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Violet Newstead Please Hold
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#CAnativeplants ; profile is photo of non-native praying mantis; banner is photo of a bumblebee on a ceanothus; 😷
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California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum) #CAnativeplants
Terracotta blossoms like tiny trumpets rest on a sandstone path.
November 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum) #CAnativeplants
Terracotta blossoms like tiny trumpets rest on a sandstone path.
November 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Red-flowered Buckwheat (Eriogonum grande var. rubescens), California’s version of cherry blossoms #CAnativeplants
Pixie stems erupt in tiny bursts of magenta blossoms.
August 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Ladybug on a brittlebush (aka bush sunflower) blossom (Encelia californica) #CAnativeplants
A shiny seven spot ladybird or ladybug sits on a sunflower bud.
July 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Golden bloom of the Palmer's Indian Mallow (Abutilon palmeri) #CAnativeplants
Five large golden petals form a bowl of a flower.
June 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Large Flowered Sand Spurry (Spergularia macrotheca) #CAnativeplants
5 pink petals that look like they’d squish like gel packs and then rebound stare at the viewer from soft pointy leaves.
May 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Margarita BOP Penstemon heterophyllus #CAnativeplants
Violet blue bell shaped blossoms crowd stems like strings of purple fairy lights.
April 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Margarita BOP Penstemon heterophyllus #CAnativeplants
Violet blue bell shaped blossoms crowd stems like strings of purple fairy lights.
April 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Purple Pacific Coast Hybrid Iris #CAnativeplants
A vibrant purple tri-petal flower with yellow and white speckled tongues is complemented by three smaller purple petals.
April 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Bluewitch Nightshade (Solanum umbelliferum) tiny umbrellas #CAnativeplants
A blue lavender tissue-light blossom hangs upside down from a leafless stem- a tiny garden streetlight.
March 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Western Hound’s Tongue (Cynoglossum grande), Checker Bloom (Sidalcea malviflora), and Sticky Monkeyflower (Mimulus aurantiacus) peeking through fence and wire. #CAnativeplants
A single hearty stem holds a bundle of waxy blue and white flowers. The whole plant is no more than 6 inches above ground. Large papery pink blossoms stacked on a tall stem reach through chicken wire. The petals are streaked with purple and are serrated on the outer edges. Deep orange-yellow flowers reach through a black steel hog grate fence.
March 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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The glowing California buttercups (Ranunculus californicus) #CAnativeplants
A small bright yellow disc of overlapping petals sits atop a thread-thin stem.
March 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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The early purple-blue flowers of the aptly named Valley Violet (Ceanothus maritimus) #CAnativeplants
A balled-up cluster of tiny purple trumpet-like flowers with yellow stamens like minuscule q-tips shines in sunlight.
March 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Howard McMinn manzanita (Arctostaphylos densiflora) #CAnativeplants
Clusters of little pink bells hang from copper branches with shiny green leaves.
February 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Pink currant (Ribes sanguineum v. glutinosum) #CAnativeplants
Here’s a single bundle of bright pink buds, and one is open like a star. The shrub looks like a grape vine.
February 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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First manzanita blossoms have arrived (Arctostaphylos 'John Dourley'). #Canativeplants
Pink vase-like blossoms hang in clusters.
January 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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From September, a cluster of snowberries (Symphoricarpus Albus) #CAnativeplants
A small cluster of what looks like white blueberries perch on a shrub.
January 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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From July, the ethereal Prairie Flax (Linum lewisii) #CAnativeplants
Photo of translucent blue flower with tissue-paper like petals and pale yellow center
December 4, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum)
A rich green low-growing plant looks like a conifer, but it is native chamise.
November 26, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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Catalina Fuschia (Epilobium canum), frequently visited by hummingbirds, going strong. #CAnativeplants
California native fuschia with grey-green leggy branches and lots of coral bell-shaped blossoms
November 25, 2024 at 1:27 AM