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

soilsandup wrote:
I love road trips too - only problem is that I don't like to drive, and my kids are off on their own. My favorite family vacations was driving down south, then on over to Texas, loop back over through Utah and Grand Canyon, then through Nevada to home. Driving up north to Vancouver was neat too.

A sure sign that spring is on it's way in my neck of the woods is this flowering quince. Since there are very few blooming plants in late January/early February, this flower is very popular in flower stalls in Chinatown San Francisco during the Chinese Year New season. Chinese New Year is Feb. 14th - the bloom time is perfect this year.