The Pageant of Roses Garden at Rose Hills Memorial Park
The beauty and versatility of roses as landscape plants is what makes the Pageant of Roses Garden at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California,…
Plants: Flowering plants, vines, and bulbs
Observations in a Small Garden
I gave myself time on July fourth to simply relax in the garden and watch the comings and goings of birds and insects attracted to the flowers. High o…
The Life of Dr Francesco Franceschi and his Park
More than one hundred years ago, Dr Francesco Franceschi wrote of his desire to establish an acclimatizing garden not far from the city of Santa Barba…
Ceanothus ‘Blue Cloud’ & Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis ‘Silver Surprise’
We are pleased to offer two distinctly different plants through Pacific Plant Promotions—something old and something new, and both blue. The old pla…
Some Like It Hot… And Dry
It’s said that Seattleites don’t tan, they rust. Some years are certainly wet, but recently we have had so little rainfall that we have had water …
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden: 75 Years Promoting Knowledge, Conservation, and Landscape Use of California’s Native Flora
Every so often, one encounters an historical figure whose prescience is so startling as to suggest that she had the benefit of time travel. Such a fig…
Gardening a One-lane Blacktop
Twelve years ago, I found my present house in Victoria, BC, and began to develop a new garden around it. At the same time, I became acquainted with me…
My Garden Notebook: July to September
Years ago, when we first lived here, the farmer whose field is directly over my eastern fence kept a flock of sheep—one ram and many ewes and lambs.…
Central Valley Gardening, Mediterranean Style
The UC Davis Arboretum has opened a new educational resource for Central Valley gardeners—the Arboretum Terrace home demonstration garden. Located i…