Gardening with California’s Monocots: Grasses
Grasses are members of the Poaceae, or grass family, which has 650 to 900 genera and about 10,000 species worldwide. California’s native grasses hav…
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Koala Blooms: New Australian Plants
Each year, The Arboretum at UC Santa Cruz ,(UCSC) works closely with growers in Australia and here in California to introduce new plants through a uni…
A Salvia Garden in Sonoma
In 1961, Willa and Ned Mundell purchased *their home on East Napa Street in the town of Sonoma. A few blocks away from their spacious property lies th…
Rudolph Ulrich’s Arizona Gardens
In 1880s California, there existed a distinct and exotic type of garden known as the "Arizona garden." Laid out formally and composed of a combination…
Sudden Oak Death
When I learned that the California black oak (Quercus kelloggii) in my backyard was among the species that sudden oak death (SOD) kills, I gazed dubio…
Observations in a Small Garden: Rosa ‘Just Joey’
As a child, I avoided planting hybrid roses in my garden and could not appreciate my neighbors’ roses given the effort needed to keep them healthy a…
PPP Offering for Fall 2004 A Rare California Delphinium
Delphiniums may be among the most traditional of perennial garden plants in the midwestern and eastern United States, but on the West Coast, hybrid de…
Landscape Design for Fire Safety
California—and much of the West—is designed to burn. All it takes is a spark from a downed power line or a power mower, a hot muffler, a carelessl…
Gardening with California’s Monocots: Lilies
Throughout history, gardens worldwide have been adorned with lilies. The elegant spires topped with waxy, sometimes fragrant flowers have appeared in …