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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In spring the fragrance emanating from the lilac grove at Descanso Gardens in Los Angeles delights visitors to the garden,...
For many gardeners the love of plants dates far back into childhood where, with no formal instruction, the child was...
Mark McDonough of Bellevue, Washington, who has written extensively on alliums, says: “I am drawn to the wildflower attitude assumed...
The daisy flower head of many garden favorites — a central disk surrounded by radiating “petals” — is deceptively simple....
With the almost unlimited opportunities for garden, patio, and balcony living on the Pacific coast, fragrance should be carefully considered...
No group of American plants has contributed more to gardens than phloxes — not only the tall border phloxes, but...
Nature herself (and not just the local nurseryman) often does not give us the plants we need. From leisure world...
Penstemons are entirely of North America except for one: Penstemon frutescens which is from eastern Asia. Gardeners find them fascinating,...
The name madroño was long used in Spain for the strawberry tree, a plant of the maquis, thickets, and rocky...