I mentioned a few weeks ago that our silk tassel bush that in years past had no blooms, and then last year had one, was going to do some amazing things this year. It did, it really did…
Coast Silk-tassel (Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’)

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More signs of life in the garden…
Gordon Goosberry (Ribes menziesii var. hystrix) the flower is about 1/2″ long and it has a lot of thorns…

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And the California Pipevine (Aristolochia californica) has started 1/2″ flowers…

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It is great to see these signs of life and then I got slap-happy with my macro lens and my Chalk Dudleya (Dudleya pulverulenta)which also has small blooms poking out…

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