Senecio douglasii

April 24, 2014
Senecio douglasii
Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
Senecio douglasii

Apr 24 2014 |

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Show Notes

IMG_9127 Petey finds botanical treasures among roadside garbage. 

It always happens this way; stop to look at one cool plant and lo and behold there are other interesting plants to see.  The original plant we stopped to see is Senecio douglasii and it is a wonderful perennial and deserves to be grown, so I gathered seed. Yay!!!

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