Photo by Neilhooting Ceanothus is one of my favorite shrubs in my beautiful wildlife garden and is often called California Lilac or Wild Lilac. If you’ve ever thought of native California shrubs as boring, you’ve never met this one. Ceanothus is the ultimate shrub for a beautiful wildlife garden. There’s a huge variety of hybrid [...] […]

Late summer is the season when many of our beautiful wildlife garden perennials, trees and shrubs come into their own. Colorful foliage, deep colored berries and the bright blooms shine against the rest of the fading summer garden. One of my very favorites blooming now is the American native wildflower Heliopsis helianthoides, commonly known as [...] […]

It is at this time of year that you will begin to see huge flocks of Purple Martins, and you know that Fall is close at hand. Creating rest stops for migratory birds in your wildlife garden is a wonderful way to support these birds on their long journeys. At the end of the breeding [...] […]

You’re going to have to get down on your knees to look for some of the beautiful little wildlife creatures that visit your garden.  You won’t be disappointed by what you can discover. I’ve been enjoying the tiniest moths, small butterflies, crab spiders and some very interesting cats disguised as decaying petals. What a surprise  [...] […]

I sing in the garden, often and varied.  The other morning, I found myself singing No Doubt’s Spiderwebs: “Sorry I’m not home right now, I’m walking into spiderwebs.”  (Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani).  In American culture, spiderwebs are viewed as creepy, icky things associated with Halloween.  I got to thinking about that, as I tried to [...] […]