visiting a garden center somewhere in southern california

Sometime during my transformation into a gardener, I started stopping by garden centers and nurseries whenever I traveled. I'm always looking for interesting plants and yard ornamentation. You never know what you will find. Katie and Sean have tasked Pat, Annie and me with figuring out what to plant in their yard. That will be the subject of a forthcoming blog. In our touring with Annie we stopped by her local garden center. It was a marvelous place with lots of plants and stuff. I approached a nursery worker for help. We wanted to buy Annie a bush for her yard. When I explained this to the young lady, she said: "Oh her, we know Annie, She's here all the time." She took the bush I had picked and got a better speciman. We bought Annie a blueberry bush. Pat and I are going to plant one in the front yard this spring so we can compare how each is doing. I'd like to plant everything I took pictures of in our yard. I wonder how the airlines feel about carry-on plants?

This type fern was Katie's one attempt at apartment gardening. Pat and I bought it for her on our first visit. It didn't make it.

There's flowers, sunshine and bees. What am I going to do?

How could I resist taking another picture of a bee?

Finally something I recognize. It's a hellebore. I never thought of the lenten rose as a southern California plant. Maybe it's because I've never seen a yard with shade in southern California.