A Few Quick Pictures on a Windy Day

This has been a good year for Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’

Someday, I'll create a full post on the plants of Howard & Smith, a California nursery from the early part of the twentieth century.  But for now, here is one of their introductions from 1938--'Poinsettia', which the American Rose Society rates as 4.8, well within the "Not Recommended" range.

Jasminum officinale

'Heinrich Conrad Söth'