Merced County Master Gardeners

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Seen any #Pipevine Swallowtails, #Battus philenor, lately? What a beautiful butterfly and so readily identifiable. Tiny caterpillars at Loma Vista Farm in Vallejo; larger caterpillar at UC Davis Ecological Garden. Images of adults taken in Vacaville. #BugSquad https://bit.ly/2SwmwW0

Thanks Pat Shay!

In the autumn I gathered all my sorrows and buried them in my garden. And when April returned and spring came to wed the earth, there grew in my garden beautif...ul flowers unlike all other flowers. And my neighbors came to behold them, and they all said to me, ‘When autumn comes again, at seeding time, will you not give us of the seeds of these flowers that we may have them in our gardens?’ Khalil Gibran Georges Rochegrosse - The Knight of the Flowers, 1894.

Perfect Geometric Patterns In Nature ~ Jeweled Carpet Flower ~Devon

Which petals you taking today ?

Do you remember having to learn all the trees at school?

Yay!!! We are open!

Love these flowers - yet to see one in real life though. Called the Prairie Smoke Flower or, in Brazil, the Rose de Saron. Looks like candyfloss.

how many of you keep bees on your property?

Thanks Marilynne!

What a great gardening piece!