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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The beautiful and resilient Pacific Coast iris flourishes in West Coast gardens.
Located at the tip of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, Sequim has become “America’s Provence,” the unlikely lavender...
Information, links, and further resources for gardeners looking to explore clivia culture.
Homegrown Mushrooms. An unlikely crop flourishes in a semi-desert, LA canyon landscape.
There’s more to jasmine than delicate tendrils and sweet perfume. Explore these hardy forms which lend substance, structure, and colorful...
Poet’s Jasmine (Jasminum officinale) is a surprisingly hardy vine that thrives in gardens west of the Cascades offering intoxicating fragrance...
A remnant grove of Engelmann oaks (Quercus engelmannii), one of the highlights of the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic...
Decidedly underused, the genus Ribes is available in a dizzying number of ornamental species and cultivars for the West Coast...
Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica) seems exotic yet familiar, all at the same time. With many worthy ornamental traits and an...