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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Fraxinum dipetala--Foothill Ash

The California native is blooming now at the UC Botanical Garden. I have never seen it before. So lovely! It is drought tolerant, but does better with some summer water, only about 20' high at maturity. Which makes it the perfect garden tree!

Caterpillarlady at 8:42 AM

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Caterpillarlady: As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, I studied Conservation of Natural Resources. I took a couple of entomology classes and became very interested in insects. After I graduated, I held several jobs working with bugs: in the fields of central California, the forests of Connecticut and Idaho, and the labs of Berkeley. Then I went to grad school and studied entomology at UC Riverside and UC Berkeley (back in the olden days when UCB had an entomology department). When my kids were little, I wanted to share my love of insects with them, so I started a butterfly garden before butterfly gardens were popular. Then of course, their teachers asked me to bring caterpillars into the classroom and I started doing classroom presentations. I do presentations in elementary schools, provide teacher trainings, teach adult school classes, and bring live insect specimens to garden fairs. My book is perfect for helping elementary school kids learn about butterflies.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Fraxinum dipetala--Foothill Ash

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