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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Although roses are the best loved flowers in the world, there are still many gardeners who hesitate to include them...
Ornamental grasses, the current rage in East Coast American gardens, have now taken root in the West. Their diversity, utility,...
The art of landscaping and the art of painting are closely allied, and at times they have been intimately connected....
While still a lad and studiously examining rose labels in the local nursery, I noted two that identified their cultivars...
The native stand of Rosa minutifolia in California is confined to a single quarter-acre plot in the southwest corner of...
In late January and February we sail through the doldrums on the fragrance of sarcococca, chimonanthus, and hamamelis and the...
I am often asked to name my favorite maples. Having worked with, propagated, and evaluated maples for over twenty years,...
Interest in urban tree-planting programs is at an all-time high today as politicians and members of the public alike jump...
Over two thousand years ago Hippocrates used the name origanum, which comes from the Greek oreos (mountain) and ganeos (beauty...