Some Silver-leafed Plants in California’s Central Valley
Silvery plants with a bright metallic sheen that are cold hardy, too, are few and far between. Though some plants may be white and show up well at nig…
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The Silver Tree
On that projecting isthmus of land called the Cape Peninsula, at the bottom left hand corner of Africa, there can scarcely be anyone unfamiliar with t…
Caulescent Hellebores… A Hint of Silver, a Touch of Platinum
Gardening and gossip seem to be of the same genre, which is perhaps why so many who engage in the former are so adept in the craft of the latter. It i…
A Winning Year
The year 2000 brought Pacific Horticulture awards to three garden design firms participating in garden shows on the West Coast. Our awards program, be…
Robert Ornduff, 1932-2000
Professor emeritus Robert Ornduff died September 22, 2000 in Berkeley from complications of metastatic melanoma. Bob was a field botanist par excellen…
Roots and Shoots, An Intergenerational Garden
It is a warm sunny day in October and the Elizabeth F Gamble Garden in Palo Alto is abuzz with parents pushing strollers, pre-schoolers chasing butter…
A Fresh Look at Camellia reticulata
Though Camellia reticulata has been somewhat out of fashion in recent decades, the time may be right for a resurgence of horticultural interest in thi…
Nature’s Masterpiece: Giant Sequoia
One of the most majestic of the West’s signature trees is giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) from the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada, whe…
On a Sonoma Hilltop
The home of Mary and Lew Reid sits atop a hill at the end an unpaved country road that winds for several miles through some of the best of Northern Ca…