Cyclamen for Winter and Spring
There is something captivating about a cyclamen. Perhaps the daintiness of the reflexed petals or the bright clean colors of the flowers engage our ey…
Plants: Foliage plants, grasses, and succulents
Hardy Succulents: Tough Plants for Every Climate
If you ever thought that succulents lacked appeal, one look at the sumptuous photographs by Saxon Holt in this new book will change your mind.…
The Ruth Risdon Storer Garden: Evolution of a Valley-Wise Garden
Since it was first planted in 1980, the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden at the western end of the UC Davis Arboretum has been a beautiful place where home g…
HORTUS Revisited: A Twenty-first Birthday Anthology
On the Pacific Coast, we are afforded magnificent and opposing views of the world. To the west, we see the East, and to the east,…
Character Building
Joy's Eugene, Oregon garden today is filled with life. The local kids love to hide among the gigantic feather reed grasses, and neighbors often stop b…
Introduction to Fire in California
The University of California Press continues to put out an exceptional series of introductory texts and field guides to the natural history of the Golden…
The Untamable Beauty of California’s Wildflowers
Nothing is quite as evocative of California’s glorious natural attributes as the ephemeral beauty of her native annual wildflowers. In the habitat g…
The Secret is Finding the Right Landscape Designer
We had found our dream designer: Bernard Trainor. It was clear that Bernard was in the vanguard of a movement that celebrates gardening in the “spir…
Fire and Ice in a Southern California Garden
The year 2007 was an odd one for Southern California: a severe freeze in January, extreme heat in late summer, and fierce fires in October. Just a few…