Posts under ‘Flowers’

Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

My very first California tomato blossom did not, indeed, yield a tomato. Instead, it fell victim to whatever was causing the yellowing of the plant. It browned. It shriveled. It most certainly did not transition to a fruit.
This, which in my world constitutes an emergency, spurred my research into what might be killing all my [...]

After I planted the seedlings, the waiting game began. I watered, I pruned suckers out of the junctures between branches, and I watched for any sign of blossoms.
“When will we have tomatoes?” Fatemeh asked.
“Probably 45 days or so,” I said, as if I was any kind of authority on the matter, and, indeed, as if [...]

Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

This week has been gloomy and decidedly un-spring-like in Oakland. Though I caught a glimpse of the first glimmers of sunrise while walking the dogs this morning, soon after, the clouds enveloped the pink light and everything turned heavy again.
But on the way up to my office, I ran into one [...]

Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

When I shot these flowers on Oahu, I thought they were snapdragons, but they’re not. If you know what they are, I’d love to know via the comments!
Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information.