By Linda Skeff In February, while much of the San Lorenzo Valley still feels suspended between winter storms, Pink flowering currant is already in bloom. Long before most native shrubs have opened a bud, its cascading pink flower clusters hang along woodland edges and creek corridors, signaling the beginning of another growing season in the Santa Cruz Mountains. That early timing is no accident — it is an ecological strategy. This shrub pushes o…
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