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the art of planting in the rain

12/3/2019

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Last week my husband planted 49 plants in the rain.  Many were delicate little things -- a single leaf, a cloud of tiny transparent leaves clinging to a drooping stem.  Las Pilitas Nursery in Santa Margarita sends these healthy, humble babies to serious native plant gardeners, who trust that care and rain will rehome a native plant, and set it to thriving.

PictureLas Pilitas ships 1 gal plants in plastic bags
The Plants
​4 Lepechinia calycina, “Pitcher Sage”
5 Peritoma arborea, “Bladderpod”
18 Muhlenbergia rigens, “Deergrass”
3 Salvia ‘Celestial Blue’, “Celestial Blue Sage”
9 Baccharis pilularis consanguinea,“Coyote Brush”
2 Salvia clevelandii, “Cleveland Sage”
2 Penstemon centranthifolius, “Scarlet Bugler”
5 Penstemon spectabilis, “Showy Penstemon”



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Becky
12/4/2019 11:04:00 pm

I drove by either Thursday or Friday and there he was planting in the rain. He is definitely an native plant enthusiast. Well done.

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Leslie
12/5/2019 12:30:18 am

:-)

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Diane Mahan
12/16/2019 10:05:02 am

12/15/19 I took advantage of the incoming rain and transplanted 2 red bud shrubs that were too close to my foundation. Also broadcast the bag of wild flower seeds I purchased from our field trip last spring to Mariposa Master Gardener's plant sale. Last year's poppy seeds broadcast by the exploding seed pods of the mother plants are germinating all over my hills. There will be plenty to feed the gophers from below and enjoy from above.

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