Time in: 9:30am
Time out: 11:30am
It was a beautiful, breezy morning in the Herb garden as I greeted the same friendly group of people I met a few Tuesdays prior. I also had the pleasure to meet a couple more and they, of course, were just as kindly.
Time goes by quickly in this place as I did the same thing I enjoyed doing when I worked for a year at the neighborhood nursery. Back then, I use to make every effort to find my way out of the confines of the register booth to pick dead leaves off our four inch plant selection. A seemingly mundane task, I know, but I enjoyed the simplicity of it. I found it very meditative. It was always quiet in the bedding section and many a lesson about aphids, light sensitivity and plant identification came with it.
The same lessons apply here, in this wonderful place. Here are some plant species I encountered:
Definitely in the bean family, though I'm not sure of its name.
Lavendula x intermedia(Lullingstone Castle Lavender)
Borago officinalis(Borage)
Gossypium barbadense(Creole Cotton)
Sign: Though the flowers are one of the main sources of textile fibers, they are also used, when crushed and dried, to furnish a natural dye with good color fastness. It can give a yellow-tan color to both cotton and wool.
Capsicum frutescens 'Christmas Bell'*(Christmas Bell Chili Pepper)
*categorization may not be precise
In addition, The Huntington is providing a 6 week Botany course to those volunteers who are interested in joining, free of charge. Joe Hogg (he's the gentleman moving the wheelbarrow in the pic below) is encouraging me to take them since they don't offer these courses very often. The orientation is October 13th and classes will start on the 20th.
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