In addition to taking my parents to the beach, we visited several beautiful wineries under the pretext of seeing their spacious gardens, of course. Those wineries really know how to draw the tourists.
Right now in California there are so many beautiful, crazy plants blooming. Even after living in Sonoma County for the past five years, I feel still amazed by our crazy Mediterranean climate. I’m humbled by the sheer number of plants that flourish here that are completely foreign to me, having grown up three thousand miles away on the East Coast of the United States.
Here are some fun favorites we’ve spotted recently for you to try to identify.
Ready. Set. Name that plant!
Plant 1:
Plant 2:
Plant 3:
Plant 4:
Plant 5:
Plant 6:
Hint: the flower petals are edible (I personally think they’re really tasty!)
Plant 7:
I’ll post the answers on Friday.
Good luck!
Is it cheating if we grow them on the farm? We grow 1, mostly not on purpose, and 5. The rest I don’t know. Well, 7 is obvious, but other than 1, 5, and 7, I don’t know.
-Miriam
2. Fava Beans
7. Grapes
Fun!
OK, OK, I thought 2 was fava when I first saw the flower picture, but the picture of the pods somehow made them look alien to me, cactus-y.