Plants
Gather Ye Seed…Excerpt from California Native Plant Society
At first glance, not much appears to be happening in the native garden in late summer. Aside from the blooms of California fuschsia, goldenrod, and perhaps a clarkia or two, most plants have finished up their show and appear to be in stasis, lying dormant in anticipation of the fall rains. Your garden is not…
Read MoreInteractive BV Lagoon Trail Map
A new smartphone-friendly interactive online mapping program is available for visitors to our nature trail; this can be used to identify plants and key features as one walks around the trail. Enable the GPS navigation location on your smartphone, and then use this map application: http://arcg.is/2f61rbX This link to the map of the Buena Vista…
Read MoreAmaranta’s Bio-Blitz
Buena Vista Audubon and researchers from the San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research organized a Bio-Blitz April 29-30 to survey the plants and animals living along the Buena Vista Lagoon. What is a Bio-Blitz? It is a survey that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a given area over…
Read MoreA Time to Sow
The long-awaited return of rain gives promise of a banner year for native wildflowers throughout San Diego County. What better way to celebrate our wonderful natural heritage than to plant a patch of native wildflowers in your garden? Pick up a packet of mixed California native wildflower seeds from a local nursery, and sprinkle the…
Read MoreToyon is the Plant for the Holidays
Nature’s calendar doesn’t always agree with ours, but all around San Diego this December one could see bushes with holly-like leaves festooned with bright red berries. It’s the native toyon plant, sometimes called California holly. If you have a toyon in your yard, cut a few branches for dec-orations around the house or outside your…
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