Welcome to California Horticulture

Hi there!

So, this is my first attempt at blogging. For some reason it feels like writing the annual, dreaded Christmas newsletter. The one that makes your friends groan upon receipt or laugh behind your back.

A little different, the blog will share information that I have gathered from the horticulture courses that I have taken and places that I have visited.

Concurrently, this blog might be used as my class project -- a photo journal of plants and places observed during field trips.

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California Buckwheat

BOTANICAL NAME: Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. fasciculatum

COMMON NAME: California Buckwheat

FAMILY: Polygonaceae

PLANT TYPE: Shrubby Perrenials

LIGHT: Sun to light shade

BLOOM: March – Oct

COLOR: white

HABITAT: Native on the foothills. Chaparral

COMMENTS: Forms 1’ -3’ clumps offers an abundance of flowers which benefit wildlife. Drought tolerant. Good for erosion control. It is the state’s most wide spread buckwheat. In the Fall as the flower matures they change in appearance from white to rust or coppery seed heads.

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