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, Gardening with Native Plants

  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

  Gardening with Native Plants

  birds, butterflies, gardening, native plants, wildlife