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Planting the Plantsman’s Garden: 3 — Herbaceous Perennials

October 1, 1984

In the preceding article I mentioned a division between, on the one hand, those gardeners who are primarily plant collectors and are more interested in the plants themselves and their health than the total effect of their various associations, and, on the other hand, those who are more concerned with the beauty of a path, a view, and, ultimately, of a garden as a whole. I should like to think of these not as two irreconcilable stances but as two opposed moments, the systole and diastole, of gardening. It is true that when I stand in one of these positions I only dimly “see” the other. Either I am trying to improve a view and am busily planting or transplanting to that end, or I am trying to find the ideal conditions for a plant I can see in my mind’s eye as a magnificent specimen.

A Tale of Ticks in Public Gardens

July 1, 2011

individuals, including gardeners, who frequent rural or semi-rural environments long enough are likely to eventually find one or more ticks crawling on their bodies or affixed to their skin. Although the vast majority of tick species never or seldom bite people, certain species that do may deliver a dose of disease-causing viruses, bacteria, or protozoan parasites in their spit.

How the Genus Primula Connected Three Horticulturists, Resulting in Public Gardens, Conservation, and Cultivation

January 5, 2024

Winter 2024 As a budding horticulturist, I had no idea that two accomplished plantswomen from the mid-20th century, whom I’d never met, would steer my

The Summer-Dry Project

March 8, 2016

Our climate is changing. We may not like climate change but as gardeners, we are well suited to deal with it. By observing our gardens

Pacific Horticulture Staff

April 4, 2023

Our Team Committee Service: Executive and Development Donald Baldocchi is the owner of Pacific Nurseries in Colma, CA. He studied at UC Davis, graduating with

Prestigious Award Jury Calls for Gardens to be Ecologically Radical, Socially Bold

May 17, 2023

Spring 2023 Earlier this year a visionary group met as the committee formulating the criteria for Pacific Horticulture’s inaugural Design Futurist Award. For this new

Gaultheria

October 1, 2006

Amongst the best evergreen groundcovers are some of the nearly 180 species of Gaultheria. Their evergreen, alternate leaves distinguish them, as do their sometimes-scented, urn-shaped flowers and their edible berry-like fruits (technically, the swollen calyx), With their diversity of growing conditions, this genus adapts easily to gardens, particularly those in the Pacific Northwest.

Pacific Plant Promotions: Adiantum xmairisii

January 1, 2012

The delicate foliage of a fern adds a softness and grace to any garden. Maidenhair ferns (Adiantum species), in particular, are known for the beauty of their fine lacy fronds. Mairis’s maidenhair (A. xmairisii), is a rare hybrid, first raised before 1885 in Mairis & Co’s nursery in England.

A Tribute to our Retiring  Board Members

March 28, 2019

Thank you to these retiring PHS board members, people whose hearts, heads, and hands are at work in a variety of dimensions promoting the power of horticulture and gardens in this world.

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