Tag: California buckwheat

• Buckwheat in Winter

  

  Pictured here is a large expanse of California buckwheat growing healthy and wild in O’Neill Park in November, just before the rainy season began. Notice how the flowers have turned a rusty reddish brown as this shrub reflects the changing seasons. The buckwheat flower is turning to seed as winter approaches. California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) […]

  E. Wallace

  January 2, 2020

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  birds, buckwheat, buckwheat pancakes, butterflies, California buckwheat, California native bees, gardening, honey, seeds, wildlife

• More Buckwheat, More Butterflies

  

  When you plant California buckwheat in your home landscape, you bring immediate relief to butterflies and other pollinators searching for nectar and shelter. California buckwheats flower for months, enrich the soil with their tiny leaves, are easy to grow, and are evergreen. Buckwheat is a foundation plant for any garden. The California Native Plant Society […]

  E. Wallace

  December 5, 2019

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  butterflies, California buckwheat, california native plant society, california native plants, Coastal Sage Scrub, gardening, native plants, Nature, pollinators, Shipley Nature Center

• Buckwheat in the Headlands

  

  Last Friday I visited the 60-acre Dana Point Headlands for the first time. I was interested in seeing the place of origin of the ‘Dana Point’ California buckwheat that is being given to Orange County homeowners in A Buckwheat in Every Garden campaign. We started at the Dana Point Nature Interpretive Center and walked along a sandy […]

  E. Wallace

  November 21, 2019

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  California buckwheat, California Gnatcatcher, Coastal Sage Scrub, Dana Point Headlands, Nature, Pacific Pocket Mouse, Whales

• Buckwheat Builds Habitat

  

  The Orange County chapter of the California Native Plant Society (OCCNPS) has begun to distribute free, four-inch California buckwheat plants to homeowners living in Orange County. OCCNPS hopes to improve habitat for wildlife and butterflies throughout Orange County with this first-ever campaign to distribute 1,500 buckwheats to homeowners who pledge to plant them in their […]

  E. Wallace

  September 21, 2019

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