Wildly Successful: Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
The vibrant two-toned orange flowers of the plant we call montbretia brighten many a Northern California park or garden in summer. It is a survivor fr…
Plants: Flowering plants, vines, and bulbs
Our Berkeley Garden
A dialogue among rock, sculpture, and the craggy forms and wild demeanors of plants that thrive in a dry climate—such is the nature of our nine-year…
Thomas Carruth
Walk into any rose nursery in most of the country and you will find roses that were created by Tom Carruth. As director of Weeks Nursery, he has estab…
The Rogerson Clematis Collection: An Odyssey
The journey began in 1978, as Brewster Rogerson drove a van full of plants from Manhattan, Kansas, to Seattle, Washington. At least, that was the orig…
Clematis ‘Gravetye Beauty’
It would be hard to think of a clematis that has bedevilled more collectors and gardeners by sheer scarcity than the American species known as C. texe…
Tricyrtis: Tantalizing Toad Lilies
My eyes gaze over the fall garden. Hostas, so full and vital in spring and summer, succumb to their winter dormancy. Astilbes fade, geraniums melt int…
Seaside Roses
Perhaps I should start with a few of my prejudices. I don’t like to pick the roses in my garden (or have anyone else pick them), so none of my roses…
Wildly Successful: Acanthus mollis
In the fifth century BC, a Greek artist carved elegant leaves in the stone capitol at the top of a column, using a species of Acanthus as the model. H…
Stories From An Open Garden
When we first considered opening our garden, it was merely to share it with the neighbors and the many people who walk the long hill on which we live.…