Oak: The Frame of Civilization & Oaks in the Urban Landscape: Selection, Care, and Preservation
Oak: The Frame of Civilization William Bryant Logan, 2003. WW Norton & Company, 5 x 8 inches, 336 pages, $15.95 (paper) Oaks in the Urban…
Plants: Trees and Shrubs
Nicole de Vesian—Gardens: Modern Design in Provence
Several years ago, we had the immense pleasure of spending a day with Louisa Jones in the south of France, visiting a few of her…
An Introduction to the Geography, Climate, and Flora of Chile
Nearly 4,300 species of vascular plants occur in Chile’s diverse habitats, of which forty-five percent are endemic, a rate that can be attributed to…
The Informed Gardener & The Informed Gardener Blooms Again
Myths abound in the world of horticulture. Some are based in fact, but have become exaggerated over the years; others had their genesis in the…
Grevilleas for the Maritime Pacific Northwest
Native shrubs from Down Under, grevilleas are proving to be cold hardy and adaptable to the maritime Pacific Northwest. Drought-tolerant and carefree,…
Pacific Plant Promotions: Ercilla volubilis
Native to the southern half of Chile, Ercilla can be found along the edges of woodlands and in mixed thickets, from the foothills of the Andes to the …
Trinidad’s Sea Stack Gardens
In addition to present-day sea stacks where native plants predominate, there are sea stacks of sixty thousand years ago that now rest in people’s ga…
The Legacy of the Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation
Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation (SHRF) began offering new trees and new California native plant selections to the California landscape in t…
Best Grevilleas for Southern California
Grevilleas have long been popular in coastal regions of Northern and Central California, due in great measure to the efforts of the UC Santa Cruz Arbo…