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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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...
With over one hundred genera and nearly 2000 species, the mallow family (Malvaceae) includes a fascinating and beautiful array of...
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, commonly called Chinese or tropical hibiscus, has the unusual distinction of being a “manmade” plant. Although the genus...
Eucalypts originated in Australia about twenty-five million years ago, when deserts and tropical and temperate grasslands began to develop on...
When Pacific Plant Promotions (PPP) was in the planning stages, we agreed that a blockbuster plant was needed to launch...
Native to China, Pittosporum brevicalyx first came to the attention of the Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation (SHRF) in the early...