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…
Regions: Southern California
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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…
Trees of the California Landscape
Trees define the California landscape, whether in the form of wind-sheared cypresses on Monterey County’s coastal bluffs, massive valley oaks studding interior valley grasslands, or…
Garden Allies: Amphibians
Frogs, toads, and salamanders are not the first creatures that might come to mind when thinking about garden allies, but they do eat heaps of insects …
Manzanita
Among the plants rooted in California is the genus Arctostaphylos, made up of evergreen shrubs commonly known by the Spanish folk name of manzanita or…
Chasing Wildflowers: A Mad Search for Wild Gardens
Raconteur Scott Calhoun leaves his plant-loving reader ravenous for Baja fish tacos, Mexican Coca-Cola, ice-cold Tecate, Red Iguana mole, Johnny Cash, Ravel, Kandinsky, Yeats, Lewis…
Flora of the Santa Ana River and Environs
Oscar Clarke and his co-authors, Danielle Svehla, Greg Ballmer, and Arlee Montalvo, have produced a unique and compelling guide to the flora of the lower…
Deer in My Garden, Volume I: Perennials & Subshrubs
After nearly three decades managing Foothill Cottage Gardens nursery and developing demonstration gardens around her home and nursery, Carolyn Singer has more than enough credentials…
Sweet Peas in California: A Fragrant but Fading Memory
Sweet peas were first grown in California’s Central Coast valleys on an agricultural scale in 1907. The region’s rich soil and benign climate were…