Pacific Plant Promotions: Polygonatum prattii

Virtually no woodland garden is complete without the presence of at least one species of Polygonatum, generally known by its common name, Solomon’s seal. About sixty species of Polygonatum are known to science. They occur on every continent in the Northern Hemisphere, with the majority native to China and Japan.

  • Designing with Succulents

    Most books on succulents treat them as treasured collectibles or as individual works of art. Few address the value of succulents as landscape material, which……

  • California Gardener’s Guide, Volume II

    In the interest of full disclosure, I admit to being more than a little familiar with the format of Nan Sterman’s excellent new book, California……

  • The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes

    Grasses are in the news! A recent front-page article in the San Francisco Chronicle extolled the virtues of a tropical grass now being tested by……

  • Married to My Garden

    As Barbara Blossom Ashmun reveals in Married to My Garden, her new collection of essays, a romance with gardening may thrive even as relationships falter……

  • Chasing Wildflowers: A Mad Search for Wild Gardens

    Raconteur Scott Calhoun leaves his plant-loving reader ravenous for Baja fish tacos, Mexican Coca-Cola, ice-cold Tecate, Red Iguana mole, Johnny Cash, Ravel, Kandinsky, Yeats, Lewis……

  • Garden to Vase: Growing and Using Your Own Cut Flowers

    There seems to be a limited overlap between the universe of gardeners and the universe of floral designers. More’s the pity, for the two realms……

  • Flora of the Santa Ana River and Environs

    Oscar Clarke and his co-authors, Danielle Svehla, Greg Ballmer, and Arlee Montalvo, have produced a unique and compelling guide to the flora of the lower……

  • The Bellevue Botanical Garden: Celebrating the First 15 Years

    To celebrate the garden’s first fifteen years, the Bellevue Botanical Garden Society asked Marty Wingate and book designer Virginia Hand to sift through decades of……

  • Hortus Miscellaneous

    Hortus Miscellaneous is a handsome little volume, described as, “A Gardener’s Hodgepodge of Information and Instruction.” The authors have collected fascinating, amusing, and useful knowledge,&h…

  • Lawnscapes: Mowing Patterns to Make Your Yard a Work of Art

    If there is someone in your circle of friends who simply cannot give up his manicured lawn, regardless of its drain on water and energy……

  • Deer in My Garden, Volume I: Perennials & Subshrubs

    After nearly three decades managing Foothill Cottage Gardens nursery and developing demonstration gardens around her home and nursery, Carolyn Singer has more than enough credentials……

  • Unveiling the New Pacific Horticulture Website

    As other newspapers and magazines have concluded before us, the Pacific Horticultural Foundation board of directors recognized the need for a lively, current, and informative website to complement and…

  • Laboratory Report

    A Hot One A new habañero pepper, named ‘TigerPaw-NR’ has been developed in South Carolina. It was so named because a photograph of the pepper……