Oh! We had TONS of fleabane last year, but none this year, and I was wondering if maybe it was temperature related? You're farther south than we are, but we had a cold winter and it made some plants we hadn't seen in a few years come out in full force.
Is that Mexican Fleabane? It’s one of my top ten plants. I planted it in my garden and it’s gradually making its cheerful way down our entire street, self seeding itself in cracks in the pavement.
This teeeeeny tiny flower may not look like much, and in fact, it is the size of my pinkie nail. It belongs to…something. Maybe a teeny tiny wire lettuce?
Or a plains flax? Opinions are divided between me and the plant guy. (My vote is a teeny flax, but he actually spotted the tiny thing, so I yield precedence.)
A quick root around online makes me think you’re right. Linum puberulum? The flower colour is right even if all the parts of the plant are a bit smaller than typical.
This is a closeup of a penstemon! Also known as Wild Pink Snapdragon. I am very happy it is flowering because this one got absolutely smashed by hail and bounced back.
This is some kind of rose that starts yellow and fades to white. Seems backwards to me, but what do I know? No idea of the cultivar. It’s from Monrovia, which I know because the previous owner left the tag attached and that’s the only bit that hasn’t fallen off.
The previous owner either really liked roses or frantically planted some in the run up to sale. I have taken out two regrettable specimens and informed the others that if they can live on rainwater, they will not be removed.
the beauty of the heirloom roses is that they can survive basically on rainwater, once they're established. but i'm guessing that's not the type that's been planted.
Another penstemon! A pine leaf variety, I think, planted by the previous owner. I have been waiting for it to flower like a vulture waiting for something to die.
I’m guessing on a frantic raid of the nearest box-store garden center if it’s still tagged.
I’ve definitely found some “fill for the photos” choices in my garden beds. There’s no other reason why anyone would plant florist mini-azaleas and expect them to survive here.
I have some not very attractive white ones that I tried to remove. They just flipped me off and grew back from roots that were left somewhere. I guess they are staying.
Roses can thrive in the desert if they get regular water, so maybe yours will take the bargain. My parents had an award-winning rose garden at their place south of Tucson.
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I’ve definitely found some “fill for the photos” choices in my garden beds. There’s no other reason why anyone would plant florist mini-azaleas and expect them to survive here.
And a lot of light-colored varieties tend to fade like that. My pinks certainly did.
Still better than white blossoms that turn brown & go either papery or mushy depending on the weather.