Laboratory Report (November 2020)
Sit Next to a Plant – It’s Good for You Does having a small houseplant on your desk improve your performance at work? Maybe: it…
Seasons: Fall
Plants for Fabulous Foliage
It is natural for creators of ornamental gardens to be attracted to the brightness and variety of flowers. Their colors and forms dazzle us and…
The Oregon Garden
The Oregon Garden, located in Silverton, Oregon, was founded by influential members of the Oregon Association of Nurseries to showcase the beauty of ornamental plants,…
Building a Sustainable City Garden
In times of isolation, as in the past several months of the pandemic, we seek out community and resources to enrich our lives. People need…
Laboratory Report (July 2020)
Bees Bite Plants to Encourage Flowering It’s every bumblebee’s nightmare: it is spring, and you are finally out and about, but the neighborhood plants are…
The Quest for the Best
Did you ever wonder how that latest plant variety made its way to your local nursery? Few people outside of the plant breeding and marketing…
Living History in the Garden
Lucy Tolmach spent 35 years working at Filoli, first as a gardener starting in 1977 before being promoted to Garden Superintendent in 1979. Her title…
Lester Rowntree
Lester Rowntree (1879-1979) pioneered the study, propagation, and conservation of California native plants. Through hundreds of magazine and journal articles, two critically acclaimed books,…
Re-oak Wine Country
The following account of a community’s remarkable response to tragedy is an excerpt of a story that appeared in the winter 2018 issue of Flora,…