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sparrowzennik.bsky.social
The California native plant site Calscape might benefit from your pictures
December 14, 2025 at 4:51 AM
kuwagata.bsky.social
It turns out Calscape *claims* there is coyote mint in stock at Cole Hardware and I need to pick up some patch putty anyways to smooth over some holes
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
watchinthesky.bsky.social
Missed getting a small native bee on this native rose in California. The rose is struggling with habitat loss in San Diego County 😞
It is a Small leaf rose - Rosa minutifolia, it is a rare species barely crossing into San Diego county from Baja per Calscape
It’s a beauty, thorns are sooo sharp 🩸 🩹
A close view of a rare native plant that is Small-leafed rose. It has dark pink blooms and tiny green leaves and very sharp thorns. Native to San Diego county and Baja California, it is struggling with habitat loss in San Diego.
October 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
johnmurrell.bsky.social
Yeah, I was looking on Calscape at the range and sightings map for that one, and it seems they're just not down this way any more. 😞
September 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
util.bsky.social
Calscape is running a survey in partnership with a few other groups: morphonativeplants.github.io/redirect/. The images + alt text have more details.

#californianativeplants
Do you live in CA and grow plants? Take our 20-min survey and you can have the opportunity to win a $10 gift card! ELIGIBILITY: • You live in California • You grow plants in a garden, farm, or plot • You would like to learn more about gardening for wildlife ¿Vive usted en CA y cultiva plantas? ¡Participe en nuestra encuesta de 20 minutos y tendrá la oportunidad de ganar una tarjeta de regalo de $10! POR FAVOR CONTESTE NUESTRA ENCUESTA SI: • Usted vive en California • Usted cultiva plantas en una finca, jardín, parcela o patio • Le gustaría aprender más sobre como cultivar plantas para los polinizadores y la fauna
September 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
nachyocheese.bsky.social
Calscape can help you find who has them in stock:

calscape.org/search
calscape.org
August 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
teapotrabbit.bsky.social
Calscape mentioned up to 20’ tall and 20’ wide 😂 I have a little over an acre on a rocky hillside, so a large yellow plant sounds pretty good
July 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
teapotrabbit.bsky.social
This makes me want to plant Flannelbush - and Calscape says it tolerates rocky soils, which is exciting because my soil is VERY rocky 😆
July 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
alfetta159.bsky.social
California Fuchsia, Hollyhock
#bloomscrolling
#calscape
July 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
util.bsky.social
Interesting tidbit I learned from another Calscape volunteer: there's a patent for "Jellybean" Monkeyflowers: patents.google.com/patent/USPP1.... (Looks like it expired in 2020 though.)
USPP11970P2 - Mimulus plant named ‘Jelly Bean Apricot’ - Google Patents
A distinct cultivar of Mimulus plant named ‘Jelly Bean Apricot’, characterized by its upright, somewhat open and relatively compact plant habit; freely branching habit; high vigor; dark green glossy l...
patents.google.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
bugluv.bsky.social
Why You Should Appreciate Native Plants: Ocean Spray Insights

For the past few years, I have observed one of our native shrubs to see what pollinators are visiting. Calscape has recorded Ocean Spray (Holodiscus discolor) as a host plant to approximately 14 species of Lepidoptera. Yet, I have…
Why You Should Appreciate Native Plants: Ocean Spray Insights
For the past few years, I have observed one of our native shrubs to see what pollinators are visiting. Calscape has recorded Ocean Spray (Holodiscus discolor) as a host plant to approximately 14 species of Lepidoptera. Yet, I have actually never seen a single pollinator visiting the cascades of snowy white, delicate blossoms. I've also heard from a handful of local folks on San Juan Island.
buggingyoufromsanjuanisland.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
rddegrazia.bsky.social
The biggest problem is finding them in most commercial nurseries. The bg box nurseries tend to treat them as an oddity and continue to sell the usual non native crap. Calscape has been improving its listings but finding what you want in stock is hard. And for the record I am a Native plant fan.
June 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
darthmydinsky.bsky.social
Calscape says these guys don’t flower until their second year. This Hooker’s evening primrose was like, “nah, my stance is too wide for that.” #californianativeplants #gardening
June 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
As others have mentioned, these sites tend to be regional - Calscape for California.

California also has a thriving set in of native plant societies- California Native Plant Society with lots of local chapters
June 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
rotbot801.bsky.social
If you’re in California, Calscape will point you to reliable sources to buy plants you want. Lucky.

calscape.org
calscape.org
June 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
42mamako.bsky.social
If you see this, post a flower! 🌻
Warrior's Plume
Pedicularis densiflora
2 flower spikes in magenta on a leafy green backdrop; from Calscape: “a perennial herb with stout, green or sometimes reddish or magenta stems and fern-shaped leaves, and long spikes of deep red to bright pink flowers with toothed petals”
May 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
direbecca.bsky.social
Here's a lovely native wildflower called Fivespot (Nemophila maculata) that we saw in the Sierra Nevada Mtns. in June 2021.💚

Calscape plant info. here...
calscape.org/Nemophila-ma...

#WeekVfor5 #AlphabetChallenge #iNat #NaturePhotos #CaliforniaNativePlants #NativePlants #Bloomscrolling 📷🌱
Close-up of small white wildflowers with five purple spots at their edges. They are low-growing with fuzzy green stems and leaves.They are growing in sandy soil with scattered pine needles around them.
May 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
direbecca.bsky.social
Pretty sure ours is also Pacific Rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum), but here are wild ones we saw blooming last year in Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve.💚
Calscape plant info...
calscape.org/Rhododendron...

#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #NaturePhotos #Bloomscrolling 📷🌱
Showy pink blooms at the ends of long woody stems with large oval deep green leaves. They are growing on tall bushes among a sparse redwood forest with ferns also in the understory. Close-up of same showy sunlit pink flowers and one deep pink bud, at the end of a woody stem with large deep green leaves just below the flowers. There are many long woody branches reaching up in the back ground and a few more blurry pink clusters in the distance.
May 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
alfetta159.bsky.social
Fragrant Sage
#CaliforniaNative #calscape
May 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
direbecca.bsky.social
Wonderful to see this large Coulter's Matilija Poppy blooming in a neighborhood butterfly garden yesterday. This native to SoCal appears to do well in NorCal as well.💚

Calscape plant info. here...
calscape.org/Romneya-coul...

#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Bloomscrolling 📷🌱
Close-up of very large flower with white petals and golden yellow stamens beneath two large green buds.
May 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
direbecca.bsky.social
Native Pacific Ninebark (Physocarpus capitatus) blooms and fruits (in April and May), for my second #twosday contribution.💚

Calscape plant info. here...
calscape.org/Physocarpus-...

#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱
Close-up of rounded cluster of white with pink buds and blooms on a woody bush with green leaves. There is a second blurry cluster in the background. Another photo of Pacific Ninebark with one rounded cluster of the white flowers and a 2nd cluster of blooms that are now pink/fruiting. There are many green leaves in the background.
May 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
direbecca.bsky.social
Diogenes' Lantern (Calochortus amabilis) is endemic (native) to NorCal, and we saw lots of these lilies shining their lights this week.💛

Calscape info. here...
www.calscape.org/Calochortus-...

#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #MacroPhotos #Bloomscrolling #iNat #NaturePhotos #Wildflowers 📷🌱
Macro of two nodding bright yellow globe-shaped blooms atop long slender branching stems. Another pair of nodding golden globe-shaped Mariposa Lily blooms. They are also nodding at the ends of long slender branched stems. Their narrow grass-like leaves are just behind the blooms. One more group of Diogenes' Lanterns, but this group includes a greenish-yellow bud, and a green ridged seed pod among the blooms.
May 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
direbecca.bsky.social
White Brodiaea (Triteleia hyacinthina) was beautiful in Bouverie Preserve meadows yesterday.💚

Calscape plant info. here...
www.calscape.org/Triteleia-hy...

#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Bloomscrolling #iNat #NaturePhotos #WildflowerWednesday 📷🌱
Close-up of white blooms and white with green buds of White Brodiaea on a long green stem. There is a tiny White-winged March Fly holding on to one of the buds. Two small golden yellow blooms and green grasses are blurred in the background.
May 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM