The salvia Hot Lips has been in its all red form lately. This a.m. I caught the first bloom to switch back to its signature coloration.....

Salvia Mulberry Jam....

Forget "golden state". It's the flower state!




The red and green leaves are Sedum rubrotinctum. The flower is anacampseros.


a very late narcissus


Dutch iris "Delft Blue"


some old fashioned irises that came with the house


another old fashioned iris that came with the house


Salvia greggii


yet another old fashioned iris that came with the house - this one smells like root beer


Mexican bush sage


still another old fashioned iris that came with the house



Asian dayflower is a weed but I like the color of the flowers.


some kind of tillandsia

You're lucky the previous people left the iris...I would have taken them with me...lol...

I was thinkin the same thing about the iris

They multiply like rabbits, so they easily could have taken some with them.

Ahhh...said by someone who has no gophers.....

Well, no gophers at the moment, but we do get them from time to time. I am glad that we don't get rabbits.

We have both. Should you ever decide that you need some, just LMK....we have more than enough to spare.

Umm... uh... thanks...

This one hijacked a ride in Sherry's truck and escaped the last time she was in Long Beach. It's well fed, obviously.

I'll try again with the photo of it...

I really want that one,Mike...what's the address...and don't tell anyone you gave it to me......lol..

No carrot is safe in Long Beach

Dutch iris that came with the house. I call it Scrambled Eggs.


lantana "Radiation"


"Point in Time" did not come with the house.


Can you tell from the photo how huge this agave is?


"Scentimental"


rose that came with the house


This area needs work


The fruit trees are fruitful


I think this is called an arboreal pig

Cistus 'Frank Birch'. I hope I'm still living here when this guy gets to be 8 ft tall.....

Seedling of salvia 'Navaho Red'...

This is one of the scented geraniums...came to me as a cutting some years ago. I should get around to finding out which one it is, but it makes a huge mound at full growth...as large as the cistus skanbergii next to it.

Another 'unknown' scented geranium...perhaps I'll spend some time today trying to track down the 'unknowns'...lol..

Seedling of Salvia 'Navaho Red'..

The centranthus are just starting...

After checking online, it appears that the top photo of the red flowered scented geranium may be 'Mrs. Taylor'.

Scented geranium 'Filbert'...