Summer Previews: First Wild Rose of the Year

Pulgas Ridge, Mid-Penninsula Open Space, San Carlos CA

Pride of Madeira for a Mediterranean Climate

Beautiful Pride of Madeira
Perfect for our Mediterranean Gardens in California

Where do you find a Mediterranean Climate?
1) Southern and Southwestern Australia
2) Central Chile
3) Coastal California - and the San Francisco Bay Area of California where I live
4) Western Cape of South Africa
5) The Mediterranean Basin itself

~ ~ ~

Pride of Madeira: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echium_candicans

Mediterranean Gardens and Climate: http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/climate.html

Wildflowers: Iris douglasiana - Hiking Contra Costa

                 

My daughter and I spotted Iris douglasiuna while hiking around the Lafayette Reservioir, in the East Bay. We live across the San Francisco Bay from the East Bay, also known as Contra Costa - the Other Coast.

Native Iris say 'late spring' to me.