Past Times Time Travel ~ Romancing California ~ Nature Rambling ~
Sunday, December 16, 2012
California Christmas Berry (Toyon)
Please Click on the Illustration Above
To Enjoy the Full Beauty of
Heteromeles arbutifolia
California Toyon Berries
European settlers were pleased to find a familiar plant from back home, when they saw these beautiful red berries and jagged leaves all over the hills of their young settlement in Southern California. I mean, come on, everybody knows holly when they see it! And so.... that's why the California film industry didn't take off in the community of Toyonwood.
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