The California Lavateras and Their Hybrids
In the world of mallows, the greatest hybridization effort—and most significant achievement—has involved the several compatible species in the tro…
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PPP Offerings for Fall 2003: Mimulus ‘Valentine’ & ‘Verity White’
Pacific Plant Promotions (PPP) is pleased to offer two spectacular California native subshrubs: Mimulus ‘Valentine’ and M. ‘Verity White’. The…
Early California Gardens
Harry M Butterfield spent his entire professional life in the Agriculture Extension Service of the University of California at Berkeley. He was born i…
Thomas Carruth
Walk into any rose nursery in most of the country and you will find roses that were created by Tom Carruth. As director of Weeks Nursery, he has estab…
Trees of San Diego: Flame Trees, Kurrajongs, and Bottle Trees
Considered by many to be Australia’s most spectacular group of flowering trees, the genus Brachychiton includes a number of beautiful trees that are…
Lessons from Lotusland: Sustainability in the Garden
Lotusland is a thirty-seven-acre estate garden with landscape features dating from three different eras. R Kinton Stevens developed the property as a …
Sun Shamrocks and Alleluia Flowers
It wasn’t much of a lawn, that ragged piece of turf that functioned as such in my first California garden some thirty years ago; it was well populat…
Thoughts from a Mediterranean Convergence
A remarkable series of events took place last fall. The Annual General Meeting of The Mediterranean Garden Society (headquartered in Greece) was held …
A Trio of New Plants from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Some plants reveal their finer qualities slowly, like a complex wine. The three latest introductions from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (SBBG) were…