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of the plant die (after a life of 10 or 20 years, not a century), and the stalk, bearing a crop of seeds, dries up as well.


Monkey-Flowers of various species are putting on an excellent display this month around San Diego. Look for these low, shrub- like plants with tubular yellow, orange, or red flowers wherever native vegetation clothes the land- scape — from the coastal bluffs to the lower slopes of the mountains. As you drive Interstate 8 or 805 near Mission Valley, look for the rust tint these flowers give to the steep hillsides. On the terraces just above San Onofre State Beach, you can usually see springtime monkey- flower blossoms of every intermedi- ate shade from yellow to red.


Flower Fields A-Bloom For more than 60 years, Mother Nature has transformed the rolling hills of North San Diego County into a spectacular (albeit coordinated) display of natural color and beauty. The 50 acres of Giant Tecolote Ranunculus flowers that make up the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch are in bloom March through May. The fields are a result of over 85 years of floral cultivation that began when Luther Gage settled in the area in the early 1920s and began growing Ranunculus seeds in his fields next to Frank Frazee’s small vegetable farm in South Oceanside. This started a business called “Luther Gage Giant Teco- lote Ranunculus bulbs.” The name “tecolote” came from the owls that nested on the property. Through


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