An Unknown Tree Research Site in Santa Clara Valley
As commuters speed along one of Silicon Valley’s major arterials, most would probably be surprised to know they were passing one of the West’s hid…
Seasons: Spring
New Entrance Garden at UC Botanical Garden: An Explosion of Arid Exotica
The new entry plantings at the UC Botanical Garden reflect the diversity of the garden while maintaining a cultural and aesthetic continuity with the …
The Alchemy of Watershed Restoration
"Turning stormwater challenges into benefits” is the heart of Brock Dolman’s message, his gospel for a Gaian future and an ecoliterate culture for…
Mediterranean Splendor in Leucadia
In the seaside community of Leucadia in San Diego County, where municipal planting often consists of little more than the same overused trees and shru…
The Gardens of Lake Park
After years of gardening on a modest suburban lot, Mary Lynn Cox, moved to a retirement community. She was surprised to learn that she need not have l…
Great Plant Picks 2005: Rhododendrons
In horticultural circles today, form and texture are much ballyhooed in landscape design; yet, flower color will always have a powerful allure—much …
Gardening with California’s Monocots: Slink-pod
Slink-pod or adder’s-tongue (Scoliopus bigelovii), a long-lived perennial herb, is a memorable plant for woodlands, moist slopes, and shady rock gar…
Toadshades of the Santa Cruz Mountains
The group of Trillium species known as toadshades could well be the most American of all plants—the widest ranging of all American endemics, native …
PPP Offering for Fall 2004 A Rare California Delphinium
Delphiniums may be among the most traditional of perennial garden plants in the midwestern and eastern United States, but on the West Coast, hybrid de…