Amaryllis Belladonna

I have Amaryllis belladonna blooming now in my garden.  They are fragrant and when I bring them in the house, they last a long time in a vase.

I have waited many years for my bulbs to bloom. They are native to Cape Provence in South Africa.

They are sometimes called "Naked Ladies" 

because they bloom without leaves, buds and stems coming up quickly from the bare ground.

September in my Garden

Some of the flowers blooming now in my garden are: Zinnias and Cosmos,

Reed-Stem Epidendron,

Moonflower,

Reed-Stem Epidendron,

Zinnia with the pomegranate tree in the background,

and Cestrum Nocturnum, or Night Blooming Jasmine in the Solanaceae family, native to the West Indies.

Gallery Visit

A September visit 

to

the 

Landing

Gallery

in

Los Angeles.

The Garden on the Monterey Bay/ Raised Beds

The raised beds are where vegetable and flowers are  grown.

An umbrella shades an area near the sunflowers.

The Garden on the Monterey Bay/ Part 2

In this garden, near the bay, grow a variety

of plants

that thrive in the mild

climate.

There are places to sit

and enjoy

the lush garden

with an abundance 

of flowers.

A Garden on the Monterey Bay

I visited a garden near the Monterey Bay on the Central Coast of California. This is a view of the Monterey Bay with a field of strawberries in the foreground.

It is a place of damp foggy mornings.

The Coastal Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia) have moss growing from their branches.

The hydrangeas grow into huge clumps, covered with flowers.

This is the perfect climate

for them.

A Santa Barbara Hillside

On a hillside above Santa Barbara looking out toward the Pacific Ocean is a garden of native and drought tolerant plants.

It is a place where the Coastal Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) grows.  The trees are native to California within 100 meters of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Central Valley.  They can live almost 300 years.

These are some of the flowering plants

that grow here

and do well

without much water.