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My top 10 plants in 2010!
Here's my top 10 list for 2010 - native plants and wildflowers - the most
abundant, the most elusive, the most short lived (isn't that a contradiction?).
The top 10 stand-outs in 2010
yellow pinchusion
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chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula - yellow pincushion
- These tall beautys filled a field by the middle of May 2010, towering
over all other flowers - of which you could get a glimpse of pink or blue
occasionally.
-
eriophyllum confertiflorum - golden yarrow
- The golden yarrow has claimed a border area and is stretching out.
Yellow is the color for 2010 apparently. It wasn't as prolific as some other
plants like the lotus scoparius (there's a reason it is called deer "weed" I
suppose), but the wash of yellow where it wasn't the year before was beautiful.
The yarrow blooms earlier and lasts longer - a real favorite
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lithophragma affine - woodland star
- Just try to say lithophragma affine and not get a smile on your face!
And looking at them gives the same feeling. They've multiplied nicely in their
woodland glen, the delicate white flowers waving on tall graceful stalks.
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penstemon spectabilis - showy penstemon
- centaurium
venustum - canchalagua
- small and compact, lots of these little pretty-in-pink plants this
year. Didn't see that many in 2009
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helianthemum scoparium - yellow rock-rose or rush rose
- Love this plant, blooms early and long
- phacelia minor
- wild canterbury bells
- The masses of phacelia in previous years are being replaced by other
plants. Had to go farther to really scorched areas to see huge masses of only
canterbury bells.
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eriastrum sapphirinum - sapphire woolly star
- So small, mingling among the fringed spineflower. These little
flowering plants don't stay around very long, but seeing them is very cool
- solanum
parishii - parish nightshade
- This is a great plant! Pretty purple blossoms most of the year, and
stays green and compact. Transplanted easily also
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chorizanthe fimbriata - fringed spineflower
- Spineflower doesn't sound so great, but masses of pink in bare spots
is.
venus looking glass
The most surprising 2010, AND the most short-lived
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triodanis biflora - venus looking glass
- This one wins the most surprising award. Saw it one day and it was
shriveled and dead the next. Only time I've seen this plant and the flower is
very pretty.
The most elusive
The most prolific in 2010
whispering bells
The most missed
The most unappealing 2010
- malosma
laurina - laurel sumac
- Sumac remains my top most unappealing plant. These plants like to take
over. The leaves can cause skin irritation so don't handle them. The scientific
name says it all - "malosma laurina" - mal means bad in Spanish.
Notes from 2010
Spring Wildflowers 2010
- gallery of what was blooming in the spring of 2010
march 2010
What a change from last spring - in the middle of March there
weren't nearly as many Lupinus Hirsutisimus or Phacelia Minor (stinging lupine
and wild canterbury bells) in the same areas as last year due to a growing lotus
scoparius population.
See what was blooming March 2010
or view the entire
Fallbrook Source wildflower collection.
may 2010
The March and April wildflowers have set their seed,
miner's lettuce has been gone for quite awhile... what's next? This year the
camissonia californica, california primrose or suncup, are blooming far
behind the canterbury bells. The california primrose are tall and leggy, but if
you don't like the way they look to begin with, just wait and you will be
rewarded with their beautiful delicate blossoms.
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