Showing posts with label dogwood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dogwood. Show all posts

Sunday, April 15, 2018

Dogwood Days

Santa Cruz Mountains



It’s an exceptional year for dogwood in the Santa Cruz mountains. Our tree, gracing us with April blossoms, is more prolific than ever this year.

Sunday, November 19, 2017

November Leaves

Santa Cruz Mountains, California



It’s been said that California has no discernible seasons, but our dogwood tree thinks otherwise. Its festive springtime blossoms become ripe seeds as its bronze foliage suddenly turns multicolored.

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Last Harvest

Santa Cruz Mountains


Red Rose hip closeup

End of the growing season and rose blooms are gone. Yet their fruits, the rose hips, linger and ripen in a blaze of color. High in vitamin C, clever cooks harvest these for jelly.