Open this morning (sunday aug 4) only, 9.30-12.30. We will be open monday am and pm, and probably the remainder of the week (except wed am). YOU VISIT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Yesterday was an odd day: the morning was rainy and cold with lots of visitors, but the afternoon was beautiful, with hardly any. Hummingbird activity was moderate all day, but really picked up near, and slightly after sunset.
The photo, by Doug Maclean, was taken friday, and shows a bird feeding at the small white blossom of Salvia "Waverly". These modest white flowers get a lot of attention from hummers. The plant is apparently a hybrid of S. leucantha and S. chiapensis. I stopped growing the former because it blooms rather late, but have a lot of chiapensis, which has small pink-purple flowers. None of these salvias are winter hardy here.
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