Hillside walks, 09 and 13 March 2013
The previous week showed a warming trend, and so some flowers were in decline, notably Phacelia minor, and on the Saturday none of the tiny yellow flower of the previous week.
However, on Friday, 8 March 2013, we had 20 mm of rain, which is likely to see a rejuvenation of flowers. This was evident on the Saturday, with lots of filarees, whereas none were evident on the previous week. And I saw one small (4 inches high) lupine plant near the bottom of the north hillside. Other plants may take longer to respond to the rain.
Thus on Wednesday, 13 March 2013, I went back to look for the tiny yellow flower. It was in abundance, — the California sun cup, Camissoniopsis bistorta.
This week I found no ceanothus blooms anywhere. All ceanothus are in fruit. Even the wild cucumber appears less prolific. The mountain mahogany was in full bloom, in some instances past its peak. The coffeeberry on the north hillside remains in bloom.
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Our house, seen from mid way on the north hillside. |
Red stemmed filaree |
Wild hyacinth |
California everlasting |
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Miniature lupine |
Wishbone bush |
Common beggar-tick |
California bluebells |
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California bluebells |
Popcorn flower |
Spiny redberry |
California coffeeberry |
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Strigose lotus |
Black sage |
Common eucrypta |
Scrub oak |
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Scrub oak |
Rattlesnake weed |
Popcorn flower |
Telegraphweed |
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Telegraphweed |
Telegraphweed |
Telegraphweed |
San Gabriel Mountains |
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Pasadena and the Rose Bowl |
Art Center College of Design |
Our house |
The north hillside |
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North hillside |
Two color everlasting |
Scrub oak |
Scrub oak |
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Scrub oak |
California coffeeberry |
Rattlesnake weed |
Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry |
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Wild cucumber |
Birch leaf mountain mahogany |
Birch leaf mountain mahogany |
Birch leaf mountain mahogany |
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Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry |
Chaparral currant |
California peony |
Black sage |
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California peony |
Lemonade berry |
Scrub oak |
California liverwort |
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Coffee fern |
North hillside |
Poison oak |
Wild cucumber |
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Golden currant |
Leafy California buckwheat |
Mulefat |
Mulefat |
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California sun cup |
California sun cup |
California sun cup |
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