Growing for Biodiversity
Dig deeper into ecologically functional gardens that support food webs and pollinators by including native and keystone plants, minimizing lawn, and providing wildlife habitat.
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…I started to wonder if I could design a course that encouraged freshmen to recognize the beauty and wealth of...
A brief report from the world of science compiled by Ann Northrup
In cultivation, champaca (Magnolia champaca, formerly Michelia champaca) matures at between twenty-five and forty feet. The bright green, glossy leaves...
Nearly 4,300 species of vascular plants occur in Chile’s diverse habitats, of which forty-five percent are endemic, a rate that...
Japanese blueberry tree (Elaeocarpus decipiens) is a beautiful, broad-leaved evergreen from East Asia.
Few spring-blooming trees are more spectacular than the trumpet trees. In March and April, they enliven Southern California neighborhoods with...
Landscape architect Ralph Cornell added macadamias to the primary orchard at Llewellyn and Avis Bixby’s Rancho Los Cerritos estate, in...
With their fat, thorny trunks and branches, tropical-looking foliage, and exotic, hibiscus-like flowers, the floss-silk trees are among the most...
Over 460 million years ago, plants and mycorrhizal fungi formed a beneficial relationship below the soil surface that nurtured and...