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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One of the common names for Dudleya is “liveforever,” which speaks volumes about this western North American genus that thrives...
In the 1930s and early 1940s, whenever Francis and Marjorie Lester left their nursery, which they had moved from Monterey...
Horticultural development in Santa Barbara has depended greatly on its citizens and the love of plants that they brought with...
Growing hardy orchids is not for gardeners unwilling to take absurd and sometimes costly risks. In fact, one must steel...
For plant enthusiasts in the Pacific Northwest, fall has never represented the end of the gardening season but rather a...
My favorite candidate for eradication is English ivy. One of the worst pests around, this pesky creeper displaces native plants...
Over 460 million years ago, plants and mycorrhizal fungi formed a beneficial relationship below the soil surface that nurtured and...
For the fourth spring in a row, Pacific Northwest gardeners are able to share in the ruminations of thirty prominent...
In the 1800s, early settlers in Northern California’s Sonoma County found the gently rolling sand hills of the Vine Hill...