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| Apr18/2008 |
Red Flowering Currant has been in full bloom for some time. First Camas flowers ready to come out. Fawn lilies out for a while also.
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| Feb22/2008 |
Lots of shoots of camas appearing; looks like it will be a good year. Brodiaea shoots also appearing.
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| Feb13/2008 |
Buds of Red flowering currant.
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| Apr29/2007 |
Lots of Camas out.
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| Apr7/2007 |
First of Camas flowers out.
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| Mar25/2007 |
Red flowering currant in full bloom. Camas buds appearing.
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| Mar15/2007 |
Fawn Lilies in flower.
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| Mar1/2007 |
First red flowering currant flowers out.
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| Feb16/2007 |
Satin flowers and camas shoots and red flowering currant leaves all coming out.
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| Mar26/2006 |
Satin flowers still out. Red-flowering currant in full bloom - awesome!! A couple flowers of Fawn Lilies and Western Buttercup out. Camas buds apprearing. Leaves of ocean spray and twin berry coming out.
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| Feb23/2006 |
Flowers appearing already on the Satin flower!! - next to rock, near sidewalk (south of driveway). Many flowers on red-flowering currant. Hail later in the day.
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| Feb1/2006 |
First blossom on the red-flowering currant.
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| Jan30/2006 |
Look closely and you can see the Camas shoots coming up; including in the stump.
Yarrow and brodiaea are visible next to stones going up beside driveway.
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| Summer/2005 |
Scrubs growing nicely.
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| Mar23/2005 |
More satin flowers ready to come out by sidewalk and out already north of driveway. Red-flowering Currant in full bloom. Oregon grape in bloom. Lots of cama shoots out. Ocean spray and black twinberry leaves coming out. Yarrow and woodland strawberry growing again. (At Holly Green Park, noticed shooting stars and fawn lily.) |
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| Mar5/2005 |
More satin flowers come out, and first satin flower by sidewalk. Red-flowering Currant leaves coming out. Lots of cama shoots out. |
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| Feb27/2005 |
The first satin flowers come out on ledge by cliff. |
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| Summer/2004 |
Lots of flowers. |
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| Feb17/2004 |
A new year, and the first satin flowers are out. |
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| Aug11/2003 |
In spite of a lot of brown lawns around the area, the larkspurs are showing a great display. |
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| Jul11/2003 |
Most flowers are finished, but the grasses are interesting. The larkspurs are flowering, but I am not sure if they are the native type? |
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| Jun17/2003 |
Think the native flowers are finished for the year? - think again. You just have to look closer. You can see the beautiful Hookers Onion on the tree stump and other places. You can see Vetch, Sea Blush and Blue-eyed Mary.
Along the trail close to the driveway, on the cliff side when the sun is out, you can see beautiful Farewell-To-Spring Evening Primose.
The Rein Orchids shoots are growing longer, and small flowers showing. Now there are at least 3 small Garry Oaks. There are a number of outstanding grasses, which I have to identify.
Also, if you look closely you can see seeds and seed pods growing on the various flowers.
Saw a 7 spotted lady bug; is this the same one introduced March 30? |
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| May31/2003 |
Measured Garry Oak tree at 10 feet high. Neighbouring Garry Oak trees measured at 44 feet and 37 feet high; circumference of about 4 feet. |
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| May24/2003 |
Block party guided tour. |
Planted another Red-flowering Currant. |
| May17/2003 |
Small Garry Oak sprouting from an acorn underneath the planted Garry Oak. Rein Orchids developing shoots. |
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| May9/2003 |
Garry Oak leaves fully out. Larkspur flowers are popping out in several places. |
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| Apr26/2003 |
Flowers of Oregon Oxyalix and Red-flowering Currant. |
Planted scrubs of Red-flowering Currant, Black Twinberry, Mock Orange.
Also planted Woodland Strawberry, Oregon Oxyalix, Red Columbine, Kinnikkinnik, Wooly Sunflower, Nootka Rosa, Blue-eyed Grass. |
| Apr25/2003 |
More Camas flowers out. |
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| Apr20/2003 |
Flowers of Sea Blush, Camas, Shooting Stars, Bitter-cress, Larkspur, Saxisfrage, Draba, Blue-eyed Mary, Monkey Flowers. Shooting Stars pods forming. |
Planted lots of moss, Sea Blush, Great Camas, Common Camas, Licorice Fern, Sword Fern. |
| Apr18/2003 |
Camas flowers coming out finally, buds have been there for weeks. Larkspur seedlings appearing from planted seeds. |
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| Apr17/2003 |
Planted Garry Oak buds appearing. |
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| Apr16/2003 |
Last of satin flowers. |
Put in old Garry Oak stumps and covered with moss. |
| Apr14/2003 |
2615 Asquith - Shooting Stars, Oregon Grape and more in flower. |
2615 Asquith - Planted lots of native plants in front yard. |
| Apr13/2003 |
2749 Asquith - Shooting Stars and Fawn Lily in flower. |
2749 Asquith - Planted native plants around tree - Shooting Stars, Fawn Lily and more. |
| Apr13/2003 |
Satin-flowers are pretty well finished flowering. Shooting stars, Miners Lettuce, Monkey-Flower (when sunny) and Saxifrage all in flower. |
Planted primarily mosses. Finished "ring" of plants around main patch.
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| Apr6/2003 |
Lots of Shooting Stars and a few Satin-flowers. |
Planted more plants, including numerous camas bulbs. |
| Mar30/2003 |
A few newly planted flowers are now in bloom: Shooting Stars, Miners Lettuce, Western Buttercups, and Chickweed Monkey-Flower.
Check out the large leaves of the Rein-Orchid at base of the rock at the NorthEast corner. In addition, a newly introduced seven spotted lady bug was observed. |
Planted a lot more plants; Camas, Shooting Stars, Rein-Orchids, Miners Lettuce, Western Buttercups, and Chickweed Monkey-Flower. A seven spotted lady bug was also introduced with the flowers. |
| Mar28/2003 |
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Planted Larkspur and Western Columbine seeds next to Oregon Grape. |
| Mar27/2003 |
Fawn Lily right next to sidewalk opened up today (NorthEast of lower front section).
Shooting star on the rock face (NorthWest of lower front section) about to open. |
Planted a few dozen chocolate lily bulblets. |
| Mar26/2003 |
More Satin-Flowers in bloom. Fawn Lilies planted a week ago near the sidewalk (NorthEast section of front) seem to have survived and new flowers are about to open. |
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| Mar25/2003 |
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More Satin-Flowers, Fawn Lilies, Shooting Stars, Spring Gold, ferns planted.
A rain barrel is filled by water from our roof.
Aquarium pipes then fed the water to form a drip down the face of the cliff. (Look out for it; I have already working some of the time). |
| Mar17/2003 |
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More Satin-Flowers, Fawn Lilies, Shooting Stars planted.
Add Oregon Grape batch. Plant Salal and Oceanspray seeds. |
| Mar16/2003 |
Satin-flowers, Fawn Lilies and Spring Gold in bloom. |
Satin-Flowers, Fawn Lilies, Shooting Stars, Spring Gold, Rein-Orchids planted. |
| Feb24/2003 |
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10 Foot Garry Oak planted. |
