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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Some plants reveal their finer qualities slowly, like a complex wine. The three latest introductions from the Santa Barbara Botanic...
Clivias have several unusual features, besides their ease of growth and longevity, that make them a good hobbyist’s plant. The...
Thirty years ago, I began planting eucalypts in my garden in Concord, California, located about thirty miles inland from San...
The Huntington Botanical Gardens is pleased to present Delostoma lobbii as the next Pacific Plant Promotions offering. In 1965 we...
The Great Plant Picks Program selection committee is in its third year of building a comprehensive list of ornamental plants...
I gave myself time on July fourth to simply relax in the garden and watch the comings and goings of...
Douglas iris (Iris douglasiana) is easily one of the most familiar and popular of West Coast native perennials. Its natural...
Cuphea is a genus of about 260 species in the loosestrife family (Lythraceae), the same family as crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia)....
In 1991 when we began the original Perennial Border project at the Bellevue Botanical Garden (BBG) the place we are...