{"id":246,"date":"2018-10-29T00:30:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T00:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chapters.cnps.org\/oc\/?p=246"},"modified":"2018-10-29T00:30:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T00:30:11","slug":"favorite-winter-blooming-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapters.cnps.org\/oc\/2018\/10\/29\/favorite-winter-blooming-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Winter Blooming Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Gardener\u2019s Corner | Questions and Answers with Local Experts\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>By Dan Songster, 2012 January<\/p>\n<p>This column is a regular newsletter feature offering chapter members and local experts a chance to briefly share information on many things related to gardening with natives.This Issue\u2019s question was <span class=\"highlight\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>What is your favorite Winter blooming native plant<\/strong><strong>?\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Bart O\u2019Brien<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; \u201cMy favorite (that isn&#8217;t a <span class=\"highlight\">manzanita<\/span>, as there are so many good ones of those) is undoubtedly <span class=\"highlight\"><em>Ribes malvaceum<\/em>\u00a0&#8216;Dancing Tassels&#8217;<\/span>. The up to foot-long clusters of light-pink flowers are always showy (as are the following black fruits), bloom over the course of two to three months, and attract hummingbirds. Nice bark and that unusual foliage scent are added bonuses. The plants grow fast, too.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Bob Allen<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; \u201cWith its profusion of flowers that attract native bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, the hands-down winner is <span class=\"highlight\"><em>Arctostaphylos glauca<\/em>, Big-berry Manzanita<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Laura Camp<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; \u201c<span class=\"highlight\">Manzanitas<\/span>\u00a0are great in winter and the hummingbird action will take your breath away. Recommendation:\u00a0 place your manzanitas in a visible part of your yard that you use in the winter, for example the front yard.\u00a0 Three of mine are in my cold, north-facing backyard and no one sees them in their best bloom.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Dick Newell<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; \u201cLocally <span class=\"highlight\">Fuchsia-Flowering Gooseberry<\/span> begins to bloom in December and its nodal spines reminds one to look but don&#8217;t touch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Charles Wright<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0&#8211; \u201cIn the dead of winter the first great bloom has to be <span class=\"highlight\">milk maids, California Milkwort, California Toothwort &#8212;\u00a0<em>Cardamine californica<\/em><\/span>. I almost always find it in Laguna Coast Wilderness along the shady banks on the Laurel trail not too far beyond the falls. It is stark white against a rich brown earth surrounded by new fresh ferns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rama Nayeri<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0&#8211; \u201cmmmmm\u2026<span class=\"highlight\">Manzanitas<\/span>!\u00a0 Too many to list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rob Moore<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0&#8211; \u201cMy current favorite\u2013no pun intended\u2013would probably be <span class=\"highlight\">Ribes malvaceum<\/span>. I love the abundant pink flower clusters and the aromatic scent of the plant. <span class=\"highlight\">Eriogonum fasciculatum<\/span> is blooming away at present in my backyard as is the <span class=\"highlight\">Salvia &#8216;Skylark&#8217;<\/span> out front with its whirled lilac spirals. Life is good in the garden!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Jennifer Beatty<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0&#8211; \u201c<span class=\"highlight\">Manzanitas<\/span> are always gorgeous. <span class=\"highlight\">Island bush poppy (<em>Dendromecon harfordii<\/em>)<\/span>\u00a0and <span class=\"highlight\">California sunflower (<em>Encelia californica<\/em>)<\/span>\u00a0keep on blooming yellow flowers for months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dan Songster<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0&#8211; \u201cWhatever its common name, I find the emergence of <span class=\"highlight\">blue dicks, (wild hyacinth or school bells)\u2014<em>Dichelostemma pulchra<\/em><\/span>\u00a0in December and January to be particularly lovely. Lying dormant for the summer and fall months, it is easy to forget about these charming and easy to grow bulbs until they pop up. There are especially beautiful with their clusters of amethyst colored flowers nodding on graceful stalks among some of our small to mid-sized native grasses.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gardener\u2019s Corner | Questions and Answers with Local Experts\u00a0 By Dan Songster, 2012 January This column is a regular newsletter feature offering chapter members and local experts a chance to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-native-gardening","tag-gardeners-corner"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Favorite Winter Blooming Plants - 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