California Gardening: California spring is on the way!, 0 by Kell

Kell wrote:
LOL SW, I just reread your comment for I didn't really understand it earlier. I do not hide under a bushel, I wouldn't fit! I mostly hang out in PlantFiles posting pictures. I have a hot and heavy long term love affair with all things plants and taking their picture. I have thousands and thousands of them. On a typical day outing, I take over 1000 pictures most of which need to be deleted. LOL

Thanks Quiltygirl. The purple vine is Hardenbegia violacea -- Happy Wanderer. The trouble with it is that it is spectacular in early spring but then it sits there taking up so much room being blah for the rest of the year. I need more bang for my limited space. That one shown is at my friend's house. I so enjoy it, it just has to be not in my yard for my admiration. LOL

As far as the Ribes speciosum, that one I found on a walk by the water. I imagine a good Californian native nursery would carry it or be able to locate it for you. I am not familiar with it at all. HD or Lowes could carry it and but unless it was in bloom I most probaby would never have even looked at it. Though the leaves are glossy and fun. It does have stickers. Good for under a window.

The dentist did not go well, my root is cracked and abscessed so it must come out. I do not even want to know how much that will all cost. Woe is me. And of course the pain has increased 10 fold since I now know what is wrong with it. LOL

So I stopped by HD to comfort myself. They had huge Queen's Palms in 15 gallon cans for only $40. I so wanted 1 but no room! What a deal! They had fat hairy cactus in 8 inch pots for $15. Even though I swore I would never buy cactus, I added a few to my no cactus, cactus collection! But my tooth still hurts.