Posts Tagged: primrose
A 'Morning' Carpenter Bee and an Evening Primrose
As National Pollinator Month winds down, let's visit a "morning" carpenter bee and an evening...
A female Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, heads for evening primrose in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Valley carpenter bee slides inside the evening primrose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Valley carpenter bee rolling in the pollen of the evening primrose. Note the metallic wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
And it's off to forage in another blossom. Valley carpenter bee is loaded with pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Flowers in Your Winter Garden.
By Yvonne Rasmussen, UC Master Gardener of Napa County What flowers in the dead of winter...
Camellia. (monrovia.com)
Camellia plant in garden. (dailysupplies.us)
Colors of camellias. (dhgate.com)
Cyclamen. (gardenerdy.com)
Colors of English primrose. (seedvilleusa.com)
Colors of pansies. (extension.msstate.edu)
Manzanita. (lindavistanatives.com)
Mahonia. (pinterest.com)
Witch hazel shrub. (yourgardensanctuary.com)
Flowering witch hazel. (nature-and-garden.com)
Hellebore in the garden. (northwestgardennursery.com)
Colors of hellebore. (farmyardnurseries.co.uk)
Algerian iris. (seattletimes.com)
Crocus. (worldoffloweringplants.com)
Narcissus and daffodil. (reneesgarden.com)
It's About Flowers!
By Donna Woodward, UC Master Gardener of Napa County One rainy winter day...
White pansy. (extension.msstate.edu)
Some pansies have faces. (parkswholesaleplants.com)
The colors of pansies. (pennington.com)
Primroses pack punch. (holicoffee.com)
Alyssum. (sunnyvf.com)
Daffodil variety. (laguardiacornergarden.com)
Paperwhites by the front door--maybe yes, maybe no! (southernliving.com)
California poppy. (greenmylife.in)
Garden Good Intentions.
By Iris Craig, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County January is a month for setting intentions, and...
Month-By-Month Gardening Guide for Napa County
Lacy phacelia, Phacelia tanacetifolia, (Kathy Keatley Garvey.UC ANR)
Sheet mulching (Marin Master Gardeners)
Why She's Packing Pollen That Way
If you've ever seen honey bees foraging on primrose, you may have seen something unusual. What's...
A honey bee prepares to visit another primose. Note the stringy mass of pollen hanging from her hind legs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee rapidly covering the distance to the primrose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Almost in! Honey bee partially enters a primrose blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee foraging inside a primrose blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)