Plants You Need
Take a closer look at plants you would like to know better and some you haven’t met, from regional plant communities to a genus of favorites to rare native species.
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Fall 2024 When I was a child, wandering in a big backyard planted in ornamental plants, fruits, and vegetables, I liked...
Fall/Winter 2024 The Tree Collectors by Amy Stewart is a collection of 50 short anecdotes about how people discover their passion...
Spring 2024 If you’re unfamiliar with the scientific name Sansevieria, perhaps you’ll recognize its nicknames “snake plant,” or my personal...
Winter 2024 If there were three words that could aptly describe the Metasequoia glyptostroboides—commonly known as the dawn redwood—we think...
Winter 2024 As you might have guessed from my previous article, I have a soft spot for begonias. But philodendrons...
Winter 2024 As I sat down to write this first article in a new series about houseplants, I was immediately...
Fall 2023 This article is excerpted and reproduced from What We Sow by Jennifer Jewell with permission from the author and Timber Press...
Fall 2023 Originally published in 2005, the highly regarded California Native Plants for the Garden is now in its 11th printing....
Fall 2023 Wallace Stevens wrote in his poem, “Of Mere Being,” about a “gold-feathered bird” that “sings in a palm, without...