from our affiliate
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November, 2003
E-mail a photo of what's blooming in your Sacramento garden!
         
 
 
Azalea
  
Brugmansia
  
Floss-silk tree (Chorisia speciosa)
         
Lavender (Lavandula)
Bird-of-Paradise (Strelitzia reginae)
Mexican Bush Sage
(Salvia Leucantha)
         
Potato vine (Solanum jasminoides)
 
Chrysanthemum
 
Camellia sasanqua 'Apple Blossom'
         
 
 
Cosmos
  
Canna
 
Gardenia
   
   
 
 
Pansies are back!!!
 
Transvaal daisy (Gerbera jamesonii)
  
Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)
   
   
 
 
Oleander (Nerium oleander)
 
Common Heliotrope
(Heliotropium arborescens)
 
Hibiscus (several species blooming)
   
   
 
 
Salvia (several species, cultivars)
Fortnight lily, African iris
(Dietes iridioides)
 
Society garlic (Tulbaghia violacea)
Edible flowers taste like garlic!
   
   
 
 
Solanum rantonnetii
Frost tender, but pretty
 
Bougainvillea
Zone 14 only. Needs winter protection.
Variegated lily turf
(Liriope muscari 'Variegata')
Excellent for shady borders
   
   
 
 
Russian Sage (Perovskia)
 
Salvia
 
Lobelia erinus
   
   
   
   
 
 
Fuchsia
 
Lantana camara
 
Bedding begonia, fibrous begonia
(Begonia x semperflorens)
   
   
 
 
Yarrow (Achillea)
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Plumbago (Plumbago auriculata)
   
   
 
 
Morning glory
(Convulvulus tricolor)
 
Impatiens (Impatiens walleriana)
 
Dahlia
   
   
 
 
Common geranium
Pelargonium x hortorum
 
Blue Dawn Flower
(aka perennial morning glory)
Ipomoea indica
 
Madagascar periwinkle
aka "annual vinca"
(Catharanthus roseus)
   
   
 
 
Blanket flower (Gaillardia 'Goblin')
and English lavender
(Lavandula angustifolia
'Hidcote Violet')
 
Butterfly fountain
(Gaura lindheimeri)
 
Shasta daisy
(Chrysanthemum maximum)
   
   
 
 
Marigold (Tagetes)
 
Petunia x hybrida
 
Celosia (Celosia plumosa)
   
   
 
 
Verbena bonariensis...
about 6 feet tall!
 
Cranesbill, hardy geranium
Geranium
 
Flowering maple (Abutilon)
   
   
 
 
Roses... last hurrah in fall
 
Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus)
 
Daylily (Hemerocallis)-
late-season varieties
Other plants blooming this month: California fuchsia (Zauschneria californica), Cape honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis), loropetalum, lamium, ornamental grasses, portulaca, chrysanthemum, gloriosa daisy (Rudbeckia hirta), goldenrod (Solidago), Sedum 'Autumn Joy', Tagetes lemonii, sneezeweed (Helenium), asters, etc.

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