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The Ojai Garden: August 2009 Archives

August 11, 2009

Hot Pink

Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) flowers poke-weed-web1.jpgand berries are beguiling on a hot summer day in the City of Ojai Community Demonstration Garden.poke-weed-web2.jpgFour o'clocks (Mirabilis jalapa) are hardy, heat and drought tolerant plants.4o'clock-web1.jpgThe fragrant flowers open in the late afternoon and stay open through the sultry summer night.4'oclok-web2.jpgPhotos by Les Dublin.