Beneficial Buckwheats
For dramatic color and the durability to thrive in my garden, the wild native buckwheats are among my favorites.
Seasons: Spring
Wild in the City
California boasts close to 6,000 native plants—more than all other states combined—and in spring, its mountains and valleys come alive with color as these plants…
Celebrate Trees
Celebrate California Tree Week March 7-14, 2013
Defending Dinner
An attractive and effective deer-proof edible garden.
Drought Tolerant and Shrubby Jasmines for West Coast Gardens
There’s more to jasmine than delicate tendrils and sweet perfume. Explore these hardy forms which lend substance, structure, and colorful blossoms to West Coast gardens.…
Choice Palms
Undeservedly Rare Palms for West Coast Gardeners. In the Philippines they say if you could count the stars then you could count all the ways the coc…
Garden Allies: Butterflies
For children living in a tropical wonderland spotting yet another example of the extraordinary variety of life seems almost commonplace, or at least not…
Daffodil Success at Filoli
Brilliant fields of blooming daffodils are an important part of Filoli’s spring display, blooming in sequence from early February through May, in a color scheme…
Drought Tolerant Daffodils
Planted in fall, the returning rains initiate growth producing some of the earliest showy blooms of the new growing season. Extremely drought tolerant for six…