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It is a warm sunny day in October and the Elizabeth F Gamble Garden in Palo Alto is abuzz with...
Though Camellia reticulata has been somewhat out of fashion in recent decades, the time may be right for a resurgence...
On that projecting isthmus of land called the Cape Peninsula, at the bottom left hand corner of Africa, there can...
Several years ago I planted in my garden a dawn redwood purchased from Bay Area nurseryman Toichi Domoto. I was...
Here’s a worst case scenario: You’ve just passed on to your greater glory and are now standing face to face...
One of the most majestic of the West’s signature trees is giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) from the western slopes of...
Riders (admirers, that is) of purple sage (Salvia leucophylla ), take note. Literary references aside, there’s a new cultivar called...
The first leaves are falling gently outside my living room window, and my Japanese maples have begun their annual transformation...
Even in her seventies, Emily Moore made an impression with her beauty, grace, and energetic spirit. She had presence and...