Today’s featured native plant is Aesculus californica (California Buckeye; California Horse Chestnut). This tree / large shrub is currently in bloom in San Francisco, and its panicles (elongated groupings of flowers) have delicate white flowers with brown or reddish stems.
Read MoreThis week’s featured California native plant is the cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum). It not only grows in California, but in most of the United States, and is the only plant in the genus Heracleum native to North America.
Read MoreLearn to identify common edible plants and forage for your own food in the Bay Area.
Read MoreThis week’s featured California native plant is the hardy, gorgeous Fremontodendron californicum, commonly known as California flannelbush. The most notable feature of Fremontodendron californicum is its stunning bright yellow flowers that bloom in spring, so look for them as you walk in your neighborhood these days.
Read MoreThis week, the lovely annual groundcover plant, Claytonia perfoliata (plant family Montiaceae), is our featured California native plant. It is called rooreh by the native Ohlone people. Common names for it are Indian lettuce and Miner’s lettuce.
Read MoreLearn about Garden for the Environment with this self-guided walking tour.
Read MoreIn this week’s historical post, we’ll go back even further in time, to 1910 -- 110 years ago! The plants are different and the appreciation of them persists…
Read MoreThis week’s featured native plant is the gorgeous Phacelia californica, commonly known as Rock Phacelia and the less appealing name of California scorpionweed. The photos and video featured here are from GFE’s mother plant, which sprung up along the garden’s middle staircase about three years ago.
Read MoreGFE is excited to begin a new Native Plant Fun Facts feature every Monday. Our first featured plant is the beautiful, hardy Ceanothus (aka Soapbloom or California Lilac, although it’s not a true Lilac).
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