Posts Tagged: autumn
Blanket Flower: the Picture of Autumn
If you've been ignoring your calendar, you may have not realized that autumn began Sept. 23. We...
A Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, clings to a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Leave the Leaves
The Autumn Equinox signals a time of change in the seasons. The weather becomes cooler, the days...
Autumn Jewels
Autumn is the favorite season for many people. The days are shorter, the weather cooler, the bright...
Unusual and Uncommon Fruits in the Garden
By Susanne von Rosenberg, U.C. Master Gardener of Napa County After you have been gardening a...
Calif Rare Fruit Growers (crfg.com)
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The Home Orchard (UC ANR) http://homeorchard.ucanr.edu/
UC Fruit and Nut Research (UC Davis) http://fruitsandnuts.ucdavis.edu/
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Autumn's Majesty: Tithonia
If there's any flower that should be crowned "Autumn's Majesty," that would be the Mexican...
A Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, lands on a Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
In a sea of nearly spent Mexican sunflowers, a lone migrating monarch, Danaus plexippus, finds food. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee, Apis mellifera, takes a liking to the Tithonia, aka Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A skipper, family Hesperiidae, hangs out on the Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The wings of a black hover fly or syrphid, aka "Mexican cactus fly" (Copestylum mexicanum), gleam in the sunlight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Predators hang out on the Mexican sunflower, too. A crab spider, family Thomisidae, waits for prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)