Cali-flor-nia Trip.

4-6-12 SAN JOSÉ: We came west for a visit to the left coasters. The boys have grown even since we last saw them. Little League is in full swing [NPI], and there’s a game or two on our schedule. The weather is the same as we left in NJ, sixties in the afternoon and forties at night, but the gardens are in full riot mode.

There are magnolias and iris and wisteria, and lots of semi-tropicals in bloom, as well as roses, poppies and citrus fruit on the trees. I am always overwhelmed by the variety, wealth and number of flowering species. The profusion makes our NJ and VT garden palettes seem so limited. NJ house plants grow wild outdoors here. I feel as if I should go back to NJ and release them from captivity.


Frosted Rose.

Wisteria-compare these with the stained glass ones in my last post from L C Tiffany.

California Profusion.