Mendocino~

On By cindy knokeIn Conservation, Flowers, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, TRAVEL REVIEWS

(click/tap to enlarge and be sure to look at mystery plant at the end)

in Northern California,

is a blooming,

splendor.

Rhododendron grow riotously,

and water lillies,

abound.

Mendocino is less traveled,

allowing nature and people,

room to breathe.

Note: This last plant puzzled me. Do you know what it is without peeking? The flowers suggest foxglove, but the stalk was a mystery. I did lots of internet sleuthing to no avail, until I finally searched for mutant foxglove and found one example from Clemson University. Here is the citation:

What is it Wednesday?

Did you guess correctly? I certainly could not.

Cheers to you from blooming Mendocino~

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236 thoughts on “Mendocino~”

  5. Beautiful NorCal! Did you go to the Redwoods, too? 💕
    As you would expect, I knew about fasciation in plants. 😉 I posted a white foxglove last year that fasciated, and just outside my door currently are two lunaria plants that did the same. It is pretty interesting!

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  11. What a beautiful place to enjoy, magnificent photos. That mutant foxglove is an interesting specimen. Thanks for sharing. 🌞

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      1. Darn, we might have. 😳 I hit the wrong button on your comment on the Redwoods. Sigh. Wanted to let you know I’m not ignoring it. We are in Bandon, now, a lovely town with incredible sea stacks. Tomorrow it’s off to Florence where we will be for two weeks!

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  14. Hmmm… I thought of Lady Slipper… by another name; “This plant, also sometimes commonly called purple foxglove, fairy gloves, fairy bells, lady’s glove, or many other things, is widely naturalized outside its native area, commonly near roads and in some places is considered a weed or invasive plant. It is hardy in zones 4-9.”

    Lady slipper is related to orchids. However; “Foxgloves are not related to orchids, but there is a species of perennial herb called the Foxglove Orchid that is part of the orchid family.”

    I have seen ‘mutant flowers’ – did I ever send you the photo of the double ‘daisy’?
    I’ll do that now if I can find it… I sent something… not sure if it was what I was looking for though. I haven’t really organized my photos. *sigh*… another task…

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  16. Deborah

    And, here I thought Mendocino was more inland. When I get home, I’m going to have to buy a road atlas. Yes, a map. GPS on a phone is okay, but sometimes it can put you on a road that really isn’t a road. Love those water lilies.

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    1. Smiling…. A map, or not to map? That is the question. I tend to look at google directions before I let siri direct me. It just takes care of all those hiccups, like driving on a road into a lake 🥀

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  17. Hi Cindy, those flowers are beautiful! I’ve never heard of a fasciation before! That certainly was a unique-looking foxglove, and I never would’ve guessed what it was on my own.

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    1. My husband lived in a place where they grew wild everywhere. I have to travel to see them. They never cease to amaze. Hope you and Don are well my friend 🥀

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  29. I’m told Northern Cal is gorgeous… Looks like it.
    The plant does look like “digitaline” (Foxglove?)
    We had one in the garden. Took it away when the grandkids started moving around everywhere… (I’m probably excessive…)

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    1. Glad you are protecting your grandchildren and you are correct, it is digitalis or foxglove. I don’t grow it anymore for the same reason. Cheers & take good care დ

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      1. Better to over protect, right? 😉 There was ·Devil’s breath (scopolamina) in the garden at the country house. I had it taken out… We also have wild strawberries but I haven’t told my grandson until he’s old enough to learn not to eat any red “berries” he find around… LOL. (I might be overdoing it a bit…)
        You too

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  38. Mary Sweeney

    Loved these, Cindy! The Secret Garden reminds me of my daughter’s favorite book when she was little.

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