Tag: Coastal Sage Scrub

• 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

  buckwheat

  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

  buckwheat

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