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Great advice from the LA Times today: Plant a bit of native California habitat in a flower pot. Native wildflowers are fine growing in the garden, but what about planting them in pots? It can, and should, be done. My colleague Jeanette Marantos writes that adding wildflowers to the urban mix is a good step in helping the butterflies, hummingbirds and bees that rely on them: If every balcony in L.A. sprouted at least one native plant, ‘we could create green buildings suppor...ting the entire food chain in a very small space,’ said Evan Meyer, executive director of the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants in Sun Valley. https://theodorepayne.org/ Think about planting cottony buckwheat or the seed foundation’s wildflower balcony mix, with red maids, foothill poppy, bird’s-eye gilia, goldfields and baby blue eyes. The mix can be grown in pots 12 to 14 inches wide and at least 6 inches deep. Learn how to grow wildflowers in pots; full story at https://www.latimes.com/.../how-to-grow-native-plants-in.... See more

This is too perfect I’m sorry to all my friends!! #plantlove #landscapedesign

This is too perfect I’m sorry to all my friends!!

Gardening is a great way to get your kids outside!

"Bees are vital to biodiversity. There are 130,000 plants for example for which bees are essential to pollination, from melons to pumpkins, raspberries and all ...kind of fruit trees as well as animal fodder like clover. Bees are more important than poultry in terms of human nutrition." Joergen Tautz interviewed by Michael Leidig, Honey bees in US facing extinction, The Telegraph, March 14, 2007 THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS BIODIVERSITY IS IMPORTANT -- keeping bee populations healthy in order to keep crops and other plants healthy is just one! Learn more at the Los Angeles Biodiversity Symposium, November 16-20, 2020. Tickets and information available at https://bit.ly/2FAPqyq.

Fabulous new native plant guide!

Today’s garden bounty!

I suffer from this!

This was a great movie, I highly recommend it to all plant and garden lovers. It is streaming FREE this weekend only! See it at https://www.hauserwirth.com//28405-five-seasons-gardens-pi

I found myself in Palmdale today for a doctor appointment, so of course I had to drive out to see the poppies. #antelopevalleypoppyreserve #cawildflowers @ Palmdale, California

I woke up really grumpy and with cabin fever. My antidote: go to the local nursery and start a vegetable garden in that bare front planter bed. Can’t wait for t...he tomatoes, peppers, onions and carrots. I also got basil, oregano and pineapple sage to interplant and deter pests. I’m not quite happy yet, but my mood is greatly improved! See more

More views from #sandiegobotanicgarden. Thank you @apldsandiego for a wonderful conference! #iamapld #landscapedesigner #plantlove

Feeding frenzy #bees #pollinators #pollinatorgarden

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The September issue of Plant News is out, and it's all about Firescaping. Learn how to increase the fire resistance of your home and property! Read more and subscribe: https://mailchi.mp//september-plant-news-fire-resistant-la

Just one more #prayingmantis pic