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 the latter part of the last century, Gertrude Jekyll created her famous colored foliage borders and they caused a...
The water-frugal gardens we associate with Andalusia and with Moorish architecture have meaning to us beyond the present vogue for...
There are so many plants with colored or variegated foliage that it would be pointless to describe all or even...
Vireya rhododendrons are too lovely to lose. Native to mountainous jungles of the Malay-Indonesian archipelago, they have a dark history...
Throughout the great length of our Pacific Coast Mediterranean climate region winter can be a special, rewarding time in our...
California is blessed with many lilies. There is hardly a place in California where a lily cannot be found, but...
One highly satisfactory way of arranging plants in a garden is by geographical areas. This is not always possible, of...
The wild habitat of bearded irises is limited to the valleys and mountain ranges that lie to the north of...
Many people enjoy this Garden of Fragrance. Some visitors sit on its benches to enjoy the view or rest in...