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hill.2015-03-30T14:17:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/10/14/garden-installation-russian-hill-upgrade/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2011-09-29-10-17-02-559.jpg2011-09-29-10-17-02-559https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2011-10-13-11-23-25-141.jpg2011-10-13-11-23-25-141https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2011-10-13-10-02-57-890.jpg2011-10-13-10-02-57-890https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2011-09-29-10-16-53-881.jpg2011-09-29-10-16-53-881https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2011-09-29-11-24-35-275.jpg2011-09-29-11-24-35-275Easy-care entrance planting.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2011-10-13-13-36-52-849.jpg2011-10-13-13-36-52-849View from the front windows, over the newly planted boxes.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2011-09-29-10-23-30-725.jpg2011-09-29-10-23-30-725Before: No plants in front.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2011-10-13-13-58-37-012.jpg2011-10-13-13-58-37-012Improved curb appeal.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2011-10-13-10-02-41-098.jpg2011-10-13-10-02-41-098Woolly Pockets ready for planting.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2011-10-13-12-22-20-276.jpg2011-10-13-12-22-20-276Closer view of the Woolly Pockets2015-03-30T14:17:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/12/11/garden-installation-hanging-gardens/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2011-12-09-14-13-06-534.jpg2011-12-09-14-13-06-534Another cross-patio view of our installation.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2011-12-09-13-25-16-075.jpg2011-12-09-13-25-16-075The plywood and framing, ready for the panels.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2011-12-09-14-12-37-889.jpg2011-12-09-14-12-37-889Closeup of the vertical panels and Ipe' frame.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2011-12-09-14-13-18-905.jpg2011-12-09-14-13-18-905Living Picture above the trough fountain.2015-03-30T14:16:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/05/20/four-years-on-the-rock/2015-03-30T14:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/06/01/cow-hollow-containers-update/2015-03-30T14:12:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/06/12/garden-installation-walls-of-woollyness/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fenceplanted.jpgfenceplantedjhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fenceinprogress1.jpgfenceinprogressihttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/irrigation.jpgirrigationhhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/wallsplusone.jpgwallsplusoneghttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/wallsup.jpgwallsupfhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fenceinprogress.jpgfenceinprogressfhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/plywood.jpgplywoodehttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/hangingply.jpghangingplydhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/emptyfence.jpgemptyfencechttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/barewalls.jpgbarewallsb2015-03-30T14:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/10/07/its-here-published-at-last/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/alcatrazhandball.jpgalcatrazhandballMy handball/archaeology moment that helped make mine the winning essay.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p1130823.jpgP1130823I'm in there! Yaay!2015-03-30T14:10:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/11/26/front-yard-cleanup-before-and-after/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-24-16-14-48-467.jpg2012-11-24-16-14-48-467After: What a difference!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-24-16-14-18-841.jpg2012-11-24-16-14-18-841After: Quite a difference from before, I must say.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-24-16-13-54-841.jpg2012-11-24-16-13-54-841After: There's a maple between those Pitts! And imagine the light that is now reaching that ground-floor unit. In this northern exposure I'm sure they'll relish the brighter outlook.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-24-16-13-38-569.jpg2012-11-24-16-13-38-569After: Soil!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-17-10-48-21-604.jpg2012-11-17-10-48-21-604Before: A little bit of brown hints that there might be another tree in there somewhere.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-17-10-48-07-633.jpg2012-11-17-10-48-07-633Before: Variegated Pittosporum over a solid green Pittosporum.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-17-10-45-01-208.jpg2012-11-17-10-45-01-208Before: View from the street.2015-03-30T14:08:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/12/02/garden-installation-postage-stamp-garden-on-castro/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-11-20-13-30-04-753.jpg2012-11-20-13-30-04-753And a final corner shot for overall effect...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-11-20-13-29-48-738.jpg2012-11-20-13-29-48-738I thinned out a couple of lower branches on the existing Ceanothus and Fremontodendron, for easier access and for overall effect...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-11-20-13-28-55-363.jpg2012-11-20-13-28-55-363The grassy-shaped plant in the left foreground is Beschorneria 'Flamingo Glow', and the three large focal plants along the back right are Agave celsii 'Nova'.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-11-20-13-28-35-960.jpg2012-11-20-13-28-35-960https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-11-20-13-27-49-551.jpg2012-11-20-13-27-49-551https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-11-20-13-27-11-845.jpg2012-11-20-13-27-11-845Along the wall are red Aeonium 'Zwartkopf', with the brighter yellow Aeonium 'Sunburst' in front of them.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-11-20-13-26-46-823.jpg2012-11-20-13-26-46-823After - from the corner.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-11-20-13-26-31-624.jpg2012-11-20-13-26-31-624After - from the side.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-11-20-10-29-19-206.jpg2012-11-20-10-29-19-206During - the Dracaena has been divided. I took the two smaller trunks off the main group and relocated them to the back of the edge for more framing and balance.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-11-20-10-16-12-763.jpg2012-11-20-10-16-12-763Amused by the ant-like appearance of this offshoot of the Dracaena. I replanted this little critter at the base of the bigger trunk.2015-03-30T14:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/04/09/my-latest-pac-hort-article/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/907456_10200193862943795_1080922303_n.jpg907456_10200193862943795_1080922303_nReceived my copy in the mail last week...2015-03-30T14:07:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/07/20/garden-installation-russian-hill-courtyard/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/hoa-header.jpgHOA HeaderThe modern grouping of pots and succulents at the head of the courtyard, as seen from the elevator.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/hoa-header-side.jpgHOA Header sidePotted succulents on the pediments jump across the corridor to tie the whole space together.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/hoa-header-from-above.jpgHOA Header from aboveLooking down from a higher gallery.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/hoa-header-closeup.jpgHOA Header closeupA closeup of the grouping shows how the colors blend from one pot to the next.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/hoa-balls.jpgHOA BallsLooking down the central bed towards the potted grouping.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/hoa-balls-down.jpgHOA Balls downThe spheres from above, mimic the topiary forms along the walls and highlight the orange hints in the maple.2015-03-30T14:06:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/07/24/garden-installation-mission-creek-custom-vertical-garden/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-23-11-27-50.jpg2013-07-23 11.27.50You really have to look to see they're there.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-23-11-26-16.jpg2013-07-23 11.26.16The completed project.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-23-11-26-04.jpg2013-07-23 11.26.04Wooden frames with a cascade of blue-green Fish Hooks.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-23-11-25-49.jpg2013-07-23 11.25.49https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-23-11-25-35.jpg2013-07-23 11.25.35The gravel corridor with sago palms and tree aloe.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-23-11-25-00.jpg2013-07-23 11.25.00Closeup of the tree aloe and stonecrop.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-23-11-24-28.jpg2013-07-23 11.24.28Finito!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-23-11-24-00.jpg2013-07-23 11.24.00I LOVE it! Came out so good!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-23-11-23-49.jpg2013-07-23 11.23.49The pair of troughs to screen the neighboring patio a bit.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-23-11-23-45.jpg2013-07-23 11.23.45The furcraea transitions to the troughs of rush. This is where a chair will be positioned soon.2015-03-30T14:06:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/08/06/garden-installation-warehouse-loft-patio/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013-07-27-12-24-51.jpg2013-07-27 12.24.51Three palms line the end of the patio.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013-07-27-12-25-23.jpg2013-07-27 12.25.23The furnished corner.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013-07-27-12-24-57.jpg2013-07-27 12.24.57The furniture picks up hints of the tiling colors.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013-07-26-17-21-50.jpg2013-07-26 17.21.50Looking out from the inside.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013-07-26-17-08-36.jpg2013-07-26 17.08.36The ledge with the rushes.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013-07-26-17-08-12.jpg2013-07-26 17.08.12The ponytail's effect in the corner.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013-07-26-16-03-51.jpg2013-07-26 16.03.51The ponytail in all its glory.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013-07-26-14-24-15.jpg2013-07-26 14.24.15The handrail ledge, before adding cubes of rushes.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013-07-26-14-24-07.jpg2013-07-26 14.24.07A blank wall, before the pindo palms.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013-07-26-14-24-00.jpg2013-07-26 14.24.00The left corner, before the ponytail.2015-03-30T14:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/10/03/garden-installation-light-well-lightwell/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo.jpgphotoBefore: blandness all around.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-5.jpgphoto 5The Muhly grass, softening the view of the wall under the pockets.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-4.jpgphoto 4The grass also helps screen the view of the bedroom across from the TV room.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-3.jpgphoto 3A closeup of the new focal point of the lightwell.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-2.jpgphoto 2I think I need to trim that second grass bunch, huh?https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-1.jpgphoto 1After: The lightwell fully planted!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-09-27-17-28-37.jpg2013-09-27 17.28.37After: Woolly Pockets, mounted, irrigated, and planted.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-09-27-15-14-45.jpg2013-09-27 15.14.45Before: Trellis ready for Woolly Pockets.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-09-21-10-44-33.jpg2013-09-21 10.44.33Colin and Tony, scraping sludgy dirty gravel in the rain. I love supervising. :)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-09-21-10-38-55.jpg2013-09-21 10.38.55The delivered herd of pots and plants.2015-03-30T14:05:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/10/08/garden-installation-noe-valley-aerie/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-05-16-42-01.jpg2013-10-05 16.42.01The variegated Euphorbia ammak out front, with its soon-to-cascade pink vygie.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-05-16-24-58.jpg2013-10-05 16.24.58I did a subtle variation between the two troughs.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-05-16-24-54.jpg2013-10-05 16.24.54I did a subtle variation between the two troughs.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-05-16-24-50.jpg2013-10-05 16.24.50The gazing platform, flanked with troughs.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-05-16-24-42.jpg2013-10-05 16.24.42Overhead view of the rounds. Ask in the comments if you want to know specifics of any plants!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-05-16-24-35.jpg2013-10-05 16.24.35A little more closer-upper shot of the round comps.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-05-16-24-30.jpg2013-10-05 16.24.30Two round compositions to anchor the end of the seating area.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-05-16-24-24.jpg2013-10-05 16.24.24After: Triangle deck with screen of Yucca elephantipes.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-04-17-31-59.jpg2013-10-04 17.31.59After: Side deck with Yucca rostrata and succulents.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-04-15-31-20.jpg2013-10-04 15.31.20There's the Maya palm, WAY down there.2022-08-09T02:01:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/10/17/octobers-birthday-treat/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-16-14-20-22.jpg2013-10-16 14.20.22A quote by yours truly!2015-03-30T14:05:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/11/03/garden-installation-vertical-garden-upgrades/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20130809_123352.jpg20130809_123352All planted! Waiting for a second delivery to bring the big orange pots.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20130809_123331.jpg20130809_123331Closeup of a flower on the Michelia.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20130809_123152.jpg20130809_123152The client had two Woolly Pockets on the gate already, but they were not faring well. We took these off for the new panel.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20130809_123145.jpg20130809_123145The potted Michelia tree, surrounded by aeonium.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20130809_123134.jpg20130809_123134Leptinella groundcover will fill in over time and create a walkable surface.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20130809_105947.jpg20130809_105947Tony stomping the stepping stones back into position in the new soil, to have an easy path to the gate.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20130809_091158.jpg20130809_091158So many bags of soil!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20130809_091152.jpg20130809_091152Chopping up bamboo, to get the barrels out of there.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-10-20-15-54-14.jpg2013-10-20 15.54.14The framed panel, hanging like a picture.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-10-20-14-25-59.jpg2013-10-20 14.25.59The patio, from across the back yard. The yard will perhaps be a future phase of the design.2015-03-30T14:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/12/07/re-licking-a-postage-stamp/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-06-08-35-47.jpg2013-12-06 08.35.47They also want something potted and spectacular for the little nook next to the bay window upstairs. Fun!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-06-08-12-59.jpg2013-12-06 08.12.59Their yucca is in bloom. Pretty!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-06-08-10-49.jpg2013-12-06 08.10.49Some Aeonium 'Pinwheel' along the back didn't do so well. Plus it's kinda short for the space. I'll add Aeonium 'Zwartkopf' in the mix, and perhaps some smaller phormiums.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-06-08-07-02.jpg2013-12-06 08.07.02Sedum 'Angelina' along the border is struggling. Hmm. They like this Aptinia cordifolia behind it that settled in as a stray. There's a bunch of it up the street, so I'll take some cuttings.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-06-08-06-54.jpg2013-12-06 08.06.54The Aptinia will bloom with hot magenta flowers. You have to keep it in check, cuz it grows fast, but it'll do what they want and look great.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-06-08-06-37.jpg2013-12-06 08.06.37Overall, not bad. Aeonium 'Sunburst' is doing much better on the left than the right. The big agaves in the back right have bloomed, too.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-06-08-06-19.jpg2013-12-06 08.06.19Agave attenuata in the front was intended to be framed by three large A. attenuata 'Nova' against the far back...2015-03-30T14:02:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2014/02/09/garden-installation-the-postage-stamp-updated-before-and-after/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-01-18-12-54-57.jpg2014-01-18 12.54.57Red margins on Agave 'Blue Glow' mimic the burgundy of the cordylines and some of the aeoniums.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-01-18-12-54-43.jpg2014-01-18 12.54.43Aeonium 'Sunburst' and Euphorbia 'Ascot Rainbow' carry a repetition of color.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-01-18-12-49-53.jpg2014-01-18 12.49.53Cuttings of aptinia scattered about.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-01-18-12-49-27.jpg2014-01-18 12.49.27About five dozen cuttings of Aptinia cordifolia will soon cover all the exposed surfaces.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-01-18-12-49-19.jpg2014-01-18 12.49.19It already looks like a fuller garden!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-01-18-11-46-45.jpg2014-01-18 11.46.45The front edge with the added lushness of a cordyline against the wall behind the yuccas, fronted by Sunburst aeoniums.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-01-18-11-46-35.jpg2014-01-18 11.46.35The Agave attenuata 'Nova' at the back will grow large and lush (and needle-free) to repeat the form of the regular attenuata up front.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-01-18-11-45-26.jpg2014-01-18 11.45.26From this angle, the garden is already much fuller than before.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-01-18-11-45-21.jpg2014-01-18 11.45.21Echeveria 'Afterglow' moved to the front corner will help highlight the pinks of the aeoniums and the euphorbias.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-01-18-11-45-11.jpg2014-01-18 11.45.11Some rearranging gives a little more prominence to a beschorneria (center), and the cordylines fill in behind.2015-03-30T14:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2014/02/09/garden-installation-mount-olympus-rental/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-01-25-14-46-55.jpg2014-01-25 14.46.55BEFORE: Grass everywhere!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-01-25-14-45-53.jpg2014-01-25 14.45.53BEFORE: Major pruning ahead.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-01-25-14-45-44.jpg2014-01-25 14.45.44BEFORE: Grass everywhere!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-02-01-10-54-49.jpg2014-02-01 10.54.49View from the roof deck, eastwards toward the bay.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-02-01-10-54-43.jpg2014-02-01 10.54.43Southern view of Sutro Tower from the roof deck.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-02-01-10-54-37.jpg2014-02-01 10.54.37Western view to the ocean from the roof deck.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-02-01-13-03-15.jpg2014-02-01 13.03.15AFTER: Cordyline 'Electric Pink' steals the show.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-02-01-13-03-05.jpg2014-02-01 13.03.05AFTER: Silky net bush in the corner.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-02-01-13-02-58.jpg2014-02-01 13.02.58AFTER: Euphorbia and graptoveria and aeonium. Oh, my!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-02-01-13-02-52.jpg2014-02-01 13.02.52AFTER: Fescues and succulents under the vines.2015-03-30T14:00:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2014/04/05/garden-installation-tiny-mission-deck/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-02-23-10-12-36.jpg2014-02-23 10.12.36After: Freshly planted.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-02-23-10-12-31.jpg2014-02-23 10.12.31After: Near and far side of the stairway.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-02-23-10-12-21.jpg2014-02-23 10.12.21After: The wrap-around, replanted.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-02-21-12-25-13.jpg2014-02-21 12.25.13After: Far side of the wrap-around.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-02-21-11-35-40.jpg2014-02-21 11.35.40During: A tray of succulents awaiting planting.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-02-21-11-35-38.jpg2014-02-21 11.35.38During: Boxwood cleared out, and new plants lined up on the neighbor's roof.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-02-21-11-16-24.jpg2014-02-21 11.16.24Before: The wrap-around.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-02-21-11-16-11.jpg2014-02-21 11.16.11Before: Left side of the stairs.2015-03-30T14:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2014/04/06/garden-installation-grand-garden-in-a-small-space/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-12-10-11-10-00.jpg2013-12-10 11.10.00Facing eastward in the newly planted garden. That far right corner is where the chairs had been on the original little deck.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-12-10-11-10-19.jpg2013-12-10 11.10.19The westward view from the potted lemon tree.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-01-17-11-39-25.jpg2014-01-17 11.39.25Rotating slowly westward, the bamboo palms soften the wall of the neighboring house.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-01-17-11-39-19.jpg2014-01-17 11.39.19The bamboo palms transition to a vertical garden.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-11-30-11-14-36.jpg2013-11-30 11.14.36Before: A very uneventful streetside planter.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-12-14-15-17-06.jpg2013-12-14 15.17.06The vertical garden adds a punch of color and brightness even without the sun right on it.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-12-14-14-56-58.jpg2013-12-14 14.56.58You can see one orange bract of fruit on the palms next to the vertical garden.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-12-14-14-56-46.jpg2013-12-14 14.56.46The planted vertical garden is a living picture!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-12-14-14-05-33.jpg2013-12-14 14.05.33Irrigation tubing sneaks its way up the back of one leg of the vertical garden.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-12-14-14-05-15.jpg2013-12-14 14.05.15The unplanted frame of Woolly Pockets.2015-03-30T13:59:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2014/04/12/garden-installation-tight-and-vertical/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-03-30-17-20-29.jpg2014-03-30 17.20.29This panel faces east, and will get the morning sun.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-03-30-17-20-16.jpg2014-03-30 17.20.16This panel faces south-west, and will get afternoon sun.2015-03-30T13:59:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2014/04/21/garden-installation-beautifying-a-narrow-patio/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-04-19-16-12-15.jpg2014-04-19 16.12.15A dozen little sprinklers are built in for easy use as-needed.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-04-19-16-11-52.jpg2014-04-19 16.11.52My crafty little pine herb bench.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-04-18-13-47-22.jpg2014-04-18 13.47.22After: Looking down the patio from the seating area.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-04-18-13-46-54.jpg2014-04-18 13.46.54After: The cluster at the far end by the office.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-04-18-13-46-47.jpg2014-04-18 13.46.47After: Potted garden across from the living room. Fuchsia will attract hummingbirds.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-03-29-14-27-16.jpg2014-03-29 14.27.16Before: The proposed seating area by the bedroom, and the wall that was to have a vertical garden.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-03-29-14-27-08.jpg2014-03-29 14.27.08Before: Looking east from the proposed seating area by the bedroom.2015-03-30T13:59:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2015/01/04/garden-design-and-installation-a-parklet-at-cheese-plus/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/16339386444_44c07a6e75_z.jpg16339386444_44c07a6e75_z2015-03-30T13:57:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2015/01/06/design-installation-a-xeric-garden-in-glen-canyon/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/14486059733_c035532bd2_z.jpg14486059733_c035532bd2_z2015-03-30T13:57:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2015/01/14/design-installation-interior-succulent-boxes/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/16271389795_1dc4ca9713_k.jpg16271389795_1dc4ca9713_k2015-03-30T13:57:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2015/01/25/bountiful-bonsai-contest-winner/2015-03-30T13:57:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2015/03/28/installation-interior-vertical-gardens-for-a-tech-office/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/16503088119_36d1bb0d39_z.jpg16503088119_36d1bb0d39_z2015-03-31T22:45:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2015/03/29/installation-reindeer-moss-wall-panels/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/16774487900_134314d2e1_k.jpg16774487900_134314d2e1_k2018-02-17T08:42:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2015/01/09/garden-design-starting-a-juniper-topiary/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/16023472027_cf15e3d439_z.jpg16023472027_cf15e3d439_z2015-03-30T13:55:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2015/01/23/my-interview-on-love-letters-live/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cheese-plus-parklet.jpgcheese plus parkletThe finished planting design...2015-01-23T19:12:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2015/01/14/book-review-bountiful-bonsai-repost-with-giveaway-contest/2015-05-28T17:49:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2015/01/11/clearing-up-a-myth-about-drought-tolerance/2015-01-13T20:50:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2014/09/14/a-fabulous-cross-generic-hybrid/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hunh.jpghunhhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20140914_165843.jpg20140914_165843Closeup of a Fatsia leaf.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20140914_165816.jpg20140914_165816My potted Fatsia japonica. Actually, the bottom of the pot is missing, so this is technically rooted into the ground. Nice, stately plant though, ya?https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20140914_133825.jpg20140914_133825You can really see how the Fatshedera disguises the entrance to the home.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20140913_180454.jpg20140913_180454The Fatshedera's leaf is a bit like both its parents' leaves.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20140913_180434.jpg20140913_180434The inflorescences of the Fatshedera.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20140913_180401.jpg20140913_180401The Fatshedera makes a nice little cave-like entrance.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20140913_180349.jpg20140913_180349Big ol' wad of Fatshedera on Hartford St.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20140912_093601.jpg20140912_093601The inflorescence on Fatsia japonica.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20130302_133927.jpg20130302_133927A little closer view of the ivy.2015-01-07T01:54:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2015/01/02/book-review-bountiful-bonsai-by-richard-w-bender/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bountiful-bonsai.jpegBountiful BonsaiBountiful Bonsai (click to purchase on Amazon)2015-01-07T01:52:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/reusing-images/2014-05-10T07:25:59+00:00weekly0.6https://bozannical.com/2014/04/02/death-and-destruction/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-04-02-07-27-07.jpg2014-04-02 07.27.07The only residual damage from the fall.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-03-29-17-36-31.jpg2014-03-29 17.36.31The last bit of trunk being lifted away.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-03-29-13-57-19.jpg2014-03-29 13.57.19So much tree! It's mate up the hill is now exposed and vulnerable.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-03-29-13-48-12.jpg2014-03-29 13.48.12Fallen elm on Hartford.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-03-29-13-13-35.jpg2014-03-29 13.13.35After the gas was turned off we could at least come up to the top of the block.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-03-29-13-10-44.jpg2014-03-29 13.10.44Looking down the sidewalk during the evacuation.2014-04-03T03:01:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/12/22/pat-im-gonna-take-a-p-coping-with-dog-urine/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-21-15-58-34.jpg2013-12-21 15.58.34What's in a name...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-21-15-48-49.jpg2013-12-21 15.48.49Tolerance: A beautiful palette of succulents.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-21-15-10-36.jpg2013-12-21 15.10.36Tolerance: Libertia peregrinans holds up well, and gives a marvelous orange color.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-20-16-55-26.jpg2013-12-20 16.55.26Exclusion: Why even bother to have a tree?https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-20-16-54-02.jpg2013-12-20 16.54.02Exclusion: Well, sorta. Dogs can still pee through and around.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-20-16-51-16.jpg2013-12-20 16.51.16Exclusion: Pots to elevate the plants above the danger zone.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-20-16-46-53.jpg2013-12-20 16.46.53Exclusion: Fencing off to keep dogs out.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-20-16-45-04.jpg2013-12-20 16.45.04Tolerance: Toast demonstrates the tolerance of Acanthus mollis.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-20-16-44-07.jpg2013-12-20 16.44.07INtolerance: Cycads don't like it, at least at this young.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-20-16-43-15.jpg2013-12-20 16.43.15Tolerance: Bacopa mollieri.2016-03-24T22:11:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/12/01/urban-hike-mt-davidson-and-the-jebus-stick/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-11-30-14-42-16.jpg2013-11-30 14.42.16Some nice geology, fronted by a patch of Fascicularia pitcairnifolia.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-11-30-14-37-57.jpg2013-11-30 14.37.57A path back down the mountain.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-11-30-14-30-04.jpg2013-11-30 14.30.04Proclamation about separation of church and state.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-11-30-14-29-18.jpg2013-11-30 14.29.18The foot of a path on the southern side of the mountain.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-11-30-14-25-29.jpg2013-11-30 14.25.29Grass and ferns on a eucalyptus stump.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-11-30-14-23-51.jpg2013-11-30 14.23.51Wow. Just wow.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-11-30-14-22-28.jpg2013-11-30 14.22.28Plaque commemorating genocide in Armenia, and dedicating the cross.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-11-30-14-14-28.jpg2013-11-30 14.14.28The pups taking a rest.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-11-30-14-10-50.jpg2013-11-30 14.10.50Another focus of Midtown Terrace. The large peach institutional building left-of-center is Laguna Honda Hospital. To the right of it is the massive Juvenile Detention Center. The gray roof in the foreground is the reservoir from earlier.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-11-30-14-07-04.jpg2013-11-30 14.07.04Sutro Tower and the downtown skyline.2013-12-01T17:40:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/11/23/strip-trees-bow-chikka-bow-bow/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-08-14-57-25.jpg2013-11-08 14.57.25The colors of the maples, looking down from a higher terrace a couple of weeks ago.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-08-14-15-47.jpg2013-11-08 14.15.47Layers of colors starting to appear as fall weather sets in a couple of weeks ago.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-22-11-47-15.jpg2013-11-22 11.47.15Strip me!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-22-11-47-10.jpg2013-11-22 11.47.10Bow-chikka-bow-bow...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-22-11-46-30.jpg2013-11-22 11.46.30Stripped branches.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-22-11-46-13.jpg2013-11-22 11.46.13Persistent leaves needed to be stripped.2013-11-23T04:56:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/11/20/botanical-illustrations-on-alcatraz/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-15-10-44-24.jpg2013-11-15 10.44.24Perfect weather!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-15-10-31-24.jpg2013-11-15 10.31.24The 125 year old Australian tea tree along the Main Road.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-15-10-27-46.jpg2013-11-15 10.27.46https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-15-09-25-00.jpg2013-11-15 09.25.00My really bad shot of the whole group of artists.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-15-09-14-20.jpg2013-11-15 09.14.20Presentation time...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-15-09-09-11.jpg2013-11-15 09.09.11Attendees enjoying the show and some reception refreshments.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-15-09-09-04.jpg2013-11-15 09.09.04Attendees enjoying the show and some reception refreshments.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-15-09-08-58.jpg2013-11-15 09.08.58Attendees enjoying the show and some reception refreshments.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-15-08-57-48.jpg2013-11-15 08.57.48Watercolors in the Alcatraz Florilegium exhibit, November 15, 2013.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-15-08-57-34.jpg2013-11-15 08.57.34Watercolors in the Alcatraz Florilegium exhibit, November 15, 2013.2014-02-11T19:26:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/11/13/engaged-in-potting/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-03-15-21-26.jpg2013-11-03 15.21.26The party gathered around their finished work.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-03-14-20-59.jpg2013-11-03 14.20.59Finishing up the final touches.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-03-14-20-45.jpg2013-11-03 14.20.45The party working in various spots around the store's back patio. A perfect private space for a smallish group.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-03-10-30-55.jpg2013-11-03 10.30.55Jim had set aside a cart of low containers and indoor-tolerant succulents.2013-11-13T14:51:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/11/11/it-was-the-best-man/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-10-15-05-58.jpg2013-11-10 15.05.58Heading out, with my part complete. Flower duty done. :)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-10-15-05-44.jpg2013-11-10 15.05.44They're almost done setting up the ceremony space, but the rest is all set.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-10-14-56-54.jpg2013-11-10 14.56.54... and square centerpieces on square tables.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-10-14-53-26.jpg2013-11-10 14.53.26Round centerpieces on round tables, and...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-10-14-50-17.jpg2013-11-10 14.50.17Place settings each had a tillandsia.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-10-14-50-05.jpg2013-11-10 14.50.05Place settings each had a tillandsia.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-10-14-49-57.jpg2013-11-10 14.49.57A table with setup complete.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-10-14-31-10.jpg2013-11-10 14.31.10A small arrangement for a sitting nook.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-10-14-21-33.jpg2013-11-10 14.21.33A small arrangement in a viewing nook.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-10-14-01-54.jpg2013-11-10 14.01.54The arrangement for the men's room.2013-11-11T18:04:57+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/10/11/the-noho-garden/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-08-09-52-49.jpg2013-10-08 09.52.49Colorful groupings of pots, with succulents, bring color to even the concrete areas within the facility.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-08-10-56-54.jpg2013-10-08 10.56.54Blooming lilacs! I don't know when lilacs last in the poop yard bloom'd.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-08-10-54-31.jpg2013-10-08 10.54.31A staircase I've longed to climb, but have only been able to see from the street below. Until now.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-08-10-53-59.jpg2013-10-08 10.53.59Portal in the side of a gigantoid tank.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-08-10-52-01.jpg2013-10-08 10.52.01The art of industry.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-08-10-50-03.jpg2013-10-08 10.50.03These giant screw thingies would make cool garden sculptures.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-08-10-41-36.jpg2013-10-08 10.41.36I wonder what this is for? :)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-08-10-28-51.jpg2013-10-08 10.28.51Shadow play in an empty tank.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-08-10-23-47.jpg2013-10-08 10.23.47Settled-out water flows through the saw-teeth lip of a settling tank.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-10-08-10-23-00.jpg2013-10-08 10.23.00Another water-through-the-saw-teeth shot. 2013-10-17T12:45:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/09/22/alcatraz-florilegium/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2012-02-17-09-38-48-022.jpg2012-02-17-09-38-48-022The colors of Alcatraz are truly inspiring!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2012-02-17-10-32-00-425.jpg2012-02-17-10-32-00-425Succulents on the west side of the island.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2012-02-17-09-30-15-612.jpg2012-02-17-09-30-15-612So much botanical inspiration to be had!2013-09-22T13:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/09/15/portola-garden-district-tour-2013/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/portola-garden-tour-logo.jpgPortola Garden Tour Logo2013-09-15T23:33:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/08/28/scared-of-plants/2013-08-28T14:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/07/27/stray-angelas/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tumblr_mqk5me3vpl1rpdl2fo1_1280.jpgtumblr_mqk5me3Vpl1rpdl2fo1_1280Dog head finials on a street tree fence? That's a Stray Angela.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tumblr_mp06pkr7c11rpdl2fo1_12801.jpgtumblr_mp06pkr7C11rpdl2fo1_1280Bucket on the stump of a cut-down street tree? That's a Stray Angela.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tumblr_mnrv1ps5hn1rpdl2fo1_12801.jpgtumblr_mnrv1ps5hN1rpdl2fo1_1280Action figure in a street tree? That's a Stray Angela.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tumblr_ml5tpbmw0t1rpdl2fo1_1280.jpgtumblr_ml5tpbmW0T1rpdl2fo1_1280Painted cacti at Lowe's? That's a Stray Angela.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tumblr_mgfvsik53r1rpdl2fo1_1280.jpgtumblr_mgfvsiK53R1rpdl2fo1_1280Concrete cat in a concrete planter in a concrete yard? That's a Stray Angela.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tumblr_mg4ld7zpsi1rpdl2fo1_1280.jpgtumblr_mg4ld7zpSi1rpdl2fo1_1280Plastic grass in a front garden? That's a Stray Angela.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tumblr_mftzfmzqw21rpdl2fo1_1280.jpgtumblr_mftzfmzQw21rpdl2fo1_1280Christmas ornaments on roadside succulents? That's a Stray Angela.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tumblr_mftzanguho1rpdl2fo1_1280.jpgtumblr_mftzanGUHO1rpdl2fo1_1280Artsy head sculpture in a street planting? That's a Stray Angela.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-26-12-33-23.jpg2013-07-26 12.33.23Bunny sculpture camouflaged against a house? That's a Stray Angela.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-26-12-33-03.jpg2013-07-26 12.33.03Bird sculpture in a weedy patch around a street tree? That's a Stray Angela.2013-07-27T22:34:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/07/05/putzing-around-the-garden/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-04-18-38-33.jpg2013-07-04 18.38.33The Fern Grotto complete!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-04-18-44-44.jpg2013-07-04 18.44.44A pano shot of the whole Fern Grotto.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-04-18-38-04.jpg2013-07-04 18.38.04Nobody puts horsie in the corner. But I did. :) The Blechnum brasiliense is the rosy fern at her feet.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-04-18-37-52.jpg2013-07-04 18.37.52'George Morneau' is just to the right front of the hydrangea. Small, for now.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-04-18-38-14.jpg2013-07-04 18.38.14The pot-like 'Goshiki Kotohime' Japanese maple, with maidenhair ferns, begonias, clivia, sedge...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-04-18-37-34.jpg2013-07-04 18.37.34A new sheltered spot for the hydrangea.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-04-18-37-14.jpg2013-07-04 18.37.14This is the 'Silver Lady' dwarf tree fern. It'll get about three feet of trunk, eventually. The rose-toned one will get this spectacular!2013-07-06T02:39:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/04/14/were-on-a-garden-tour-were-on-a-garden-tour/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/166487_1593951363203_207501_n.jpg166487_1593951363203_207501_nhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/154334_1542061585991_1145938_n.jpg154334_1542061585991_1145938_nhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/74526_1548206299605_2836717_n.jpg74526_1548206299605_2836717_nhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/76062_1542061545990_7568761_n.jpg76062_1542061545990_7568761_nhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/37667_1415058730999_1047098_n.jpg37667_1415058730999_1047098_nhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/3340_1087022730304_5091097_n.jpg3340_1087022730304_5091097_n2013-04-15T20:00:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/03/26/philodendron-love/2013-04-01T20:14:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/02/23/urban-hike-popos-exploration-1/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130209_100545.jpg20130209_100545Water-wise plantings of Asparagus densiflorus 'Myers' with New Zealand flax and salvias.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130209_100515.jpg20130209_100515https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130209_100501.jpg20130209_100501Succulents and drought-tolerant plants in the pots.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130209_100448.jpg20130209_100448https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130209_095909.jpg20130209_095909Gardeners cleaning up on a Saturday morning.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130209_095857.jpg20130209_095857Tables and benches offer seating for lunchers. A friend and I actually slept here once in 1988, when we came down for a Siouxsie and the Banshees concert! :)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130209_095843.jpg20130209_095843A long corridor of seating leading through to Fremont from First, lined with sandwich shops.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130209_095805.jpg20130209_095805Planter-edge seating inside the plaza, looking out to First.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130209_095744.jpg20130209_095744Colorful plantings soothe the weary worker.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130209_095228.jpg20130209_095228#43. The Sun Terrace is a large roof deck on top of a cafe.2024-05-14T05:03:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/02/17/urban-hike-mt-tamalpais/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-02-16-16-55-57.jpg2013-02-16 16.55.57Almost 5:00, and the fog is starting to roll in across SF off the ocean.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-02-16-16-22-36.jpg2013-02-16 16.22.36https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-02-16-16-22-30.jpg2013-02-16 16.22.30Funky fungus.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-02-16-16-19-34.jpg2013-02-16 16.19.34Funky hollow tree on the Old Mine Trail. Perhaps Spur Trail, actually.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-02-16-16-14-04.jpg2013-02-16 16.14.04San Francisco on the horizon.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-02-16-16-11-14.jpg2013-02-16 16.11.14https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-02-16-16-10-46.jpg2013-02-16 16.10.46"The Perfect Oak". Nice.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-02-16-16-10-24.jpg2013-02-16 16.10.24Seriously massive oak!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-02-16-16-08-04.jpg2013-02-16 16.08.04https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-02-16-16-02-33.jpg2013-02-16 16.02.332013-02-17T14:44:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/02/10/urban-hike-yerba-buena-island/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130202_142935.jpg20130202_142935Skyline from the bus stop on the isthmus.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130202_142924.jpg20130202_142924Waiting for my bus on Avenue of Palms.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130202_142410.jpg20130202_142410Tee hee. :)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130202_142128.jpg20130202_142128Huge buckeye at the top of the steps.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130202_142009.jpg20130202_142009Looking back down the steps.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130202_141947.jpg20130202_141947Mossy decay. I wonder what all these terraces had been used for when this was built...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130202_141823.jpg20130202_141823WPA steps up the island.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130202_141809.jpg20130202_141809Looking back out to my new friends' boat.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130202_141614.jpg20130202_141614The almost secret path off the beach.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130202_141339.jpg20130202_141339Oak roots and Treasure Island.2014-08-11T03:25:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/01/13/urban-hike-point-bonita-lighthouse/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130112_152212.jpg20130112_152212Shouldn't there be a frog on that sign? :)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130112_151928.jpg20130112_151928The yellow bar marks the bus stop homeward on Bunker Rd at Field Rd.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130112_151842.jpg20130112_151842Such a remote bus stop!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130112_151722.jpg20130112_151722Interesting that there is a yellow fire hydrant between these trees.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130112_151614.jpg20130112_151614Above the Headlands Visitors' Center is the Marin Headlands Center for the Arts and a hostel.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130112_150928.jpg20130112_150928Nifty old buildings along the road.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130112_150638.jpg20130112_150638Walking the "closed" road out, I passed an old Nike Missile silo.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130112_145903.jpg20130112_145903The red graffito marks the entrance into the "berm".https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130112_145827.jpg20130112_145827On the outside wall of the structure.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130112_145738.jpg20130112_145738Inside the structure.2013-01-16T21:55:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2013/01/02/prepping-for-a-meadow-on-alcatraz/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130102_091619.jpg20130102_091619The water tower, restored with its historic graffiti.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130102_091506.jpg20130102_091506Aeonium along the steps from the Rose Garden up to the water tower.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130102_091357.jpg20130102_091357Gardeners prepping the chipper.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130102_091253.jpg20130102_091253Ferns in the granite walls along the Main Road.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130102_091038.jpg20130102_091038Paperwhites blooming on the east side, outside the Electric Shop.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130102_091004.jpg20130102_091004Fuchsia outside the Electric Shop.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130102_090923.jpg20130102_090923Aeonium and Drosanthemum outside the Electric Shop.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130102_090742.jpg20130102_090742Tools in the Electric Shop building, which is now used as the gardeners' supply room.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130102_131452.jpg20130102_131452A parting shot of the city skyline, across the Parade Ground. This metal basin is used for the Thanksgiving Day bonfire that happens at dawn every year.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130102_131358.jpg20130102_131358Shotcrete stabilization project above the Parade Ground.2013-01-24T13:37:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/12/30/variation-4-and-freestyle-ikebana-lesson-vii/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/hnv41.jpghnv4Hanging Nageire Variation #4. The brushy plant is a restio, and the flowers are pink dahlias highlighted with some touches of pink jasmine.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/snv41.jpgsnv4Slanting Nageire Variation #4. This is a bright green <em>Leucadendron</em> 'Safari Goldstrike' with a dracaena hybrid houseplant whose name I can't remember. The bulky plant materials meant I really needed to balance with a chunky container.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/snv4.jpgsnv4Slanting Nageire Variation #4. This is a bright green Leucadendron 'Safari Goldstrike' with a Dracaena hybrid.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/unv4.jpgUNv4For my Upright Nageire Variation #4 I used a mix of foxtail fern with purple statice andhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/umv5.jpgUMv5https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/umv4.jpgUMv4My Upright Moribana Variation #4 used leaves and flowers from a yellow kangaroo paw with the branch of an acacia.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/smv4.jpgSMv4Slanting Moribana Variation #4 with yarrow and statice.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/hnv4.jpgHNv4Hanging Nageire Variation #4. The brushy plant is a restio, and the flowers arehttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/freestylem.jpgFreestyleMFreestyle! I went for big and bold form by creating a plane of leaves using Melianthus major. (It's a cool plant. The leaves smell of peanut butter when rubbed.) The pink touches come in from another favorite of mine, the Australian Silky Net Bush (Calothamnus villosus).2013-01-01T01:13:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/12/23/urban-nature-exploring-popos/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/map_of_private_parks_sf.jpgmap_of_private_parks_sfSF downtown POPOS map.2012-12-23T23:16:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/12/15/urban-hike-pemberton-steps-and-tank-hill/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tankhill.jpgTankHillThis map of Tank Hill shows its location and relative position to other parks I've covered as Urban Hikes.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-14-12-28-21-018.jpg2012-12-14-12-28-21-018Nice botanical tiling on Corbett at Romain.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-14-12-23-09-268.jpg2012-12-14-12-23-09-268I liked the stacked cubes of the architecture of these apartment buildings.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-14-12-19-53-872.jpg2012-12-14-12-19-53-872This sort of super-manicured formality isn't all that common in this part of the city.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-14-12-16-03-596.jpg2012-12-14-12-16-03-596We wound our way back down the way we came, but explored Corbett a bit. Fun little wooden carving we passed.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-14-12-13-14-907.jpg2012-12-14-12-13-14-907Detail of the concrete slab's texture.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-14-12-12-25-338.jpg2012-12-14-12-12-25-338Another angle of the concrete circle where the tank once stood.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-14-12-11-40-760.jpg2012-12-14-12-11-40-760Steep steep downhill drop from the summit, on the northern side.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-14-12-10-44-366.jpg2012-12-14-12-10-44-366Spoon posing for a northern vista shot.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-14-12-09-29-299.jpg2012-12-14-12-09-29-299Marin County across the Golden Gate Strait.2012-12-15T20:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/12/13/special-occasions-and-variation-3-ikebana-lesson-vi/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/slanting_moribana_basic.jpgslanting_moribana_basicDiagram of Basic Slanting, both front view and overhead view.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/unv3gyaku.jpgUNv3GyakuUpright Nageire Variation #3, Gyakugatte (mirror image positioning as compared to standard.) The branches are white-flowering grevillea, and persicaria is the dark foliage.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/umv3.jpgUMv3Upright Moribana Variation #3. I used a variegated pittosporum with white lisianthus.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/specialoccasion.jpgSpecialOccasionSpecial Occasion arrangement. Sinobambusa tootsik 'Albostriata' is my bamboo, highlighted with Japanese anemone.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/snv3.jpgSNv3Slanting Nageire Variation #3. Acacia covenyi with bright yellow lantana.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/smv3.jpgSMv3Slanting Moribana Variation #3. Chrysanthemums (?) flanked by strawberry tree (Arbutus 'Marina') branches.2012-12-13T15:09:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/12/10/urban-hike-buena-vista-park/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bvp.jpgBVPA Google map screenshot of Buena Vista Parkhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-08-14-08-18-185.jpg2012-12-08-14-08-18-185The entrance on the east side, where Duboce hits Buena Vista Ave East.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-08-14-08-00-500.jpg2012-12-08-14-08-00-500The concrete faux-log railing is right out of Snow White.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-08-14-06-52-659.jpg2012-12-08-14-06-52-659Paved paths abound.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-08-14-05-38-829.jpg2012-12-08-14-05-38-829The view towards the downtown skyline can be seen from the tennis courts.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-08-14-04-36-617.jpg2012-12-08-14-04-36-617The tennis courts in use on the eastern side of BVP.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-08-14-04-17-457.jpg2012-12-08-14-04-17-457WPA walls.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-08-14-02-02-511.jpg2012-12-08-14-02-02-511A stone WPA staircase up the hillside.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-08-14-01-08-567.jpg2012-12-08-14-01-08-567A stone WPA culvert.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-08-14-00-54-035.jpg2012-12-08-14-00-54-035A redwood grove in the sheltered northeastern portion.2012-12-14T19:24:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/06/13/13/2012-12-08T15:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/06/17/on-microclimates/2012-12-08T15:58:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/06/25/garden-event-dahlia-lecture-at-fgg/2012-12-08T15:57:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/06/30/whats-goin-on/2012-12-08T15:57:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/07/06/waste-away-a-little-trash-talk/2012-12-08T15:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/09/02/garden-event-succulent-gardens-extravaganza/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/p1110694.jpgP1110694Patch of Sempervivum and Pachyphytum with Festuca and Lotus, in our own garden.2012-12-08T15:56:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/09/04/garden-event-parking-day-2011/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cafe-greco-small.jpgCafe-Greco-smallA permanent "Parklet" conversion at Cafe Greco. (photo via Google Images)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/parking-day_2010.jpgPark(ing) Day_2010Another PARK(ing) Day 2010 installation (photo via Google Images)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/parking_11.jpgparking_11A PARK(ing) Day 2010 installation (photo via Google Images)2012-12-08T15:55:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/09/20/fibonacci-fascination/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fiboeche1.jpgfiboecheA bed of Echeveria on Alcatraz. Have you ever seen such a GORGEOUS heap of Fibonacci action?!?https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fiboeche.jpgfiboecheA bed of Echeveria on Alcatraz. Check out all that GORGEOUS Fibonacci action! Damn!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fibosun1.jpgfibosunhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fibonaut.jpgfibonautEven nautilus shells know Fibonacci (Google Images)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fiboromanesque.jpgfiboromanesqueFibonacci in romanesca broccoli (Google Images)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fiboaloe1.jpgfiboaloeFibonacci in Aloe polyphylla (Google Images)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fiboaloe.jpgfiboaloeFibonacci in Aloe polyphylla (Google Images)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fibosun.jpgfibosunFibonacci in a sunflower (Google Images)2012-12-08T15:55:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/10/04/holy-fisheries-batman/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/fishfoodcloseup.jpgfishfoodcloseupVeggies on top, flish on the bottom.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/fishywishies.jpgfishywishiesFishies fertilizing the food.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/fishfoodfull.jpgfishfoodfullCSA Aquaponics created this two-tier hydro/aquaponic setup on display at Flora Grubb Gardens2012-12-08T15:55:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/12/19/botany-101-calling-all-plants/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/acanthus_mollis_001.jpgacanthus_mollis_001https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/prunus-caroliniana.jpgprunus carolinianaPrunus carolinianahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/prunus-cerasifera.jpgPrunus-cerasiferahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/black_eyed_susan_vine.jpgblack_eyed_susan_vineBlack Eyed Susan (Thunbergia alata)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/black-eyed-susan.jpgBlack-Eyed-SusanBlack Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)2012-12-08T15:55:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/12/23/blog-shoutout-garden-rantseward-mini-park/2012-12-08T15:54:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/12/29/sf-sidewalk-gardens-in-the-bayview/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img00912.jpgIMG00912https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sidewalk-garden.jpgsidewalk-gardenA sidewalk garden, courtesy of a Google search.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2011-11-25-08-26-31-599.jpg2011-11-25-08-26-31-599Permeable cobbles on six feet of drain rock, with overflow cutout into planting bed.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2011-12-11-08-28-18-550.jpg2011-12-11-08-28-18-550Cobbled parking strip with water overflow into planting bed.2012-12-08T15:54:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/01/10/shameless-plug/2012-12-08T15:54:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/02/27/random-plant-pix-from-around-town/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tuliptree.jpgtuliptreeFlower of the Tulip Tree - Liriodendron tulipifera.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tribbles.jpgtribblesTribbles!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cumberlandagave.jpgcumberlandagaveStunning Agave, Crassula, and ivy patch on Noe and Cumberland.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cycasyoung.jpgcycasyoungNew growth on a Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta).https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dustymiller.jpgdustymillerCute little surviver in a sidewalk crack! Nice camouflage.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ginkgoveriaagain.jpgginkgoveriaagainCan't stand how beautiful these colors are together. Echeveria imbricata, leaves of Ginkgo biloba.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/gunneraepiphytic.jpggunneraepiphyticCanary Island Palm full of epiphytic plants (including Gunnera!?!?!?)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/niceoverarching.jpgniceoverarchingLOVE the way this juniper and echium have melded and overarched this sidewalk!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nastywater.jpgnastywaterMorning dew settled into some Nasturtium (Tropaeolum) leaves.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/paintedplants.jpgpaintedplantsWell, that's one way to bring some color to your garden!2012-12-08T15:53:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/03/07/some-upcoming-garden-events-for-march/2012-12-08T15:52:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/04/06/garden-events-for-april-2012/2012-12-08T15:52:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/04/14/my-first-bonsai/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-13-11-58-51-638.jpg2012-04-13-11-58-51-638Ahh! Love it!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-13-11-59-32-786.jpg2012-04-13-11-59-32-786My first bonsai shaping, April 13, 2012.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-13-11-58-33-040.jpg2012-04-13-11-58-33-040And right after. Talk about major pruning! It really needed it.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-13-11-41-34-846.jpg2012-04-13-11-41-34-846Here it is right before it's first major pruning.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p1110715.jpgP1110715Summer 2011, and the Irish moss didn't like the end of the rainy season. Did a little gravel mulch, as you can see in the bottom of the pic...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p1130259.jpgP1130259...and WHOA! The moss liked that first winter with the rains. There's a bonsai tree in there somewhere.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p1120651.jpgP1120651...and growing in. Cute!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p1120092.jpgP1120092Irish moss growing in. Cute!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p1110293.jpgP1110293My little bonsai, first potted September 23, 20102012-12-08T15:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/06/13/clever-concept-shoutout/2012-12-08T15:51:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/07/19/finding-inspiration/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012-06-23-12-24-01-391.jpg2012-06-23-12-24-01-391A view of the city I love, from a friend's community garden plot that I'm tending...2012-12-08T15:51:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/07/21/a-little-bit-of-barbra-a-video-interlude/2012-12-08T15:51:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/07/22/garden-event-terrarium-building-workshop-at-scrap/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/scrapterrariums.jpgSCRAPTerrariumsA variety of terrariums by the Succulent Sisters, made from recycling various vessels from SCRAP...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/scrapterrariums2.jpgSCRAPTerrariums2A Succulent Sisters terrarium, like you might be inspired to make at SCRAP's workshop on Saturday...2012-12-08T15:51:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/08/10/were-being-invaded/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-01-07-59-56-776.jpg2012-08-01-07-59-56-776The hillside garden down Noe, where the seedlings are being allowed to grow. (Isn't that a fantastic aloe?!?)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-09-20-25-24-828.jpg2012-08-09-20-25-24-828Still further east, this homeowner is letting the seedlings grow.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-09-20-25-04-311.jpg2012-08-09-20-25-04-311And check out this growing colony.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-09-20-24-08-295.jpg2012-08-09-20-24-08-295More has seeded across the street.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-09-20-24-32-069.jpg2012-08-09-20-24-32-069...and yet again a few feet further.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-09-20-24-21-563.jpg2012-08-09-20-24-21-563Seedlings a few feet away.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-09-20-23-56-602.jpg2012-08-09-20-23-56-602Mexican feather grass in a street tree planting on 21st St and Noe. Beautiful!2012-12-08T15:50:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/08/24/the-great-myth-of-drainage-rocks/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m90ggzm5t61rpdl2fo1_5001.jpgtumblr_m90ggzm5t61rpdl2fo1_500Shallow succulents in a tall container.2018-08-25T15:47:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/09/14/so-long-suckers/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-13-07-30-22-321.jpg2012-09-13-07-30-22-321Suckers coming off the rootstock of a street tree. You can clearly see the graft union on this critter.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-12-08-31-34-163.jpg2012-09-12-08-31-34-163Magnolia being allowed to sucker...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-12-07-38-28-373.jpg2012-09-12-07-38-28-373https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-09-18-29-45-531.jpg2012-09-09-18-29-45-531Suckers! On a Ginkgo biloba street tree. Wouldn't hurt the tree to weed around it, too. :)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-09-08-10-07-016.jpg2012-09-09-08-10-07-016Perfect example! The two Melaleuca trees here are the same species, planted the same day. Leftie is suckering and not being controlled. Rightie has been de-suckered. See the difference!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-09-08-09-19-469.jpg2012-09-09-08-09-19-469Here's a closeup of the suckering Melaleuca tree. Testament to surviving brutal treatment, though!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-09-08-08-22-858.jpg2012-09-09-08-08-22-858Suckers! Many years of letting them get too large, and pruning them off, have left this tree base all gnarled and burled.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-09-07-33-56-996.jpg2012-09-09-07-33-56-996Base of a red-leaf plum, with green-leaf suckers forcing out of the rootstock.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-07-11-29-47-385.jpg2012-09-07-11-29-47-385A couple hours of pole-pruner-wrangling cleaned this girl up nicely!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-07-10-26-08-859.jpg2012-09-07-10-26-08-859Red-leaf plum, full of water sprouts.2018-06-07T16:45:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/09/30/chlorophyll-connoisseurs/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/zann-and-patrick_pma1.jpgZann-and-Patrick_PMA1fsdg2012-12-08T15:48:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/10/16/reality-blog-awards/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/reality-blog-award.jpgreality-blog-award2012-12-08T15:48:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/10/28/10000/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/blogviews.jpgblogviews82 countries!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/zannisadork.jpgzannisadorkThe face of excitement? :)2012-12-08T15:48:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/11/28/ccsf-holiday-plant-sale/2012-12-08T15:47:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/09/20/shoutoutgarden-event-parking-day-2012/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/packable-park-concept.jpgPackable Park Concepthttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/packable-park-event-logo.jpg12_0914 Packable Park Logo.ai2012-12-08T15:45:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/11/17/installation-sidewalk-planting/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-16-12-32-10-786.jpg2012-11-16-12-32-10-786Great effect in front of the building!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-16-12-26-29-973.jpg2012-11-16-12-26-29-973Foxtail ferns give a bright zing to the simple planting.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-16-12-26-07-646.jpg2012-11-16-12-26-07-646Azara and foxtail ferns.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-16-11-55-39-235.jpg2012-11-16-11-55-39-235The frame was a perfect fit for the Fibreclay box.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-16-11-52-38-315.jpg2012-11-16-11-52-38-315Metal frame to level the sidewalk.2012-12-08T15:44:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/09/12/into-the-breech/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/alcacrew.jpgalcacrewAlcatraz volunteer gardeners, off to work!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/alcagave.jpgalcagaveAgave americana flower stalks on Alcatraz.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/racersandrock.jpgracersandrockAmerica's Cup practice with Alcatraz background. Look at that fog waiting off the coast!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/alcaeon.jpgalcaeonA patch of GORGEOUS Aeonium on the island!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/12_westside_gardens_b.jpg12_westside_gardens_BThe historic shed before restoration (Photo stold from Alcatraz Gardens site.)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/acanthusa.jpgacanthusA...and Afterhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/acanthusb.jpgacanthusBThe offending Acanthus patch... Before2012-12-08T15:43:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/08/26/whats-wrong-with-my-aeonium/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-25-16-15-42-398.jpg2012-08-25-16-15-42-398Stunning grouping of potted Aeonium plants with a beautiful Agave.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-16-09-44-39-716.jpg2012-08-16-09-44-39-716Fresh nursery stock at Flora Grubb Gardens. This has been well looked-after in a nursery setting, never completely drying out, so it's in perfect form.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-16-07-47-10-704.jpg2012-08-16-07-47-10-704Another patch that gets some heavy fog drip, and shade helps protect it, too.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-06-06-17-42-901.jpg2012-08-06-06-17-42-901Some thinning, but still gets occasional watering.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-06-06-17-26-921.jpg2012-08-06-06-17-26-921Well-watered patch, and it's in shade.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-01-18-41-13-012.jpg2012-08-01-18-41-13-012Not too shabby.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-01-18-40-37-512.jpg2012-08-01-18-40-37-512Looking a little sparse...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-01-18-40-08-813.jpg2012-08-01-18-40-08-813Extreme dryness in a container that never gets watered. But it's alive!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-07-04-20-45-20-3401.jpg2012-07-04-20-45-20-340A beautiful Aeonium patch on Alcatraz, with one flowering in the center.2018-05-28T03:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/09/28/foggy-assets/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tumblr_m9mrxrjiy01rpdl2fo1_5001.jpgtumblr_m9mrxrjiy01rpdl2fo1_500Over by Sutro Forest, this shot shows just how much the fog really can water the plants. There was no rain. This is a fog puddle.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-27-19-11-39-605.jpg2012-09-27-19-11-39-605Fog pouring over Twin Peaks around the September Equinox...2012-12-08T15:42:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/02/18/a-day-on-alcatraz-in-panorama/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-17-10-49-53-004.jpg2012-02-17-10-49-53-004And finally, Solanum marginatum, with its gorgeous fuzzy and spikey stems and leaves, against a rusty roof on the East Side roadhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-17-10-32-00-425.jpg2012-02-17-10-32-00-425Gorgeous Agave detail among the Aeoniumhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-17-10-30-28-950.jpg2012-02-17-10-30-28-950So obsessed with the colors in this section of succulents on the West Side!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-17-10-28-07-261.jpg2012-02-17-10-28-07-261Pretty sure this is Echeveria setacea, bloominghttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-17-10-27-15-074.jpg2012-02-17-10-27-15-074Beautiful irises along the road on the West Sidehttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-17-10-26-14-884.jpg2012-02-17-10-26-14-884Agave flower stalks against the Cell Househttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-17-10-25-40-421.jpg2012-02-17-10-25-40-421West Side lawnhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-17-10-13-09-884.jpg2012-02-17-10-13-09-884I want to sit on a street corner with this signhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-17-09-54-10-174.jpg2012-02-17-09-54-10-174Decay detail of the fence along the Hospital Road to the Rose Gardenhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-17-09-52-52-278.jpg2012-02-17-09-52-52-278One of those fun spots for a volunteer to do some pruning2012-12-08T15:41:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/02/25/fun-with-weeding-on-alcatraz/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-24-10-41-21-607.jpg2012-02-24-10-41-21-607The Warden's House, at the summit of the Main Road.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-24-09-34-11-615.jpg2012-02-24-09-34-11-615Crocosmia on the West Side.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-24-09-33-41-782.jpg2012-02-24-09-33-41-782Spanish Lavendar just outside the Prisoners' Gardens.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-24-09-32-11-681.jpg2012-02-24-09-32-11-681Prisoners' Garden blooms.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-24-09-31-45-603.jpg2012-02-24-09-31-45-603Elliot's fig tree in the Prisoners' Garden.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-24-09-38-53-866.jpg2012-02-24-09-38-53-866Golden Gate Bridge from the Toolshed Terraces.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-24-09-35-45-606.jpg2012-02-24-09-35-45-606Volunteers gardening on the West Side Toolshed Terraces and the West Lawn.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-24-09-30-41-048.jpg2012-02-24-09-30-41-048Prisoners' Garden bloomerifousness.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-24-09-30-08-867.jpg2012-02-24-09-30-08-867View of the SF skyline, from within the old hothouse foundation in the Prisoners' Garden.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-24-10-28-28-223.jpg2012-02-24-10-28-28-223Shelagh and a volunteer gardener, among the succulents on the West Lawn garden.2012-12-08T15:40:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/08/12/fireworks-on-alcatraz/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-07-04-21-31-39-398.jpg2012-07-04-21-31-39-398https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-07-04-21-04-23-454.jpg2012-07-04-21-04-23-454https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-07-04-21-01-20-214.jpg2012-07-04-21-01-20-214https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-07-04-21-00-21-315.jpg2012-07-04-21-00-21-315https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-07-04-20-54-20-545.jpg2012-07-04-20-54-20-545https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-07-04-20-53-38-601.jpg2012-07-04-20-53-38-601https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-07-04-20-45-56-488.jpg2012-07-04-20-45-56-488https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-07-04-20-45-20-340.jpg2012-07-04-20-45-20-340https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-07-04-20-44-22-104.jpg2012-07-04-20-44-22-104https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-07-04-20-20-50-294.jpg2012-07-04-20-20-50-2942012-12-08T15:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/08/20/a-personalized-tour-of-alcatraz/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-08-15-09-54-05-478.jpg2012-08-15-09-54-05-478Lorene Edwards Forkner enjoying the flowers in the Officers' Row gardens.2012-12-08T15:39:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/09/21/the-changing-seasons-repost-from-alcatraz-gardens-blog/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/crassula-ovata_red-leaves_slf-photo-resize.jpgcrassula-ovata_red-leaves_SLF-photo-resizeCrassula ovata (common Jade) in the dry seasons of Summer and early Fall. Photo by Shelagh Fritzhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/crassula-ovata_green-leaves-with-red-edge_slf-photo1-300x200.jpgCrassula-ovata_green-leaves-with-red-edge_SLF-photo1-300x200Crassula ovata (common Jade), in the rainy Winter and Spring. Photo by Shelagh Fritz2012-12-08T15:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/10/23/capping-the-soil-or-mulch-madness/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sam_0110.jpgSAM_0110Tony and his creation...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sam_0109.jpgSAM_0109Metal Mulch!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/19892_20110404t114455_0_jpg_525x500_q85.jpg19892_20110404T114455_0_jpg_525x500_q85A matured Cussonia transvaalensis, courtesy of a Google Images search.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sam_01071.jpgSAM_0107Creative mulching with bottle caps!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sam_0107.jpgSAM_0107Creative mulching with bottle caps!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p11300151.jpgP1130015https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1130015.jpgP1130015Freshly potted Cussonia with succulents. What a sexy little caudex.2012-12-08T15:36:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/10/14/talking-a-blue-streak/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bluewalllantana.jpgbluewalllantanaWhat a perfect foil for the colors and textures of the plants!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bluewall.jpgbluewallLook how the palm stands out against this fantastic shade of blue.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bluejasmine.jpgbluejasmineJasmine becomes electric against this vibrant blue.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tumblr_mbpqchejtf1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_mbpqchEjtf1rpdl2fo1_500A blue wall with footprints of ivy.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tumblr_mapuo2murf1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_mapuo2MUrf1rpdl2fo1_500A splash of blue draws your eye right to my Japanese maple.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tumblr_m230cna7n61rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m230cna7N61rpdl2fo1_500A cassia blooming against a blue wall in Cole Valley. Yellow, blue, green... A perfect combo!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tumblr_m1cjfeisxx1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m1cjfeIsxx1rpdl2fo1_500No plant here, but what a fabulous wrought-metal window bar design!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tumblr_m8m1job0711rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m8m1joB0711rpdl2fo1_500I snapped this monochrome housefront a few months ago. Love it! Updated for Fall in pix further down the lineup...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tumblr_m0zy8enbc61rpdl2fo1_1280.jpgtumblr_m0zy8eNBC61rpdl2fo1_1280The blue wall behind this Mexican sage expands the background to the sky.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p11307611.jpgP1130761On the Portola Garden Tour I spotted this lovely blue column supporting a blue agave as a focal point.2012-12-08T15:31:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/09/15/september-bloom-day/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dp2.jpgdp2More Dolores Park color: Grass blooms in front of Tibouchina and Phlomis.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dpblooms.jpgdpbloomsGlorious color at Dolores Park. Cuphea ignea (I'm pretty sure) in front of a purple Salvia leucantha.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2011-09-15-11-20-11-974.jpg2011-09-15-11-20-11-974This prolific bloomer should continue for a couple more months! Calandrinia spectabilis (aka Cistanthe grandiflora).https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2011-09-15-11-09-53-761.jpg2011-09-15-11-09-53-761Yaay! First bloom on a caudiciform geranium called Pelargonium caffrum.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2011-09-15-11-10-29-448.jpg2011-09-15-11-10-29-448Chilean Glory Vine (Eccremocarpus scaber) winding through a daisy.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2011-09-15-11-12-30-734.jpg2011-09-15-11-12-30-734Cotyledon orbiculata var. Engleri blooming for a second year.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2011-09-15-11-11-42-206.jpg2011-09-15-11-11-42-206Echeveria shavianna's pink inflorescence, and the yellow of Echeveria pulidonis...2012-12-08T15:30:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/10/15/october-bloom-day/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1130480.jpgP1130480Cotyledon orbiculata var. Engleriihttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1130475.jpgP1130475Princess Flower - Tibouchina urvilleanahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1130470.jpgP1130470Passion Flower - Passiflora caerulea 'Alba'https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1130466.jpgP1130466All up in that Fuchsia bolivianahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1130464.jpgP1130464Vaginahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1130461.jpgP1130461Morning Glory - Convolvulus mauritanicus2012-12-08T15:29:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/12/15/december-bloom-day/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1130583.jpgP1130583Flowering Fatsia japonica, from below.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1130574.jpgP1130574Closeup on a single umbel.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1130573.jpgP1130573A panicle of umbels - the inflorescence of a Fatsia japonica.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1130579.jpgP1130579Variegated orange Abutilon.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1130576.jpgP1130576Cotoneaster microphylla fruiting.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1130570.jpgP1130570Morning Glory - Convolvulus mauritanicus - still tightly closed on a grey December day.2012-12-08T15:29:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/12/16/december-bloom-day-follow-up-foliage-2/2012-12-08T15:28:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/02/15/february-bloom-day/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-14-17-28-32-771.jpg2012-02-14-17-28-32-771Pimelea species (I forgot which one)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/duddleya.jpgduddleyaDuddleya pulverulentahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/begonia1.jpgbegoniaBegonia 'Irene Nuss'https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/eche.jpgecheEcheveria imbricata, stretching out and preparing to bloomhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/kalafedt.jpgkalafedtKalanchoe fedtschoenkoihttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/clivia.jpgcliviaVariegated Clivia miniatahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/begonia.jpgbegoniaBegonia 'Irene Nuss'2012-12-08T15:28:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/04/15/april-bloom-day-2012/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-14-14-59-40-895.jpg2012-04-14-14-59-40-895Even this dry-shade sedge has little flower spikes in there! Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-14-14-59-14-688.jpg2012-04-14-14-59-14-688I don't remember what species this cute little Crassula is.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-14-14-58-55-921.jpg2012-04-14-14-58-55-921Echeveria imbricata bolting up a flower head. This individual is not much longer for this world, so good thing it makes lots of baby plants around it before it dies!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-14-14-58-21-157.jpg2012-04-14-14-58-21-157Petite Butterfly Sweet Pea Shrub - Polygala fruticosa 'Petite Butterfly' - doin' it's thang!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-14-14-58-35-802.jpg2012-04-14-14-58-35-802Another plant-sitting specimen in bloom.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-14-14-57-58-456.jpg2012-04-14-14-57-58-456This big-ass daisy is borrowed, in a way. Plant-sitting for a neighbor, but we're getting to enjoy its blooms.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-14-14-57-41-430.jpg2012-04-14-14-57-41-430Our pink rice flower is starting to wake up! Pimelea ferruginea will be a big ball of pink someday.2012-12-08T15:28:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/05/15/may-bloom-day-2012/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-14-17-38-05-287.jpg2012-05-14-17-38-05-287Rounding out the day with Echeveria imbricata leaping into bloom. Perfect sun spot to highlight the spike!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-14-17-37-49-296.jpg2012-05-14-17-37-49-296These three vertical Haworthia flowers are like tiny, striped, white peanuts.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-14-17-38-40-501.jpg2012-05-14-17-38-40-501Dang purdy passion flower! Passiflora caerulaea 'Alba'.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-14-17-39-05-732.jpg2012-05-14-17-39-05-732Crazy wacky twisty flower stalks on Pachyphytum opalina.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-14-17-39-34-059.jpg2012-05-14-17-39-34-059We've got blooms coming in on a Meyer lemon and a calamondin (kumquat/tangerine hybrid).https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-14-17-37-14-141.jpg2012-05-14-17-37-14-141Cute! Not 100%, but I think this might be Echeveria amoena.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-14-17-36-18-747.jpg2012-05-14-17-36-18-747Check out the flowers on this Dudleya!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-14-17-35-34-559.jpg2012-05-14-17-35-34-559"Flowering maple" - Abutilon hybridhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-14-17-35-14-390.jpg2012-05-14-17-35-14-390Australian hydrangea - Dichroa febrifugahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-14-17-34-55-586.jpg2012-05-14-17-34-55-586One little Clivia flower still hanging on.2012-12-08T15:27:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/09/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-in-macro-september-2012/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-15-14-40-57-411.jpg2012-09-15-14-40-57-411Morning glory groundcoverhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-15-14-39-22-128.jpg2012-09-15-14-39-22-128Incoming bud on a Cymbidium orchid!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-15-13-37-34-589.jpg2012-09-15-13-37-34-589Drosanthemum micanshttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-15-13-36-42-752.jpg2012-09-15-13-36-42-752Just a pretty leaf on our 'Orangeola' Japanese maplehttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-15-13-36-06-927.jpg2012-09-15-13-36-06-927Clivia miniatahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-15-13-35-19-233.jpg2012-09-15-13-35-19-233Pink Hydrangeahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-15-13-34-39-525.jpg2012-09-15-13-34-39-525Echeveria pulidonishttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-15-13-33-47-129.jpg2012-09-15-13-33-47-129Yellow Anigozanthos (Kangaroo paw)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-15-13-33-15-016.jpg2012-09-15-13-33-15-016Drosanthemum floribundumhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-15-13-32-36-558.jpg2012-09-15-13-32-36-5582012-12-08T15:27:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/11/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-for-november-2012/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-14-07-40-28-464.jpg2012-11-14-07-40-28-464The best bloom yet on our Cymbidium orchid! This thing's been in a bark-filled hole in the ground for five years now, and has never bloomed like this.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-14-07-40-00-154.jpg2012-11-14-07-40-00-154Our Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire' slowly readying to pop some blooms.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-14-07-39-27-396.jpg2012-11-14-07-39-27-396Kedrostis africana has the tiniest little yellow flowers!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-14-07-37-54-568.jpg2012-11-14-07-37-54-568Another angle of the Kedrostis africana, vining and twining in its birdcage.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-14-07-37-33-523.jpg2012-11-14-07-37-33-523Our ever-reliable Fuchsia boliviana. Can't wait to eat the fruit these will become. :)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-14-07-36-41-755.jpg2012-11-14-07-36-41-755Look at the hydrangea flower, and ignore the powdery mildew.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-14-07-36-20-425.jpg2012-11-14-07-36-20-425Echeveria 'Black Prince' has been going strong for a few years with probably only a dozen waterings ever!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-14-07-35-07-029.jpg2012-11-14-07-35-07-029Closeup detail of one portion of a huge inflorescence on my Fatsia japonica.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-14-07-34-24-661.jpg2012-11-14-07-34-24-661Begonia 'Irene Nuss'.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-14-07-33-43-415.jpg2012-11-14-07-33-43-415Meyer lemon flowers. Love the smell of citrus flowers!2015-09-21T20:10:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/11/04/hiking-for-geology-round-2/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1140091.jpgP1140091I leave you with a parting shot of a small front garden along Beach St. in Pacifica. The Persian Carpet iceplant (Drosanthemum floribundum) is a personal favorite of mine, being the groundcover of choice that we plant on Alcatraz for the pink flowers. The lonely urn embedded in the center echoes hauntingly of the geologic forces at work to bury the area...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1140090.jpgP1140090The southward view along Pacifica's beach. Surfers and sleepers show what our California beaches are all about, and why we make the efforts to protect our natural resources.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1140087.jpgP1140087Summertime beaches have more sand, but after the winter storms this staircase will be much longer as it gets uncovered.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1140086.jpgP1140086A rusty anchor stands as a sentinel over the beach. A hint of the sleepy fishing village's past.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1140082.jpgP1140082The well-used Pacifica Pier is a popular fishing and crabbing spot. Locally, it's the town's draw. Worth the investment to protect, from the town's perspective.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1140080.jpgP1140080Extreme measures. Riprap lining the concrete seawall. Notice the top of the riprap has been cemented. This keeps the waves from sloshing through the rocks and undermining the wall. For now.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1140078.jpgP1140078Turning to the south, the Pacifica Pier dominates the view. Well, except for that ocean thing.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1140077.jpgP1140077Looking north from Beach St. in Pacifica. Mt. Tam is getting smaller and smaller on the horizon as we move further south.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1140076.jpgP1140076And there she is - Mussel Rock. I'm standing on the North American plate, looking across the submerged San Andreas Fault to the harder rock remnant on the Pacific plate.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1140075.jpgP1140075Tangled wire from gabions of yore.2012-12-08T15:24:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/11/25/thanksgiving-travels/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-23-12-12-29-500.jpg2012-11-23-12-12-29-500We don't get colors like this in SF.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-23-12-11-16-643.jpg2012-11-23-12-11-16-643Sun bleached patterns on a split rail fence.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-23-12-09-22-054.jpg2012-11-23-12-09-22-054Biggest cycads on the block, and there were tons to choose from.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-23-12-08-48-540.jpg2012-11-23-12-08-48-540Same house as the cycad pic. Nice and simple presentation.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-23-12-04-34-312.jpg2012-11-23-12-04-34-312Well done on the Old West theme.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-23-12-03-00-610.jpg2012-11-23-12-03-00-610Huge Gingko trees! Nice color against the sky.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-23-12-01-25-747.jpg2012-11-23-12-01-25-747Not so nice to sit in, but a very drought-tolerant front yard. :)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-23-11-57-42-315.jpg2012-11-23-11-57-42-315Minimalists? Nice agave.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-22-11-39-35-548-1.jpg2012-11-22-11-39-35-548-1Fruiting Opuntia over the neighbor's fence.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-22-09-38-00-283.jpg2012-11-22-09-38-00-283Flat farmland in the fog.2013-04-01T20:20:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/06/23/urban-hike-seward-mini-park/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p1130326.jpgP1130326California Poppies top off the garden at the uppermost fence.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p1130316.jpgP1130316Beautiful succulent plantings.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p1130320.jpgP1130320A bench nestled among Achillea.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p1130309.jpgP1130309Drought-tolerant plants abound, with some thoughtful layouts.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p1130305.jpgP1130305The terra cotta bas-relief wall.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p1130303.jpgFull shot of slidesFull shot of the slides.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p1130334.jpgmonastery stonesMonastery Stoneshttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p1130304.jpgcardboardCardboard pile on monastery stones.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p1130302.jpgSlides' endThe foot of the Seward Street Slideshttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p1130329.jpgCastro from Seward Street SlidesThe Castro's giant rainbow flag, seen from the park.2012-12-08T15:22:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2011/07/15/urban-hike-duboce-triangle/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1310689586258-orig.jpg1310689586258-origBeautiful pot at Cafe Florehttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1310689604333-orig.jpg1310689604333-origCafe Flore participates with a vigor in beautifying the neighborhood!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1310689452032-orig.jpg1310689452032-origThe first planted island encountered marks the Noe entrance to Duboce Triangle.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1310688847614-orig.jpg1310688847614-origA respite that's hard for anyone to steal. :)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1310689245872-orig.jpg1310689245872-origGorgeous potted tree fern, with a place to sit and enjoy it!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1310689147500-orig.jpg1310689147500-origJumpin' Java's gazing stone centerpiece.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1310689134599-orig.jpg1310689134599-origMeditative seating at Jumpin' Java Cafehttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1310689257474-orig.jpg1310689257474-origBuilt-ins with seating edging. Note the collar to protect the trunk from direct soil contact.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1310688987313-orig.jpg1310688987313-origRows of pots front the homes' sidewalks in Duboce Trianglehttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1310689236013-orig.jpg1310689236013-origOne of the remaining original-style benches. And a simple bowl of mosses and a scholar stone.2012-12-08T15:22:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/01/04/urban-hike-streets-to-gardens/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/plantsf08_18thstreet.jpg18th St plantingA planting on 18th St in SF. Note all the removed concrete, now replaced by permeable surfaces.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/castroparklet.jpgCastro ParkletThe blocked-street parklet in the Castro.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fof_outerlands02.jpgSunset District sidewalk garden.Larger sidewalk plots abound in the Sunset district.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/showimage-aspx.jpgSidewalk GardeningA sidewalk garden in SF.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo-2-578x399.jpgAnother creative parkletA creative use of a dumpster as a parking space parklet planter.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/guerreromedian.jpgguerreromedianGuerrero St median strip shortly after planting.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/viewfromshop440x330.jpgParking Space ParkletParking space parklet.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/guerreroparklet.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAGuerrero Parklet. Photo shamelessly stolen from beyondsf.blogspot.com.2012-12-08T15:22:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/01/06/urban-hike-kite-hill/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-01-05-11-58-26-784.jpg2012-01-05-11-58-26-784People and their dogs, and the gorgeous day.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-01-05-11-58-14-310.jpg2012-01-05-11-58-14-310View from the top!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-01-05-11-57-20-502.jpg2012-01-05-11-57-20-502A tree swing on a Monterrey Cypress.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-01-05-11-57-35-882.jpg2012-01-05-11-57-35-882That favorite house I mentioned, peeking through the woods.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-01-05-11-59-03-659.jpg2012-01-05-11-59-03-659Cul-de-Sac at Corwin St.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-01-05-14-35-38-186.jpg2012-01-05-14-35-38-186The steep Yukon Street border.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-01-05-14-37-17-552.jpg2012-01-05-14-37-17-552Poison Oak waits to pounce at the top of the path.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-01-05-14-37-00-502.jpg2012-01-05-14-37-00-502Botanical interest at the bottom of Kite Hillhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-01-05-11-56-24-813.jpg2012-01-05-11-56-24-813Garden path at the end of Stanton St.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-01-05-11-55-33-605.jpg2012-01-05-11-55-33-605Dirt road in SF. Stanton St.2012-12-08T15:21:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/01/28/urban-hike-dolores-heights/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/libertye1.jpglibertye1View from midway along the upper terrace of Liberty, facing northeast towards downtown.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/libertye17.jpglibertye17Beautiful Giant Bird of Paradise - Strellitzia romanzoffskiana.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/libertye9.jpglibertye9Tree fern (Cyathea cooperii) in the median.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/libertye7.jpglibertye7Stump as a wine barrel pedestal.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/libertye6.jpglibertye6Succulents and ferns happily cohabiting.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/libertye5.jpglibertye5Midway staircase and plot along Liberty.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/libertye4.jpglibertye4Japanese garden styling along the median.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/libertye3.jpglibertye3Cute little strawberry pot plot on the median along Liberty.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/libertye10.jpglibertye10Wider shot of the steps.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/libertye8.jpglibertye8Eastern Liberty St steps between terraces.2012-12-08T15:20:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/04/22/urban-hike-a-day-in-pictures-at-mission-dolores/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-21-13-41-54-490.jpg2012-04-21-13-41-54-490Appropriately, Saint Francis stands by at the cemetery gate.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-21-13-39-19-115.jpg2012-04-21-13-39-19-115Shard of a marker, leaned against a tree.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-21-13-38-18-082.jpg2012-04-21-13-38-18-082A six day old child buried at her father's feet.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-21-13-35-49-100.jpg2012-04-21-13-35-49-100A modern hose pot.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-21-13-34-20-396.jpg2012-04-21-13-34-20-396Detail from an iron surround on a grave.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-21-13-27-06-170.jpg2012-04-21-13-27-06-170A lovely potted courtyard garden just outside the cemetery.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-21-13-33-52-579.jpg2012-04-21-13-33-52-579Bird of Paradise detail.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-21-13-33-32-788.jpg2012-04-21-13-33-32-788Birds of Paradise against the wall.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-21-13-12-12-672.jpg2012-04-21-13-12-12-672Cactus and shadows.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-21-13-11-48-147.jpg2012-04-21-13-11-48-147Bulbs and graves.2012-12-08T15:20:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/09/21/urban-hike-twin-peaks/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-07-16-36-00-887.jpg2012-09-07-16-36-00-887This lovely little number greeted us on our last staircase on the way down. Two feet across, she was!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/spiralspoon.jpgSpiralSpoonSpoon on the spirally ramp.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-07-16-33-21-561.jpg2012-09-07-16-33-21-561Beautiful! Echeveria (or perhaps a Graptoveria?) in a pot somewhere on the upward hike.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-07-16-05-51-505.jpg2012-09-07-16-05-51-505California native coastal scrub community, nearing the top!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-07-15-56-19-594.jpg2012-09-07-15-56-19-594The view from the top.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-07-15-55-39-485.jpg2012-09-07-15-55-39-485Spoon and the City.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-07-15-54-40-888.jpg2012-09-07-15-54-40-888View to the south, towards Candlestick Point in the center.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-07-15-52-32-892.jpg2012-09-07-15-52-32-892Ocean! What a gorgeous clear day!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-07-15-50-12-711.jpg2012-09-07-15-50-12-711Sutro Tower from the top of Twin Peaks.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-07-15-48-23-773.jpg2012-09-07-15-48-23-773Skyline over the lip of the hill as we ascend.2012-12-08T15:20:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/10/18/urban-hike-mclaren-park/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-17-13-29-26-084.jpg2012-10-17-13-29-26-084Tony and Spoon, as we hike our way out of the dell...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-17-13-27-51-280.jpg2012-10-17-13-27-51-280Tall Monterey Cypress trunk in the woods.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-17-13-26-53-860.jpg2012-10-17-13-26-53-860The young redwood grove we visited...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-17-13-24-01-549.jpg2012-10-17-13-24-01-549I liked the silvery contrast of the dead branches entwined with the verticals.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-17-13-16-09-520.jpg2012-10-17-13-16-09-520lksjdfhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-17-13-15-09-816.jpg2012-10-17-13-15-09-816Orange boa feathers in a rusted paint can, like flames to warm the imagination.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-17-13-14-36-820.jpg2012-10-17-13-14-36-820An offering spot for found objects greets you at the center.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-17-13-14-04-991.jpg2012-10-17-13-14-04-991Sparking contemplation.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-17-13-13-17-657.jpg2012-10-17-13-13-17-657Broken and discarded telephones...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-17-13-12-30-240.jpg2012-10-17-13-12-30-240Fake flowers in a rock.2013-02-08T15:36:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/10/27/urban-hike-corona-heights-2/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/corona-heights-map.jpgCorona Heights MapGoogle Maps screenshot of Corona Heights Park.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-03-10-16-28-45-262.jpeg2012-03-10-16-28-45-262The western gate to Corona Heights, into the dog play area.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-26-16-21-47-080.jpg2012-10-26-16-21-47-080Stumbled across tiny little Flint St on my way up, and saw this cute end-of-block found-object garden. I love me a good found-object garden.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-26-16-21-25-517.jpg2012-10-26-16-21-25-517Gorgeous vibrant hot reds and purples. Mmm.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-26-16-16-00-772.jpg2012-10-26-16-16-00-772I've seen crested Euphorbias, but never have I seen a crested Echium!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-26-16-15-08-311.jpg2012-10-26-16-15-08-311Love the colors up here...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-26-16-13-02-603.jpg2012-10-26-16-13-02-603The second dog play area, and the community garden behind it. This is on the States side, right below the museum.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-26-16-11-40-992.jpg2012-10-26-16-11-40-992Pretty chert and flora at the tennis courts.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-26-16-00-21-510.jpg2012-10-26-16-00-21-510The dog play area at the westernmost corner.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-10-26-15-59-07-119.jpg2012-10-26-15-59-07-119Whoo, look at that climb still ahead!2012-12-08T15:17:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/11/11/urban-hike-bernal-heights-park/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/bernal-map.jpgBernal MapMap of Bernal Heights Park.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-10-14-30-01-834.jpg2012-11-10-14-30-01-834The entrance at Folsom andhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-10-14-28-45-352.jpg2012-11-10-14-28-45-352Rocks and Aloes lining Bernal Heights Blvd.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-10-14-28-07-307.jpg2012-11-10-14-28-07-307If you're gonna paint over graffiti on rocks, might as well do it in gold. :)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-10-14-26-15-292.jpg2012-11-10-14-26-15-292A couple of blue houses make me smile as we head back to the car...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-10-14-24-19-175.jpg2012-11-10-14-24-19-175Spoon catches a whiff of something intriguing on the afternoon breeze as we climb down the eastern slopes.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-10-14-23-41-543.jpg2012-11-10-14-23-41-543Here comes my girl!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-10-14-22-14-189.jpg2012-11-10-14-22-14-189A dwarfed barren tree's silhouette filters the skyline behind.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-10-14-21-50-320.jpg2012-11-10-14-21-50-320I'm being followed by a Spoon shadow.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-10-14-21-22-343.jpg2012-11-10-14-21-22-3432012-12-08T15:16:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/11/18/urban-hike-well-sorta/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-17-16-49-47-412.jpg2012-11-17-16-49-47-412Spoon poses beautifully on the fallen Monterey cypress at Kite HIll.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-17-16-48-34-214.jpg2012-11-17-16-48-34-214Split rail fence along Kite Hill's western precipice. Like a bit of the countryside right in the middle of the city...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-17-16-44-21-836.jpg2012-11-17-16-44-21-836Grey and cloudy downtown skyline.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-17-16-38-03-495.jpg2012-11-17-16-38-03-495Came across a couple of discarded orchids against a blue-green wall on Douglass and 20th, and thought they made nice tableaux.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-17-16-36-38-727.jpg2012-11-17-16-36-38-727Mmm. Check out that color!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-17-11-13-23-336.jpg2012-11-17-11-13-23-336Amazing how much floral color we get here year round! I love California.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-17-11-06-47-727.jpg2012-11-17-11-06-47-727Dyckia does not hold up well to dog pee. :( The aloes seem to handle it well enough.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-17-10-57-54-434.jpg2012-11-17-10-57-54-434Random shot. Purple glass doorknob on 20th/Dolores.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-17-10-36-57-610.jpg2012-11-17-10-36-57-610The topiary gumdrops in the Liberty St median strip at Church St.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-17-10-33-57-137.jpg2012-11-17-10-33-57-137Nice entryway planting on Liberty.2012-12-08T15:16:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/05/22/tumblr-tuesday-3/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m4a55w5e5i1rpdl2fo1_5001.jpgtumblr_m4a55w5e5i1rpdl2fo1_500ahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m48slepscc1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m48slepScc1rpdl2fo1_500ahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m456hmkr3l1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m456hmKr3L1rpdl2fo1_500ahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m4787ggbuk1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m4787gGbUk1rpdl2fo1_500ahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m4a55w5e5i1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m4a55w5e5i1rpdl2fo1_500ahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m3xqmfyqwg1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m3xqmfyQwG1rpdl2fo1_500ahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m3xhmyaji41rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m3xhmyaJi41rpdl2fo1_500ahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m3x4rqnkdi1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m3x4rqnKdi1rpdl2fo1_500ahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m3ta29uk4g1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m3ta29Uk4G1rpdl2fo1_500ahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m3rpmoboth1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m3rpmoboTh1rpdl2fo1_500a2012-12-07T15:36:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/05/29/tumblr-tuesday-4/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m4n78w6hso1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m4n78w6HSO1rpdl2fo1_500Spent a little time up in Guerneville, on the Russian River, this past weekend. Thought these weeds were pretty, juxtaposed against this wall in an empty lot.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m4otqfzkc81rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m4otqfZKc81rpdl2fo1_500thttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m4n72hl3zb1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m4n72hl3zb1rpdl2fo1_500ghttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m4j998f5hq1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m4j998F5Hq1rpdl2fo1_500dfghttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m4hecc9xzr1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m4hecc9xzR1rpdl2fo1_500fdghttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m4lbhtpt6t1rpdl2fo1_r1_500.jpgtumblr_m4lbhtpT6t1rpdl2fo1_r1_500shttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m4lbirg88b1rpdl2fo1_r1_500.jpgtumblr_m4lbirg88b1rpdl2fo1_r1_500chttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m4k69tqtc71rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m4k69tqtC71rpdl2fo1_500bhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_m4k68oehtn1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_m4k68oehTn1rpdl2fo1_500a2012-12-07T15:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/09/27/tumblr-tuesday-on-a-thursday/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tumblr_maxvsipzwk1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_maxvsiPzWk1rpdl2fo1_500laksjdfhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tumblr_maxvofqtbv1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_maxvofQTbV1rpdl2fo1_500Next Ikebana lesson washttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tumblr_mawve522ek1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_mawve522ek1rpdl2fo1_500Some pretty Fall color up the street from my house.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tumblr_matvgavtcn1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_matvgaVTcn1rpdl2fo1_500Fun composition I did at Flora Grubb Gardens.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tumblr_mat856q4zs1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_mat856q4Zs1rpdl2fo1_500Nice Euphorbia vignette a few houses downhill from the Manzanita house.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tumblr_mat83i2d0c1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_mat83i2d0C1rpdl2fo1_500Same house. More Manzanita, and cascading Ceanothus.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tumblr_mat831qsbq1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_mat831qsbq1rpdl2fo1_500Detail of the Manzanita's bark...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tumblr_mark8x1xel1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_mark8x1xel1rpdl2fo1_500Beautiful front garden on Collingwood around 21st. Manzanita, "no-mow" fescue, Aloe nobilis...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tumblr_marjtpexyh1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_marjtpexyh1rpdl2fo1_500Fantastic shape balancing with completely different plants! Topiary spheres of various shrubs on one side, spherical Aloe saponaria on the other. Mmm.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tumblr_mapvsn0i6u1rpdl2fo1_500.jpgtumblr_mapvsn0i6U1rpdl2fo1_500I can never remember the name of this critter. The gorgeous passion vine growing on the front fence at Flora Grubb Gardens.2012-12-07T15:32:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/12/06/variation-2-ikebana-lesson-v/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/unv2.jpgUNv2Upright Nageire, Variation #2.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/umv2.jpgUMv2Upright Moribana Variation #2.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/snv2.jpgSNv2Slanting Nageire Variation #2, with Asparagus retrofractus and hot pink carnations.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/smv2.jpgSMv2Slanting Moribana Variation #2.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bun.jpgBUNBasic Upright Nageire, again for midterm.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bum.jpgBUMBasic Upright Moribana, as done for this semester's midterm.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bsn.jpgBSNBasic Slanting Nageire was our other test arrangement in finals. Not to brag, but I think I rocked the heck out of this! Dodonaea purpurea (hopseed bush) and bright green Leucadendron 'Safari Goldstrike' are tied together in color by the chartreuse branch and purple fruit of pygmy date palms (Phoenix roebelenii.)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bsm.jpgBSMBasic Slanting Moribana was our test arrangement for finals this semester. I used Acacia cultriformis with a type of aeonium. My teacher loved my "sensitive eye" with monochromatic materials!2013-01-24T17:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/05/09/variation-1-ikebana-lesson-iv/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-04-17-20-29-23-8551.jpg2012-04-17-20-29-23-855Succulent and maple in Variation #1 upright Moribanahttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-04-17-20-29-23-855.jpg2012-04-17-20-29-23-855https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-01-19-08-25-130.jpg2012-05-01-19-08-25-130Sensei's Frank Lloyd Wright inspired arrangementhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-01-20-45-39-399.jpg2012-05-01-20-45-39-399Elaine's gorgeous slanting Moribana Variation #1 Hongattehttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-01-20-43-35-583.jpg2012-05-01-20-43-35-583Slanting Moribana Variation #1 Gyakugatte, using Dutch elm (Ulmus hollandica 'Wredei') for Shin and Soe and Physocarpus 'Summer Wine' for Hikae and Jushihttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-04-24-20-25-20-446-1.jpg2012-04-24-20-25-20-446-1Upright Nageire Variation #1, with Griselinia lucida and Choisya ternata 'Aztec Pearl'https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/backtilt.jpgbacktiltIn Variation #1, your upright-most piece will now tilt to the back.2012-12-07T15:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/04/19/basic-slanting-style-ikebana-lesson-iii/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-03-06-20-42-14-779.jpg2012-03-06-20-42-14-779Me, proudly posing with my first basic slanting Moribana. :)https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-03-06-20-41-34-556.jpg2012-03-06-20-41-34-556Myhttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-10-20-23-31-267.jpg2012-04-10-20-23-31-267Horrendous photo, but this was the following week's arrangement. This was done Gyakugatte (reversed style).https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-03-20-35-33-663.jpg2012-04-03-20-35-33-663And after inspection. Notice how she had me take out one of the pincushion flowers. It was too "heavy" with five. And I also had to trim my Shin, too, as the upward puff I'd left was too distracting.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-03-19-42-34-272.jpg2012-04-03-19-42-34-272My finished arrangement, before inspection.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-03-19-21-30-272.jpg2012-04-03-19-21-30-272Thin out those base leaves!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-03-19-32-55-584.jpg2012-04-03-19-32-55-584Cutting at a 45 angle makes it easier to stab your way into the thickening arrangement.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-03-19-18-55-908.jpg2012-04-03-19-18-55-908Trimmed!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-03-19-14-29-383.jpg2012-04-03-19-14-29-383Trim me!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-03-19-31-01-537.jpg2012-04-03-19-31-01-537Side view. Quite a lean, huh?!2012-12-07T15:10:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/03/27/taking-a-step-back-ikebana-lesson-0/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-03-13-19-52-13-249.jpg2012-03-13-19-52-13-249Midterm arrangement number 2: Basic upright Nageire, using Grevillea 'Long John' with Ceanothus.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-03-13-19-52-52-051.jpg2012-03-13-19-52-52-051Last semester's midterm arrangement demonstrates Basic Upright style.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-03-13-18-55-24-434.jpg2012-03-13-18-55-24-434Thinning out some Ceanothus.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-03-06-19-53-05-405.jpg2012-03-06-19-53-05-405This English laurel bush is too bushy to be used as it is.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-03-09-07-34-17-207.jpg2012-03-09-07-34-17-207You can see on this Pride of Madeira how the upper flower spikes would be great for Shin or Soe, and the few at the bottom are naturally shaped to be Hikae2012-12-07T15:10:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/03/01/taking-on-floristry-ii/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nagegyaku.jpgnagegyakuBasic upright Nageire, Gyakugatte (reversed).https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nage2.jpgnage2Basic upright Nageire #2.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nage1.jpgnage1First basic upright Nageire.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-02-28-20-39-57-983.jpg2012-02-28-20-39-57-983Shin's split end.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-02-28-20-39-34-349.jpg2012-02-28-20-39-34-349Sexy little split Soegi.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-02-28-20-39-14-486.jpg2012-02-28-20-39-14-486Soegi is just a pinch shorter than Tsutsu.2012-12-07T15:10:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/02/17/taking-on-floristry/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/moribana-chokutai.jpgMoribana ChokutaiPretty example of Moribana, stolen from the Interwebs.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/moribana-shataicalla.jpgMoribana ShataiCallaPic stolen from the Interwebs. My teacher would say this arrangement needs to be corrected: Shin should not direct the eye AWAY from your piece.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/secondikebana.jpgsecondikebanaMy second Moribana, Basic Upright. This time I used Melaleuca branches and rosettes of succulent Aeonium.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/firstikebana.jpgfirstikebanaMy first Ikebana! Moribana, Basic Upright. Pine branches with Aloe arborescens flowers.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/moribanabugyakugatte.jpgmoribanaBUgyakugatteLesson 3: Moribana, Basic Upright, Gyakugattehttps://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/kakeizu.gifkakeizuDiagram of Basic Upright, both front view and overhead view.2012-12-07T15:09:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/10/05/portola-district-garden-tour/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/portolagardenscholarshipgroup.jpgPortolaGardenScholarshipGroupThe Portola District Garden Tour Committee at the scholarship awards ceremony. I'm in the Hawaiian shirt, back right, and Noriko is right in front of me in white...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p1130801.jpgP1130801And lastly, a sweet retriever with a Flora Grubb Gardens Aerium on his house! Stylin'...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p1130800.jpgP1130800Cuteness!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p1130797.jpgP1130797Did I mention I love clusters of pots? Fun splash o' color! Right up my alley...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p1130793.jpgP1130793Grevillea glory!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p1130792.jpgP1130792Echeveria elegans with Sedum 'Pork and Beans'...https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p1130791.jpgP1130791A cute doggy along the way! Love your brows, dude.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p1130790.jpgP1130790Lichen!https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p1130787.jpgP1130787A remnant of the neighborhood's heyday of nurseries: a block of abandoned greenhouses slowly collapses in the Portola.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p1130786.jpgP1130786This was not part of the tour. Testament to survival.2012-10-05T16:24:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.com/2012/03/20/sf-is-five-stripes-of-goo-hiking-for-geology/https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/classonindiabasinserpentinite.jpgclassonindiabasinserpentiniteHere it is! The one natural stone remaining on SF's bay shore.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/indiabasinundercut.jpgindiabasinundercutWaves undercut the landfill.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-03-10-09-03-53-594.jpg2012-03-10-09-03-53-594A tractor tire in the mud.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-03-10-09-28-37-945.jpg2012-03-10-09-28-37-945A construction yard backs the park.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-03-10-08-43-54-788.jpg2012-03-10-08-43-54-788Boat sinking in the bay mud.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-03-10-10-03-34-226.jpg2012-03-10-10-03-34-226Along Candlestick Point's beach.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-03-10-09-50-31-571.jpg2012-03-10-09-50-31-571Bay fill: rubble piled onto the mud of the shoreline.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-03-10-13-30-51-045.jpg2012-03-10-13-30-51-045Native Douglass Iris. They get stunted on the windy side of the hill, perhaps reaching 3 or 4 inches tall. On the leeward side, they are closer to 10 inches tall.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-03-10-13-07-36-391.jpg2012-03-10-13-07-36-391Footsteps of Spring. These pop out every February/March around these parts, usually along a path in the rockiest, shallowest part of the soil.https://bozannical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012-03-10-13-06-29-211.jpg2012-03-10-13-06-29-211So pretty! Color on a foggy day.2014-04-16T15:08:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bozannical.comdaily1.02025-04-17T19:30:05+00:00