California Native Plant Society-Milo Baker Chapter

California Native Plant Society-Milo Baker Chapter Welcome to the Milo Baker Chapter of the California Native Plant Society (CNPS). Our chapter, which

Let’s hear it for the hard chomping caterpillars during California Invasive Species Action Week June 6 to 14! Anise swal...
06/08/2026

Let’s hear it for the hard chomping caterpillars during California Invasive Species Action Week June 6 to 14! Anise swallowtails on European anise (Foeniculum vulgare). Slow but steady!

Harvest Brodiaea (Brodiaea elegans), Photos 1-3, in prime blooming time and Ithuriel’s Spear, Photos 4-5, just winding d...
05/31/2026

Harvest Brodiaea (Brodiaea elegans), Photos 1-3, in prime blooming time and Ithuriel’s Spear, Photos 4-5, just winding down in inland Sonoma County. There are pockets of these members of the Lily family on grassy hillsides. They are 2 of the 4 similar genera of Themidaceae. For a delightful video on these 4 and how to tell them apart, see the Jepson Herbarium YouTube channel. Also check out their video on Clarkias, flowers in full display right now.

More natives in the built environment- here in town, front yard of a cannabis dispensary. Unusual buckwheat (Eriogonum n...
05/21/2026

More natives in the built environment- here in town, front yard of a cannabis dispensary. Unusual buckwheat (Eriogonum nudum ‘Ella Nelson’) and unspecified phacelia with clarkia, all among other low growing plants. A nice late spring palette.

RED! In a shady canyon near you. Columbines (Aquilegia Formosa), Cobweb thistle (Cirsium occidentale), and a Catchfly or...
05/17/2026

RED! In a shady canyon near you. Columbines (Aquilegia Formosa), Cobweb thistle (Cirsium occidentale), and a Catchfly or Indian pink (Silene laciniata ssp. californica) with Red ribbons (Clarkia concinna). Possible locations Shiloh Ranch Regional Park, Windsor or Clover Springs Preserve in Cloverdale.

Ocean Spray or Cream bush, (Holodiscus discolor). Common in the wild especially near coast but here at Sonoma State Butt...
05/13/2026

Ocean Spray or Cream bush, (Holodiscus discolor). Common in the wild especially near coast but here at Sonoma State Butterfly Garden, just getting going. Excellent in the shady garden, mid size shrub.

Native plants in the built environment- a lovely monkey flower planting at Little Saint cafe and store in Healdsburg. Pr...
05/10/2026

Native plants in the built environment- a lovely monkey flower planting at Little Saint cafe and store in Healdsburg. Probably Diplacus bifidus ‘White’. There are many varieties blooming in gardens right now!

Farewell to my Farewell to Spring (Clarkia amoeba) patch! Oh well, isn’t a habitat garden supposed to welcome all beasts...
05/08/2026

Farewell to my Farewell to Spring (Clarkia amoeba) patch! Oh well, isn’t a habitat garden supposed to welcome all beasts, even deer? Or did they just do a little snipping for more branching? All I know is they ate EVERY fat bud!

Native plant gardeners! Check out the huge sale put on by the students of Santa Rosa Junior College Sunday May 3 9AM-2 P...
05/02/2026

Native plant gardeners! Check out the huge sale put on by the students of Santa Rosa Junior College Sunday May 3 9AM-2 PM at Shone Farm 7450 Steve Olsen Lane, Forestville. Our own Board member and professor Nicole Schlumberger plus Board member Jane Rehm will be available for advice and direction.

Fuel reduction at a caterpillar 🐛 pace. Pacific tent caterpillar on a Coast Live oak (Quercus agrifolia)
05/02/2026

Fuel reduction at a caterpillar 🐛 pace. Pacific tent caterpillar on a Coast Live oak (Quercus agrifolia)

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