Alfalfa butterflies, also called orange sulphurs, are one of the most widespread butterflies in the US occurring coast to coast except in Florida. They can be found in a wide…
Native to rocky cliffs and steep slopes at low elevations in the mountains in southern Oregon and California, this evergreen succulent perennial is a member of the stonecrop family, Crassulaceae,…
If you live along the southeast coastline and want to attract the gopher tortoise, this wiry evergreen shrub provides a fruit that is favored by this very special reptile. Why…
Native to chaparral and woodlands of the coast and coastal mountains of southern California and northern Baja California, this summer deciduous shrub is a member of the plantain family, Plantaginaceae,…
Gardenlust, by garden designer, Christopher Woods, is a virtual tour of 50 unique 21st century gardens around the world. From the Chihyly Garden and Glass in Seattle, Washington, and the…
Also called cat’s bell, this herbaceous annual is native to India and Southeast Asia but was introduced the southeastern US, probably as green manure, but it escaped cultivation, naturalized, and…
Also known as wedgeleaf ceanothus, this evergreen shrub is native to Oregon, California, and northern Baja California, where it grows in several habitats, especially chaparral. It is a member of…
Although true port wine is a fortified wine produced in the Douro Valley of northn Portugal, other similar wines are produced in other countries including Argentine, US, Australia, Canada, France,…
This spiny, summer deciduous shrub is native from central California to Baja California where it grows in the scrub and chaparral of the coastal mountain ranges. It is a member…
Coppice Agroforestry, by Mark Krawczyk, is a comprehensive guide to the practice of coppicing, a sustainable method of forestry management that involves cutting trees and shrubs down to near ground…
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