Plant Sale at Merritt Sat Oct 2 and Sun Oct 3

Yes, the Plant Sale is really happening!
Sat Oct 2, 9:00-3:00, and Sun Oct 3, 12:00-3:00. 
Think of it as a Plant Fair also. There will be food, representatives from the various parts of the horticulture community at Merritt showing off their stuff, and plants, of course. Propagators for this sale have emphasized fall edibles and California Natives (the best time to plant them, right?) Some of the plants you will see are a large selection of California native wild flowers in 6-packs, interesting California salvias--some rather hard to come by--loads of blueberries and tree collards. Non-native plants are there too. There is alot of bamboo, lavender, restios, many salvias (every fall they are so pretty in bloom), ericas, succulents, grasses, and pelargoniums in bloom. Partial List of Available Plants

Plant Sale Poster for Merritt Plant Sale Fall 2010

For two years, Tamar Beja who works at the UC Berkeley Art Department, has made beautiful posters for us to advertise our plant sales. They are 12" wide and 18" tall. The poster for this sale highlights blueberries. If you click on the image you can see a larger size for download.

Merritt Plant Sale Fall 2010

Finches in the Late Summer Backyard

Gold Finches seem to show up about this time each year. They snack on the seed from the Salvia uliginosa, the Penstemon hidalgoensis, and communicate on the running water at the fountain. The fountain has Anemopsis californica and Lobelia cardinalis, both in color right now.

Penstemon hidalgoensis

Salvia uliginosa

Anemopsis californica, Lobelia cardinalis