Yukiwariso: Small Jewels from Japan
They are small, beautiful, and expensive. They have a cultish following among Japanese, American, and European plant lovers. Their blossoms are only a…
Seasons: Spring
Pacific Plant Promotions: Passiflora parritae
The genus Passiflora contains 465 species and five subspecies, as listed by the Passiflora Society International. Few rival the size and beauty of Pas…
Iris douglasiana ‘Pt Reyes’
Douglas iris (Iris douglasiana) is easily one of the most familiar and popular of West Coast native perennials. Its natural range extends from Souther…
Trees of San Diego: Daisies… On a Tree?
As we discover the world around us, every so often we come upon something that surprises us to the point that we are just plain astounded. Such was th…
Central Valley Gardening, Mediterranean Style
The UC Davis Arboretum has opened a new educational resource for Central Valley gardeners—the Arboretum Terrace home demonstration garden. Located i…
Ceanothus ‘Blue Cloud’ & Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis ‘Silver Surprise’
We are pleased to offer two distinctly different plants through Pacific Plant Promotions—something old and something new, and both blue. The old pla…
A Gardener’s Notebook: April to June
There’s a gazing ball, one of those mirrored silver orbs, in a vase in the gazebo, put there a long time ago when some project going on elsewhere th…
A Gardener’s Notebook: January to March
I was given as a gift, recently, a thermometer that records, for a twenty-four-hour period or until reset, the highest and lowest temperatures reached…
Roadside Roses
Once upon a time, Sunday drivers could count on seeing roses, many of them climbers, as they drove along suburban streets or through the countryside. …