TN Flora

HERE IS A VISUAL LISTING OF SOME OF THE ENORMOUS VARIETY OF PLANTS THAT SURROUND AND BLESS US HERE AT TIERRA NUEVA .

( For those visiting this page who are not residents of Tierra Nueva Co-

housing Community please note that this page was created originally

for the TN community as a gift to our friends and neighbors there.

Therefore the text will reflect that usage. Where ever you are viewing from,

do enjoy. )

The names of these plants came from Hari Nam when Jean Desilets and Irene Chadwick walked around the Tierra Nueva Cohousing Community with her, admiring the landscape on 6-13-07. Irene took notes of plant names and Jean took photos of the plants and has numbered, catalogued and “tweeked” the photos in preparation for this online site. We plan to have an IP (image presentation) in our video room at the Common House once the video equipment there is ready for High Definition, Digital imaging. In addition Jean and Irene have continued to find , photograph and add to what we hope will be an ongoing list as each season continues to bring new flowers into bloom, fruit ripening on the trees, and new wonders of beauty to be discovered by any of us here in the community.

Members living in Tierra Nueva are all invited to join the continuing adventure of growing the list by e-mailing your additions, corrections, and new finds. For example, during April there was in bloom a stunning Sierra Blue Ceanothus commonly called the California Lilac, which we hope to add to our list.

Some of our other sources for the plant names came from the Plant List in the Common House made when the landscaping was put in, from the Sunset Western Garden Book, and Native Sons Nursery where Hari Nam got many of the plants we now love living with, and hope you will now enjoy here. Since this is an ongoing work of love please feel free to return often to see our latest editions and re-view your favorites.

Plant Notes: (Note the footnote numbers (after the caption) on a few of the images below)

1. Each bloom changes color from yesterday (purple) to today (lavender) to tomorrow (white). Hence its common name “yesterday, today and tomorrow”

2. The light green clusters that look like leaves are the flowers.

3. Large bush with large white blossoms. In spring the bush sends out runners multiply that over the landscape

4. Angel Trumpet has huge trumpet-shaped flowers the are fragrant only during the night.

5. “Live in the Mist” annual with a bee on the double blue mist blossom. Blue attracts bees more than any other color.

FLORA OF OUR TN COMMUNITY

IMG_4634 HEBE

IMG_4633 HEBE

IMG-7876 BRUMFELSIA (1)

IMG_7878 BRUMFELSIA

IMG_4660 CATALINA IRONWOOD TREE

IMG_4636 SANTA BARBARA DAISIES

IMG_4635 SANTA BARBARA DAISY

IMG_4619 CLEMATIS VINE

IMG_4621 CLEMATIS VINE

IMG_3179 ROCK ROSE

IMG_4661 ANISODANTIA BUSH

IMG_4746 CAMPANULA.

IMG_3317 CALLA LILY

IMG_2581 JACARANDA TREE

IMG_3421 JACARANDA LEAVES

IMG_4665 (1) ECHINUS

IMG_4666 (1) ECHINUS

IMG_4669 THAGETHES, MARIGOLD BUSH

IMG_4670 THAGETHES, MARIGOLD BUSH

IMG_4625 PASSION FLOWER

IMG_4626 PASSION FLOWER

IMG_4627 (1) LANTANA

IMG_4673 JASMINE

IMG_4671 LEUCADENDRON

IMG_4628 BREATH OF HEAVEN

IMG_4675 (1) RED BUD TREE

IMG_4676 (1) RED BUD TREE

IMG_4677 SWORD FERNM

IMG_4678 LENTEN ROSE (2)

IMG_4700 SPIREA

IMG_4699 (1) SPIREA

IMG_4749 HELLEBORE

IMG_4748 HELLEBORE

IMG_4752 (1) ARUM

IMG_4755 MOCK ORANGE

IMG_4775 (1) NATILIJA (3)

IMG_4761 WHITE SAGE

IMG_4762 WHITE SAGE

IMG_4756 (1) ALYOGENA

IMG_4759 ALYOGENA

IMG_4763 BRUGMAN-

SIA

IMG_4764 BRUGMAN-

SIA (4)

IMG_4757 MIGELLA

IMG_4773 (1) SEDUM, AUTUMN JOY

IMG_4772 (1) ECHEVERIA

IMG_4771 ALSTRUMERIA

IMG_4774 CLIVIA

IMG_3332 PROTEUS