Almost Fall Planting Season But These Can Be Planted Now
We’re getting a really nice crop of desert mallow seedlings. These can be planted now and will flower all year. They are hybrids from mostly our Sphaeralcea ambigua mixed with others from the southwest. We’re getting mostly oranges but some reds, pinks, and maroons. They are in bloom now so you can see the flower color. Plant in full sun.
Dividing Pacific Coast Irises- Matilija Bob 9/29/25 Pacific coast irises have their own quickness. If you want to divide them to have more of the same iris you have to divide them when their white roots start to grow. What is all this? Okay, in summer the pacific...
A California Native is Actually Two Gardens by Matilija Bob, 9/21/25 In California most of our native plants flower from late winter into maybe early summer. Beautiful flowering scenery everywhere including your native garden. What happens next? Summer, the temps go up, the flowering plants produce seeds, and bloom...
Collecting Seeds from our pacific coast iris hybrids. This is the time of year when the seeds from our pacific coast irises are ready for harvest. We collect the seed capsules from our plants when the tips are beginning to split and put them in a paper bag. Next...
