Tag: wildlife

• 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

  buckwheat

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

• Buckwheat Giveaway in Dana Point

  

  The city of Dana Point is partnering with the Orange County chapter of the California Native Plant Society (OCCNPS) on an ambitious 200-plant Buckwheat in Every Garden giveaway this Friday, November 15 at the Dana Point Community Center. OCCNPS and the city of Dana Point will give away 200 four-inch ‘Dana Point’ buckwheat plants from 9 a.m. to […]

  E. Wallace

  November 11, 2019

  buckwheat

  buckwheat, butterflies, California native bees, california native plants, free, gardening, gardens, Nature, pollinators, wildlife

• Local Plants Support Bird Life

  

  Even planting a small corner of your garden with locally native plants will help support bird life and butterflies.

  E. Wallace

  August 26, 2019

  Nature

  birds, butterflies, gardening, native plants, wildlife