A and they are extremely reliable blooming each and every spring. Also, they produce offspring bulbs on a regular basis every year. You plant one Peruvian Daffodil Bulb and within 5 years you’ll probably have six or seven surrounding the original mother bulb.  For some very obvious reasons some people call them, “spider lilies.”

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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)