Over the last few years I have been growing more of my plants from seeds. Although it takes at least 24 months from sowing until a one-gallon plant, I find it worthwhile. But with a plant that tends to be biennial you can lower that to nine months. Sow in the fall and flowers in July.
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Max and Justin’s Oakland garden is a horticulturalist’s collection. A small gardens packed full of epiphytes around their cute bungalow. Intimate spaces to sit, relax and meditate.
A few snapshots of May Flowers in my gardens of San Francisco.
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| Iris - Each stalk yields 8-9 double-socketed buds |
On Friday mornings, there is no parking along this section of Bird Street. This is effectively the Rose border for Dearborn Community Garden. Well maintained by a dedicated member of the garden.
This is the start of the second spring for this newly plants residential backyard. The layers of bulbs, annuals, flowering perennials and shrubs fill two rectangular beds.
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| Narcissus, Geum and Leptospermum (Tea Tree) |
With much anxiety Angele and I drove up to Richmond, California to the new nursery called Curious Flora. I was curious. I was hoping for the best but prepared to be disappointed and ashamed. The best being a thriving commercial nursery producing fun and new things along with those successful heirlooms. The worst, a possible commercial implosion and the loss of a great gardening resource.
It has been over 15 years since the Presidio became a national park in San Francisco. This area between Baker Beach to the south and the Golden Gate Bridge to the north has undergone a transformation removing many invasive weeds and planting all natives.
By Kevin Philip Williams & Michael Guidi
