Ralph Moore: Father of the Miniature Rose
You would never know that Ralph Moore was internationally famous in the rose world by visiting his modest nursery or watching him work—even at the a…
Topics: Gardens & Design
Microbiota and Taiwania, the Small and the Large of it
The Russian or Siberian arborvitae (Microbiota decussata) is most often known in the nursery trade and among gardeners by its botanical name, microbi…
Marnie’s Mediterranean Playground
For years, the small front yard of Marnie and Jim McNeill’s home in Victoria, British Columbia, had been a near wasteland. Shallow soils above grani…
Why Use Mediterranean Plants in the Pacific Northwest?
We have always been fascinated with the Mediterranean—its culture, its art, its many languages, and, most of all, its plants. We even bought an aban…
Creating a Southern California Garden—Slowly
After the "oohs" and "aahs," the comment I hear most often from garden visitors is "I bet this is just how you dreamed it would look!" I chuckle to my…
Observations in a Small Garden: Rosa ‘Just Joey’
As a child, I avoided planting hybrid roses in my garden and could not appreciate my neighbors’ roses given the effort needed to keep them healthy a…
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…
Landscape Design for Fire Safety
California—and much of the West—is designed to burn. All it takes is a spark from a downed power line or a power mower, a hot muffler, a carelessl…
Isabelle Greene: Botanist, Artist, and Landscape Architect
Isabelle Greene is one of California’s best known and most innovative landscape architects. Her gardens have been profiled in numerous national publ…