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I cleaned out the hummingbird feeder I got on Freecycle a few months ago, and filled it with a sugar water mix instead of the red dyed mix that came with the feeder, and the hummingbirds found it within a day! I'm very happy...maybe they'll check out my hummingbird freindly plants in the front yard too... but for now it;s nice to be able to see them from inside the house.
This plant died back a bit over the winter, it seems like it took forever for it to grow back and re-bloom, but here it goes!
Now is the time that the spring bulbs are starting to go on sale. I bought some Watsonia, and was happy to find a dwarf rock tulip called little princess, which looks very much like a flower I was lusting after in my neighbors yard last spring. I got all these from Orchard Nursery in Lafayette, CA
This may be the first time that I've bought spring bulbs as soon as they came out in the nurseries, but this year, the bins for the bulbs included little plant info tags. I was very happy to see these as I usually forget what bulbs I bought by the time I get them home.
I was at the nursery and saw a display in a container with this purple heart plant in it. I have always thought of purple heart as a houseplant so when I saw it in an outdoor pot, I knew the perfect place I could incorporate it into my garden. 
This container is one I planted last year, the Purple shield and dies back over the winter and came back this summer, and the bugle weed is more green this year then when I planted it (I think because the pot is never in direct sun), but the pot was lacking something. The addition of the purple heart compliments the rest of the plants. Ithink the next step for this grouping is a different color for the pot.
This container is one I planted last year, the Purple shield and dies back over the winter and came back this summer, and the bugle weed is more green this year then when I planted it (I think because the pot is never in direct sun), but the pot was lacking something. The addition of the purple heart compliments the rest of the plants. Ithink the next step for this grouping is a different color for the pot.
The Fair Oaks Horticultural Center in Fair Oaks, CA is not generally open to the public, but today they opened their doors - or should I say gates? The center houses a community garden area, test gardens and demonstration gardens. The demonstration garden is water-conserving and has some great examples of plants for a water-wise CA garden. 
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