The Self-Sustaining Garden: The Guide to Matrix Planting
One of the most important garden books I’ve ever read was Peter Thompson’s The Looking Glass Garden: Plants and Gardens of the Southern Hemisphere (Timber…
Plants: Foliage plants, grasses, and succulents
Green—in Beverly Hills?
My grandmother’s adage “Use it up, wear it out, make it do” might not seem like a mantra that most of Beverly Hills would adopt. But award the c…
Lessons from the NPA Borders: Spring Tasks
Early spring is a good time for a stroll around the Northwest Perennial Alliance Borders at the Bellevue Botanical Garden. A visit will not only offer…
It’s My Garden, and I’ll Try If I Want To!
We are all beginners, because our curiosity pushes us from one stage of gardening into new and unfamiliar territory, and, suddenly, we start learning …
Epimediums: Queens of the Woodland
Among the most beautiful and charming perennials in the woodland is the epimedium. The delicate early spring bloom and the lovely, yet unobtrusive fol…
Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden
When faced with the loss of her garden, Elda Behm saved more than just a few plants; she saved her entire garden—at least most of it— and it has b…
Houses of Los Angeles
The purpose of Sam Watters’s monumental tome was to document the grand estates built in the Los Angeles area between 1885 and 1935. In the…
Great Plant Picks: Ninety-one for 2008
Since the launch of the Great Plant Picks program eight years ago, almost 500 plants have been selected as the most reliable garden-worthy plants for …
Not Your Mother’s Hellebores: A New Look at Species and Hybrids (Part 2)
Selections from interspecific and intersectional hellebore crosses are widely available in a range of sizes, leaf shapes, and flower colors, thanks to…