The Front Yard with Vanessa

Here's a look at our front yard responding to some of the recent rain. As usual, my daughter Vanessa was exploring with me so she made it into a few photos.

We removed most of our grass last year to make room for the wildflower meadow. There is a non-native pygmy date palm in there and I'm just waiting until I get the motivation to dig it out and move it somewhere else.

A nice black-eyed susan starts popping out multiple blossoms.

Vanessa stands on the front walkway in front of the firebush and behind the dwarf simpson's stoppers and elliott's lovegrass.

The simpson's stoppers looked a bit sparse through the winter, but benefited from being cut back. The new growth this spring is very green and robust.

The seaside goldenrod flowers in the spring and again in the fall.

Vanessa walks out into the meadow.

Vanessa investigates some greeneyes. Elliott's lovegrass and starry rosinweed can be seen in the foreground.

My little flower shoots up above the other plants in the meadow. She sure grows like a weed!