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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It’s always been a cheap thrill of mine to watch jaws drop when gardeners see their first purple-berried callicarpa. Even...
Riders (admirers, that is) of purple sage (Salvia leucophylla ), take note. Literary references aside, there’s a new cultivar called...
The first leaves are falling gently outside my living room window, and my Japanese maples have begun their annual transformation...
There are just over one hundred species of Erythrina (from erythros, Greek for red) found throughout the tropical regions of...
Milkweeds are a diverse and interesting group of plants. While most plants in our gardens are purely ornamental, milkweeds have...
Gardening on the bluffs above the ocean along California’s North Coast presents some particular challenges and special rewards for gardeners...
Cape heaths are interesting and striking members of Erica , a genus widely known because it also contains the commonly...
Toss the word “rare” into the description of a plant and gardeners perk up. In the case of island oak...
Although there are many garden-worthy North American native clematis, most of them live in relative anonymity. Precious few are available...