I can spot a Phormium at twenty paces

It’s not hard to spot them, they’re everywhere:

Phormium Sundowner

Outside my office. In the patio planter at Public House. And in my landscape plan, of course. Apparently Phormium like it here in the Bay Area, so they are going in at Scott Street. Oh, and what about Trachelospermum Jasminoides? Yeah, that’s “Star Jasmine” to you and me. Plenty of that, too. And some Miscanthus Transmorrisonensis, and some Sedum Spathulifolium, and some Olea Europaea (uh, yeah, that’s an olive tree). Of course, it’s wine country, so plenty of Lavandula Dentala:

French Lavender

Can you tell I’m having fun with the Latin names? Well, a girl’s gotta do something to get through the tedium of a landscape plan, especially coming on the heels of that scintillating water use analysis report. Sheesh.

But there’s an exciting milestone coming up, hopefully on Monday: Submitting all our planning paperwork to the City of St. Helena! Bring it on down to City Hall, then hit the road back to San Francisco, just in time to head to the airport for a week’s vacation in Hawaii! I think they plant lots of Phormium there, too.

 

 

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