The bush poppies here didn't look as glorious as they have been in the past, possibly because they are getting old There was a lot of dead wood in some of them.
The last two pix in this obs show the same plant from a distance farther up the road.
None of the C. concolor were blooming in the north-facing slopes, but there were two patches in bloom in sunnier areas.
No filament spur; corolla throat twice as long as wide; calyx lobes widely acute.
No filament spur; corolla throat twice as long as wide; calyx lobes widely acute.
Survey for blue ceanothus along the Old Control Road. C. leucodermis was the only blue-flowering Ceanothus I found.
Nearly all the plant of C. leuco were in full bloom, I only noticed this one plant still in bud, growing in a very shady north-facing slope.
Survey for blue ceanothus along the Old Control Road. C. leucodermis was the only blue-flowering Ceanothus I found.
Survey for blue ceanothus along the Old Control Road. C. leucodermis was the only blue-flowering Ceanothus I found.
The last two photographs show a distant view of the location of these plants.
Survey for blue ceanothus along the Old Control Road. C. leucodermis was the only blue-flowering Ceanothus I found.
Survey for blue ceanothus along the Old Control Road. C. leucodermis was the only blue-flowering Ceanothus I found.
Survey for blue ceanothus along the Old Control Road. C. leucodermis was the only blue-flowering Ceanothus I found.
The last two pix here show these plants from farther up the road.
Survey for blue ceanothus along the Old Control Road. C. leucodermis was the only blue-flowering Ceanothus I found.
Survey for blue ceanothus along the Old Control Road. C. leucodermis was the only blue-flowering Ceanothus I found.
Survey for blue ceanothus along the Old Control Road. C. leucodermis was the only blue-flowering Ceanothus I found.
Survey for blue ceanothus along the Old Control Road. C. leucodermis was the only blue-flowering Ceanothus I found.
This set of plants shows the color variation from light to deep blue.
Survey for blue ceanothus along the Old Control Road. C. leucodermis was the only blue-flowering Ceanothus I found.