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Sidewalks of San Francisco
For a person visiting San Francisco from "The Great White North", one is struck not only the weather but also by the plant life that flourishes in this ideal mediterranean climate. I've just returned from a week in this lovely city, and again I was impressed by the quality, variety and creativity of gardening that I found there. In this post I am paying particular attention to the gardens I found in the front gardens which often overflowed onto the sidewalks and boulevards. Many of the plants that I saw there are the same that I grow outdoors and have to move indoors from November to April. And since the San Francisco plants are grown in the ground they are huge compared to my container grown collection.
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I will try to label my images in future ( not sure how to do that) but in the meantime: the Sedum, looks like a particularly red form of S. tetractinum ??? The second, the Arum is A.italicum 'Cameleon' and the third is Glaucium leiocarpum. I hope the little seedling I gave you survived, if not I'll find another for you.
And, Barry, thanks so much for dropping by my blog today. Which part of India did you travel to when you were here? Yes, I think this calls for a lot of interesting discussions. You have a great blog here and I'm waiting to read your other blogs too.
In 1989 I was a guest lecturer ion the Animation Dept. at NID in Ahmedabad for two months, then in 1994 spent 4 months, again at NID, as part of my sabbatical. Also in 1992 I was on the Jury ( a token Animator) of the Bombay Int. Film Festival. I've been back twice since on short, stressful business trips in 2004 and 2005... not great visits. Next time I plan just to enjoy myself.
In a longer post, you could set off the caption from the rest of the narrative by changing the type size or putting the caption in italics... or even just setting it off in brackets.
Glaucium leiocarpum! Once seen, I'll never forget. Thanks!