From the day explorers set foot on the shores of California it became known as the “Land of Flowers.” Why then do we continue to look to far away places for “Wildflowers” not nearly as well suited for our environment as our native plants?
Many consider all wildflowers that grow in our woodlands, roadsides and fields such as Queen Anne’s Lace, Ox-Eyed Daisy, Yarrow, Chicory, Broom and many others, without the aid of cultivation, to be natives. However they are in fact exotics that escaped cultivation after arriving with European settlers and many are aggressively displacing our natives.
All are invited to learn more about landscaping with water conserving native flora and all phases of gardening at a meeting of the Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club. The club meets at noon on the third Tuesday of each month (except July and August) in the Scotts Valley Women’s Club House at 2298 Hendricks Rd.
(near Lakeport). A light lunch is served.
The next meeting is Tuesday. For more information please call Marva Brandt at 279-1625 or visit www.clttgc.org.
