In June, 2024, I wrote a blog about a magnificent old Prickly Pear Opuntia basilaris cactus garden located in the Pea Adobe Regional Park, just west of Vacaville, CA https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=60014.
As gardeners, we know that we have failures and sadly wind up sometimes killing a plant we love. Such was the case with my Begonia rex. It lived for several years outdoors in a spot that had indirect light. At first, it thrived, but then it began to deteriorate.
Mid-November isn't the ideal time to tour an East Coast garden, especially during that transitional period between vibrant fall color and the twinkling holiday lights. Everything is brown and grey.
The second cultural plant I presented at the Vallejo People's Garden in celebration of Filipino American Heritage Month last October was the Moringa. According to Linkedin.
