Species Tulips
I know. I’m a pushover. All it took was that short passage by Elizabeth Lawrence, and I was hooked.
Searching bulb catalogs for Tulipa hageri re…
Seasons: Spring
A New Sage: ‘Amethyst Buff’
Riders (admirers, that is) of purple sage (Salvia leucophylla ), take note. Literary references aside, there’s a new cultivar called ‘Amethyst Blu…
‘Carol Mackie’ — Queen of the Garden
The first leaves are falling gently outside my living room window, and my Japanese maples have begun their annual transformation to the brilliant colo…
Cape Heaths in Santa Cruz
Cape heaths are interesting and striking members of Erica , a genus widely known because it also contains the commonly cultivated European heaths. Tho…
Pacific Plant Promotions: Deppea splendens
When Pacific Plant Promotions (PPP) was in the planning stages, we agreed that a blockbuster plant was needed to launch this project. Deppea splendens…
Clematis Go Native in the Pacific Northwest
Although there are many garden-worthy North American native clematis, most of them live in relative anonymity. Precious few are available in commerce,…
A New Pittosporum
Native to China, Pittosporum brevicalyx first came to the attention of the Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation (SHRF) in the early 1980s. In 19…