Red Hot
As Salil Bhatt’s images show, the San Ramon Valley is red hot with exotic Callery or Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana) planted along neighborhood streets. Native color (western sycamore, valley oak and Frémont cottonwood) is still patchy, though approaching peak. The Tri-Valley region (Livermore, San Ramon and Amador valleys) of the East Bay is otherwise peaking in […]