Fungicide Spray To Induce Drought Resistance
A brief report from the world of science compiled by Ann Northrup
Regions: Southern California
So. Cal
California Outback
In 2013, Jo O’Connell jumped at the opportunity to buy the junkyard next door. It was an opportunity to expand her thriving Australian Native Plants…
The Generosity of Succulents
“Can I just break off a piece to make more plants?” I frequently field this question at Solana Succulents, my nursery in Southern California, and …
Browning of the Greensward (Revisited)
The following essay is an excerpt of a story that first appeared in Pacific Horticulture in the fall of 1977 in which the author, a…
California Drought 2
Where water is missing, life is all but impossible. Where water is scarce, nature improvises. “San Diego’s New Water Conservation Garden,” a story by Sandra…
The Huntington Rose Garden
To stroll through the newly restored Rose Collection at The Huntington is to walk a line from the Gilded Age to the present day in…
Roses Popular in California in the 1850s
The three earliest nurseries in California were established by A.P. Smith of Sacramento in 1848, William C. Walker of San Francisco in 1849, and Colonel…
Balboa Park
One hundred years ago, the Panama-California Exposition—a Spanish Colonial Revival fantasyland—was built in Balboa Park. The exposition was a dari…
All in the (Horticultural) Family
Nancy Schramm remembers one of the West's great plantsmen—her dad.