Snapshots in the garden

Nothing spectacular, just checking in.

I like this time of year. In Mediterranean climates certain plants like to bloom in the fall. The chorisia tree just favored us with a few blossoms. It is only a few years old and will look better and better with time.

We have an old biplane sculpture that was getting obstructed by purple sage out front. 

Todd made it visible again this week.

I like our old plane. The sage is so vigorous that it will be covered up again in a year or so.

I have one beautiful and massive Canary Island Palm on my property, which I planted when it was a baby.

Unfortunately the South American beetle is laying waste to these palms in our county, marching north and west every day.

I hadn't heard about any reaching Fallbrook yet but Tom told me he just lost his last week.

That is the first one I heard of dying in Fallbrook, had seen their destruction in Oceanside.

I asked someone who should know, he said there were others.

Sad.

I have been hitting mine with a systemic insecticide about three times a year.

I guess it is time for another dose.

Wish her well.

I have seen people with whole yards of Phoenix canariensis, never understood that but, oh well.  Some people are in for a heap of trouble.