If you live in water-conscience California, you probably love succulents because of their ability to retain water. Plus they come in all shapes, sizes, textures and colors. Most people buy succulents based upon their current appearance, i.e.
Many years ago, back in 2007 I wrote a blog about the Hammerhead Worm Bipalium species. This pest seems to have reared its unusual head again. Most of the time people don't even see it, but it's there lurking in the garden. The Bipalium species is a hammerhead worm or broadhead planarians.
I recently wrote an article about a Viceroy butterfly visiting our garden. When I first spotted that beauty on our Butterfly Bush Buddleja, I originally thought it was a Monarch butterfly. After doing some research, I discovered that it was the look-alike Viceroy.
As the year deepens into fall and my cut flowers and vegetables die back, I appreciate the colorful red, white, and yellow flags of the Ipomoea lobota (formerly Mina lobota), the exotic love vine. Wait . . .
