Standing cypress (Ipomopsis rubra) is.a biennial wildflower with striking spikes of red tubular flowers. Marc Speiss & Kei Andrews grew it from seed and planted it in different locations in their yard to find out where it would grow best.…

Standing cypress (Ipomopsis rubra) is.a biennial wildflower with striking spikes of red tubular flowers. Marc Speiss & Kei Andrews grew it from seed and planted it in different locations in their yard to find out where it would grow best.…
Each time that we visit the yard of our Chapter Treasurer Martha Willoughby, we are inspired by her ever diminishing areas of turf grass, her beautiful beds of native wildflowers, her use of attractive native grasses, her shoreline plantings that…
Read More 9-20-2018 Virtual Visit to the Yard of Martha & Roger Willoughby
We visited the yard of Martha & Roger Willoughby on 9-16-2014 (when the pictures above were taken) and will again visit on Thursday, 9/20/2018, at 5:30pm. Beds of wonderful native wildflowers -- bee balm (Monarda punctuata), red tropical sage (Salvia…
Read More 9/20/2018: Visit the Yard of Martha & Roger Willoughby