Gooseberry (ribes indecorum)

Gooseberry, originally uploaded by andrethegiant.

Spring is here officially. The flowers are blooming and it is spring break.

The photo is of a california native gooseberry (ribes indecorum). We've got it growing underneath our chinese elm. With such a horrible invasive tree, it's good to have some native shade-loving plants like this gooseberry and the heuchera.

Spring is here

Spring is here, thank goodness, and things are beginning to warm up.  The ceanothus are taking off, so is the artemesia.  Unfortunately, so is the oxalis.  That stuff is a pain.  We've been seeing more birds and insects too: