Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens: A Tribute to Rhododendron Lovers
The Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden collection includes nearly one hundred species of Rhododendron, including representatives from most of the subgen…
Seasons: Spring
It’s My Garden, and I’ll Try If I Want To!
We are all beginners, because our curiosity pushes us from one stage of gardening into new and unfamiliar territory, and, suddenly, we start learning …
Epimediums: Queens of the Woodland
Among the most beautiful and charming perennials in the woodland is the epimedium. The delicate early spring bloom and the lovely, yet unobtrusive fol…
The Native Gardener’s Paintbox: Green
Gardeners can benefit from a technique used by florists, who add greenery to complement both exotic and pedestrian blossoms. An assortment of bold- to…
A Half-Century of Camellias Find a New Home
To move a collection of this age and size, we needed to find a location for the camellias in a relatively similar microclimate, to minimize any post-t…
Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden
When faced with the loss of her garden, Elda Behm saved more than just a few plants; she saved her entire garden—at least most of it— and it has b…
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…
Great Plant Picks: Ninety-one for 2008
Since the launch of the Great Plant Picks program eight years ago, almost 500 plants have been selected as the most reliable garden-worthy plants for …
A Recipe for Seeing
A garden is a setting for what can be an intensely personal aesthetic and even spiritual experience; in fact, this is the intended result of a well-de…