Lessons from Lotusland: Sustainability in the Garden
Lotusland is a thirty-seven-acre estate garden with landscape features dating from three different eras. R Kinton Stevens developed the property as a …
Plants: Flowering plants, vines, and bulbs
Bees in the ‘Burbs
OUCH! was the first word that came to mind when I thought about bees. I have definitely had my fair share of bee stings. However, since becoming invol…
Open for Viewing… Vancouver Island Garden Gem
The Milner Gardens and Woodland is a seventy-acre garden gem in Qualicum Beach, on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The proper…
A Trio of New Plants from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Some plants reveal their finer qualities slowly, like a complex wine. The three latest introductions from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (SBBG) were…
Clivia Obsession
Clivias have several unusual features, besides their ease of growth and longevity, that make them a good hobbyist’s plant. The plants are now of a m…
Delostoma lobbii
The Huntington Botanical Gardens is pleased to present Delostoma lobbii as the next Pacific Plant Promotions offering. In 1965 we received, from the U…
Gardening in the Public Eye
When you drive down the street, what catches your eye—a sweep of turf or a riot of colorful flowers? Front yards are where first impressions are mad…
Sun Shamrocks and Alleluia Flowers
It wasn’t much of a lawn, that ragged piece of turf that functioned as such in my first California garden some thirty years ago; it was well populat…
A Peek at the 2003 Great Plant Picks
The Great Plant Picks Program selection committee is in its third year of building a comprehensive list of ornamental plants well suited for use in th…