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Castro Valley, CA, February 2016 (East Bay, south of Oakland, about 397 foot elevation)
I decided to try to document the status of my yard as to what is budding, poking up out of the soil, blooming and the like photographically. I get a better take on the fullness and extent of any blooms and it doesn’t matter if I don’t know the names of all of our plants. The first in this series is here January Yard Report
So, here goes
germanium pineapple sage milkweed ribes blackberries (non-himalayan) backyard sage rear fuschia (the front one is blooming too) dunno somekindadaisy I think Jade Plant rear camillia lemons Oranges daffs front camillia, rosemary in front alyssium, I think some sort of sage, I think, and a germanium another suspected salvia The flower stalk is now several inches tall and growing taller dailyDown to here is February 1 through 5.
Apricot buds 2/12 Rare apricot bloom 2/12Now, 2/20, the apricot is fairly well covered in blooms.
That’s a boatload of photos, so I think I’ll have to use a bit more description and less pictures next month. We also have chard, lots of chard, in raised beds,.
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