This "lawn" near one of the pools, the Schaal Aquatic Center I believe, was on small strip of heavily sloped land. I think it's a type of carex. It had the lush greenness of lawn without all the mowing and watering. It sat across from a wide flat space of traditional lawn. So it looked like an experiment to me.
I saw rainlilies blooming for the first time last Friday while doing maintenance in a garden in Fremont. Because of the huge storm we had last Tuesday the lilies were blooming. Then, at the UC Davis Arboretum on Sunday, I saw some more. Quite a few actually. They are really beautiful, delicate flowers. I believe in both instances they were Zephyranthes candida. As you can see from the picture the flowers were already on their way out.
More on the Arboretum later.
Hey those are some mighty fine pictures!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat unmown lawn looks like Festuca rubra to me.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to hear more on the Arboretum. What you showed was great and most intriguing. I'd like to see more of UC Davis, etc. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteBrent it may very well be. I'd never seen F. rubra planted like that, but many pics of it on the net as meadows look very similar.
ReplyDeleteIn understand the UC Davis plant sale takes (took?) place about this time of the year. You can look at great exhibits...and then get some pretty interesting plants...
ReplyDeleteI missed it. It was the week before unfortunately.
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