Colorful Foliage along San Diego’s Coastline Lingers, despite the lack of rainfall and warmer, drier days. In the older, landscaped neighborhoods of Coronado, Point Loma, Pacific Beach, and La Jolla, you’ll find oleander and hibiscus blooming in many shades, and colorful bougainvillea creeping over garden walls. Look for the magnificent clusters of red flowers adorning the crowns of the flame eucalyptus (red-flowering gum) trees.
Magnolia, the southern-U.S.-native commonly planted as a decorative street tree in many of San Diego’s older neighborhoods, continues to bloom this month. Called the “queen of the flowering broadleaf evergreens,” its branches carry leathery, dark-green leaves and large, white blossoms of pleasing fragrance. This slow grower can reach heights of 30 feet, and, once established, is relatively insect- and disease-free.
The Chirping of Crickets tells us the warmer weather of summer is on its way. The critters’ plaintive pleadings for mates are heard wherever bits of semi-natural scenery cut across the urban tapestry of San Diego. Visit the Spruce Street suspension footbridge, just west of Balboa Park between Front and Brant streets. From the swaying bed of the 70-foot-high bridge, you can admire a canyon filled with green and gold grasses, nasturtiums, and eucalyptus, pepper, and palm trees. Sound effects begin by mid-afternoon.
Colorful Foliage along San Diego’s Coastline Lingers, despite the lack of rainfall and warmer, drier days. In the older, landscaped neighborhoods of Coronado, Point Loma, Pacific Beach, and La Jolla, you’ll find oleander and hibiscus blooming in many shades, and colorful bougainvillea creeping over garden walls. Look for the magnificent clusters of red flowers adorning the crowns of the flame eucalyptus (red-flowering gum) trees.
Magnolia, the southern-U.S.-native commonly planted as a decorative street tree in many of San Diego’s older neighborhoods, continues to bloom this month. Called the “queen of the flowering broadleaf evergreens,” its branches carry leathery, dark-green leaves and large, white blossoms of pleasing fragrance. This slow grower can reach heights of 30 feet, and, once established, is relatively insect- and disease-free.
The Chirping of Crickets tells us the warmer weather of summer is on its way. The critters’ plaintive pleadings for mates are heard wherever bits of semi-natural scenery cut across the urban tapestry of San Diego. Visit the Spruce Street suspension footbridge, just west of Balboa Park between Front and Brant streets. From the swaying bed of the 70-foot-high bridge, you can admire a canyon filled with green and gold grasses, nasturtiums, and eucalyptus, pepper, and palm trees. Sound effects begin by mid-afternoon.
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