High Desert Life

Posted by: calpoppy, 04:27 PM GMT on mai 08, 2012

For lack of a better blog I thought I would show some plants that I thought were pretty nice to have in your own garden. I brought my camera to work on Monday and took a few pics, but I was just about sold out of everything!! So more pics when I order again this week.

Here is a flower that loves the heat will take some winter freezes and is just as cheerful as it gets. With an array of colors it fits in all landscapes! The Osteospermum.

This geranium is like a mini Martha Washington, Angel Eyes.

Hanging baskets are always fun and how easy it is to just pick one up already made. I used to years ago make up the baskets for the nursery I worked for. A lot of fun!

Here are some Centrathrus Rubras or a common name you might know Jupiters Beard. These seeded themselves around the pond. They are very invasive but so pretty!

How about a Rhythm and Blues petunia? A rambler style great for baskets, one of my favs this year.

Another hanging basket with the fairly new orange petunias.

Pink Lemonade Petunia, for hanging baskets or pots.

What nursery is complete without nursery cats! Introducing Taz.

She was once called the Tazmanian Devil kitten, as my jeans still bear the scars of her claws as she would climb up my legs and onto my shoulders.

Here she is thinking how cool birds are!!

Now you can't have just one cat, so her brother Bobby came to stay here too.

Here is Bobby with a chocolate flower. Berlandiera Lyrata, and yes it does smell like chocolate. And a very heavy re-seeder!

Updated: 10:34 PM GMT on mai 14, 2012

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Same old blog :)

Posted by: calpoppy, 06:25 PM GMT on martie 13, 2012

The berries of the juniperMistletoeA dead juniper with the stems of mistletoe still attachedWe go on mistletoe patrol several times a year to get rid of the parasitic plant off of our native California Junipers ( Juniperus Californica). We have close to 100 of these beautiful evergreens on our 5 acres so it takes a little time to get to each one. Our cabin is located in the Joshua-Juniper woodland with the Juniper being the dominant shrub of the region. Mistleto...

Updated: 08:16 PM GMT on aprilie 29, 2012

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Day Tripping in Cali

Posted by: calpoppy, 04:04 PM GMT on ianuarie 17, 2012

Since the weather has been more fall like then winter we decided to start enjoying it! Last week we went out to Saddleback Butte which we see out our windows every day. Less then exciting so no more mention of that here. Yesterday we took off to Red Rock Canyon which is a breathtaking desert scene!Red Rock canyon is north of the town of Mojave. It is on the edge of the El Paso Mountain range. This was a trade route used for thousands of years by Native American...

Updated: 01:51 AM GMT on ianuarie 18, 2012

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Winter thoughts

Posted by: calpoppy, 10:09 PM GMT on decembrie 04, 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR!We are winter people. We love the cold, the quietness, the shadows created by the low-lying sun. We love the fire in the wood stove, the bringing in the wood, and the sound of the chain saw in the fall, the smell of wood smoke in the air. We love the snow, waking up and knowing it had snowed without looking because of the quiet. We love watching the dogs act like pups again, burying their heads in the snow, running, playing, biting the snow. Like...

Updated: 09:43 PM GMT on decembrie 27, 2011

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Kodiak, grandbaby and a bear!

Posted by: calpoppy, 07:54 PM GMT on octombrie 30, 2011

I am back from 'The Rock' as they call Kodiak Island. Spent a lot of quality time with my son, dil and grandbaby, plus got see quite a bit of the island. Since my son lives on the base it was a little different being awakened by the sound of a C-130 taking off! Or the shooting of a type of gun to shoo the birds off the runway. But different isn't always bad! It is a beautiful Coast Guard Base much nicer then the one in Clearwater, Florida where my son wa...