Bear grass is blooming !

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Almost, but it’s been years since the oldest plant was planted and this is the first time we’ll get a flower. There are actually two plants which will bloom, out of three. The flower stems are tall and the flowers are a billowing, roughly diamond shaped off white flower, the leaves like a tuft of sedge. The pic is not my flowers, though, I got it online. Mine will probably be in a week or so. Not sure how long it takes, the buds are still just a grassy knot.

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The small camas is in bloom, as are the shooting stars, a peek of harsh paintbrush, the currant trees, and just a hint of the onslaught of penstemon blooms we’ll get!

New seedlings that are doing well: 2 mariposa lilies, scarlet Gilia, gaillardia, yellow desert parsley, a few hyssops. A few standbys: fawn lillies, hopefully the pink kind, small (dark purple) camas, light blue camas, Ookow, and Hooker’s onion.

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Lots of trillium seedlings from my banner crop two years ago, in just about every spot I planted them, both front and back yard. I collected the pods, cleaned the seeds after about two weeks in the fridge, and planted them at about four weeks. Also a batch of about ten three year plants, too

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