April                    
   

What's Blooming in Your Garden? E-mail a photo of what's blooming in your yard!
         
This is by no means a complete list. It's just the stuff I happen to see in my travels around town with my digital camera. If you see something on the list that's no longer blooming, or that is blooming and I've failed to mention it, please drop me an e-mail. Thanks!
   
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A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. — Walt Whitman
         
   
Digger's Speedwell
Derwentia perfoliata
Aztec lily, Jacobean lily
Sprekelia formosissima
Honeywort,
Blue wax flower, Blue shrimp plant
Cerinthe major purpurescens
         
 
 
Hybrid Douglas iris (Iris douglasiana)
Grape hyacinth
(Muscari armeniacum)
Byzantine glad (Gladiolus byzantinus)
heirloom (1629)
         
   
Sweet pea
(Lathyrus odoratus)
 
Clematis 'Nelly Moser'
  
Scilla hyacinthoides
         
   
Ranunculus
Santa Barbara daisy
(Erigeron karvinskianus)
Anemone
         
   
Sweet jasmine
(Jasminum polyanthum)
  
Dutch iris
  
Silene Dioica 'Clifford Moor'
bought at Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden... we'll see how it does here in Sac. Not in Sunset book.
         
   
Yellow alyssum (Alyssum saxatile)
  
Argyranthemum 'Pink Lemonade'
 
Tower of Jewels (Echium wildpretii)
         
   
Million Bells (Calibrachoa)
  
Catmint (Nepeta faassenii)
 
Ursinia anethoides 'Solar Fire'
         
   
Columbine (Aquilegia)
 
Deerhorn Clarkia
(Clarkia pulchella)
 
Star jasmine
(Trachelospermum jasminoides)
         
   
Weigela
Coreopsis
Toadflax (Linaria)
         
   
Watsonia
  
Peruvian lily (Alstroemeria)
  
Chives
         
   
Bottlebrush (Callistemon)
  
Orchid Rockrose (Cistus purpureus)
 
Solanum rantonnetii
         
   
Verbena
  
Globe gilia (Gilia capitata)
 
Salvia
         
   
Daylily (Hemerocallis)
  
Mexican evening primrose
(Oenothera berlandieri)
  
Mixed Nemesia
(Nemesia strumosa)
         
   
Locust (Robinia)
 
Dead nettle
(Lamium maculatum)
 
Bearded iris
         
   
Photinia
  
Gaillardia
  
Indian hawthorn
(Rhaphiolepis indica)
         
   
Yarrow (Achillea)
  
Scabiosa
 
Ajuga
         
   
Lilac (Syringa)
  
Lavender (Lavandula)
 
Chinese Wisteria
(Wisteria sinensis)
         
 
 
Harlequin flower
(Sparaxis spp.)
  
New Zealand tea tree
(Leptospermum spp.)
  
Wild Japanese iris
(Iris japonica)
         
   
Dogwood (Cornus)
Kangaroo paws
(Anigozanthos spp.)
Wild onion (Allium vineale L.) or
Wild garlic (Allium canadense L.)
Note: this is an aggressive weed
         
   
Wild lilac, California lilac
(Ceanothus spp.)
 
Indian strawberry
(Duchesnea indica)
  
Scilla peruviana
         
   
Ixia and Santa Barbara daisy
  
'Lady Banks' rose
  
Chinese ground orchid
(Bletilla striata)
         
   
Queen's Tears
(Billbergia nutans)
 
Calla lily
  
Freesia
         
   
Petunia
Snapdragon
Rose
         
   
Forget-me-nots
(Myosotis sylvestris)
  
African daisy
(Osteospermum fruticosum)
 
Scarlet flax
(Linum rubrum)
         
   
Shasta daisy
(Chrysanthemum maximum)
  
Forsythia
  
Spiraea
         
   
Marigold
 
California poppy
(Eschscholzia californica)
 
Wallflower
(Erysimum)
         
 
 
Chasmanthe
(Chasmanthe)
  
Loropetalum, 'Razzleberri'
(Loropetalum chinense)
 
Coral bells
(Heuchera)
         
   
Periwinkle
(Vinca major)
 
Flowering cherry, plum, almond, apricot, etc. (Prunus)
 
English daisy
(Bellis perennis)
         
   
Candytuft
(Iberis sempervirens)
  
Rhododendron
 
Oxalis purpurea
         
 
 
Carolina jessamine
(Gelsemium sempervirens)
 
Tulip (Tulipa)
 
Pink manzanita (Arctostaphylos)
         
 
 
Rosemary (Rosmarinus)
 
Common geranium
(Pelargonium x hortorum)
 
Salvia
         
 
 
Flowering maple
(Abutilon)
 
Calendula
 
Hellebore
(Helleborus)
   
Paludosum daisy
(Chrysanthemum paludosum)
 
Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana)
 
Bird-of-Paradise
(Strelitzia reginae)
 
 
 
 
Potato vine (Solanum jasminoides)
  
Azalea
 
Primrose (Primula)
   
 
    
Also blooming this month: mock orange (Philadelphus),
and more...
Daisy bush
(Euryops pectinatus)
Iceland poppy
 
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