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CA Native Plant Society-Orange County sponsors annual self-guided garden tours
CA Native Plant Society-Orange County sponsors annual self-guided garden tours 		We can peek at 14 private gardens (but only made it to 6)
We can peek at 14 private gardens (but only made it to 6)		 See how plants look in the ground instead of in pots
See how plants look in the ground instead of in pots		 Buy a plant or two from Back To Natives
Buy a plant or two from Back To Natives
Streetsides with perennials
Streetsides with perennials		 Streetsides with overabundance of annuals
Streetsides with overabundance of annuals		 Smaller amount of annuals
Smaller amount of annuals		 Annuals like these winecups
Annuals like these winecups
Places to sit in the sun
Places to sit in the sun		 Places to sit in the shade
Places to sit in the shade		 Seating for one
Seating for one		 Seating for two
Seating for two
Water for birds in baths
Water for birds in baths		 Water for birds in fountains
Water for birds in fountains		 Border of large tree branches
Border of large tree branches		 Border of smaller tree branches
Border of smaller tree branches
Hummingbird sage for you-know-who
Hummingbird sage for you-know-who		 Hummingbirds benefit from native plants
Hummingbirds benefit from native plants		 Native carpenter bees also benefit
Native carpenter bees also benefit		 Non-native honey bee on white sage
Non-native honey bee on white sage
Funereal Duskywing (butterfly)
Funereal Duskywing (butterfly)		 Native gardens attract 6-legged creatures.....
Native gardens attract 6-legged creatures.....		 And two-legged admirers!
And two-legged admirers!		 Pondering mallow flower and seeds
Pondering mallow flower and seeds
Take a path.....
Take a path.....		 Take another path....
Take another path....		 Take a final path
Take a final path		 This path is for water
This path is for water
Plants for shade
Plants for shade		 Plants for full sun
Plants for full sun		 Blue Elderberry in full form
Blue Elderberry in full form		 Blue Elderberry cut so people can walk underneath
Blue Elderberry cut so people can walk underneath
Plants on walls
Plants on walls		 Plants in containers
Plants in containers		 Plants in the ground
Plants in the ground		 Even plants in turtles!
Even plants in turtles!
Wooly Blue Curls
Wooly Blue Curls 		Non-native Rock Rose
Non-native Rock Rose		 Mariposa Lily
Mariposa Lily 		Thank you to CNPS and all who offered their gardens! Be sure to sign up for next year's Garden Tour!
Thank you to CNPS and all who offered their gardens! Be sure to sign up for next year's Garden Tour!

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Pamela Phillips 07-May-2013 15:57
Trude,

Wonderful pictures--shows our native plants in all their glory!
Now I really want to kill my lawn.
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