California Poppy

* Birdsfoot Trefoil California Buckeye California Poppy Coastal Tarweed Gum plant Plants Statice

Recent Bloomers

July 9, 2021July 9, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 111 Views Aesculus californica, Eschscholzia californica, grindelia stricta, limonium sinuatum, lotus corniculatus, Madia sativa

Even if we had a lot of California Poppies in the park, which we don’t — because the Ground Squirrels

* California Poppy Ceanothus Goldeneggs Oblong Spurge Peach Pink Rock Rose Plants Purple Sage Purple Vetch Wild Radish

Now Blooming

April 5, 2021April 6, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 148 Views 0 Comments Ceanothus, cistus, Eschscholzia californica, Euphorbia oblongata, Prunus sp., Raphanus raphanistrum, Salvia leucophylla, Taraxia ovata, vicia benghalensis

With April underway, more plants have cast the hesitations of winter aside and stepped out into full bloom. Top left:

* Blue Wild Rye California Poppy Chinese Forget-me-not Common Poppy Cornflower Crown Daisy Dutch Iris Harding Grass Morning Glory Pale Flax Peach Plants Poison Hemlock Salsify Scarlet Flax Yarrow

Blooms of May

May 31, 2020June 1, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 999 Views 0 Comments Achillea millefolium, Calystegia sepium, Centaurea cyanus, Conium maculatum, Cynoglossum amabile, Elymus glaucus, Eschscholzia californica, Glebionis coronaria, Iris hollandica, Linum bienne, Linum grandiflorum, Papaver rhoeas, Phalaris aquatica, Prunus persica, Tragopogon porrifolius

Eight of these blooms observed during the month of May are new additions to the inventory of plants in the

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Poppy Glow

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 448 Views 1 Comment Eschscholzia californica

Up in the Burrowing Owl Sanctuary, which management has kept closed to the public even though the last Burrowing Owl

* Arroyo lupine Baby Blue Eyes California Poppy Cheeseweed Crimson Clover Desert Bluebell Douglas Iris English Daisy Himalayan Smartweed Jupiter's beard Moroccan Toadflax Nettle-leaved Goosefoot Oblong Spurge Plants Rock Rose Rose Clover Scarlet Flax Scarlet Pimpernel Shivery Grass Wild Mustard Wild Onion

April Bloomers

April 30, 2020May 1, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 1377 Views 0 Comments Allium triquetrum, Anagallis arvensis, Bellis perennis, Briza minor, Centranthus ruber, Chenopodium murale, cistus, Eschscholzia californica, Euphorbia oblongata, Iris douglasiana, Jutta Burger, Linaria maroccana, Linum grandiflorum, Lupinus succulentus, Malva parviflora, Nemophila menziesii, Oxalis corniculata, Persicaria capitata, Phacelia campanularia, Sinapis arvensis, trifolium hirtum, trifolium incarnatum

Invigorated by days of showers and days of sunshine, the park spilled a great big cornucopia of blooms in April

* Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) Birdsfoot Trefoil California Poppy Cape weed Ceanothus Dutch Iris Echium Fennel Monterey Cypress Plants Purple Sage Showy Island Snapdragon Wallflower (Erysimum) Wild Radish

March Bloomers

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 597 Views 1 Comment Arctotheca calendula, Ceanothus, Echium candicans, Eriysimum, Foeniculum vulgare, Gambelia speciosa, Hesperocyparis macrocarpa, Iris hollandica, lotus corniculatus, Raphanus raphanistrum, Salvia leucophylla

This is a selective view. I purposely left out the sourgrass (Oxalis pes caprae). If you have any kind of

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Seeds of Beauty

October 26, 2019October 28, 2019 Marty Nicolaus 704 Views 2 Comments Alexandra Endress, Flora Friday, Jutta Burger, Martin Nicolaus

Eight UC Berkeley undergraduates powered your Chavez Park Conservancy’s “Weed and Seed” project Saturday morning October 26, as part of

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Amazing Save

June 8, 2019June 6, 2019 Mosey2014 524 Views Eschsholzia californica

This exceptionally red California Poppy amazingly survived the rip-rap rehab job, so far. With soil torn up above it and

* Annual Bluegrass California Poppy Common Vetch Cut-leaf Geranium Lance-leaf Plantain Plants Purple Vetch Red-stemmed Filaree Rose Clover Scarlet Pimpernel White-stemmed Filaree

Flora Friday: More Bloomers

April 12, 2019April 16, 2019 Mosey2014 713 Views 2 Comments Anagallis arvensis, erodium cicutarium, erodium moschatum, Eschscholzia californica, Flora Friday, Geranium dissectum, Plantago lanceolata, Poa annua, trifolium hirtum, vicia benghalensis, Vicia sativa ssp. sativa

In today’s Flora Friday, we feature more bloomers. At this time, the park is thick with blooming plants. Not all

* Burrowing Owl California Poppy Fennel Ground Squirrel Jackrabbit Mallard Purple Vetch White-Crowned Sparrow

Open Circle Area Reopens

April 28, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 1291 Views Anas platyrhynchos, Athene cunicularia, Eschscholzia californica, Foeniculum vulgare, Lepus californicus, Otospermophilus beecheyi, vicia benghalensis, Zonotrichia leucophrys

The Open Circle art work, including the fresh air classroom and the border walkway, have reopened to the public. The

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