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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plants for a Plant Zoo: Bat- Faced Cuphea (Cuphea llavea aka C. blepharophylla)border

Karen November 15, 2022 0 Comments

Whether you find the flowers of this evergreen sub-shrub scary or beautiful you will have to admit they are unusual and fascinating! With a hairy purple calyx and 2 upward…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Mexican Heather (Cuphea hyssopifolia)

Karen May 11, 2020 0 Comments

Also known as false heather and elfin herb, this small evergreen sub-shrub is native to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. It is a member of the loosestrife family, Lythraceae, that also…

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A March Visit to the Getty Center Garden, Los Angeles, California

Karen March 15, 2011 2 Comments

A visit to the Getty Center garden is always fun but is especially nice in March because the weather is cool and the garden is beginning to awaken. Many plants…

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Plants for a Mary Garden: Italian Daisy (Aster amellus) “Our Lady’s Birthday Flower”

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)

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Book Review: Tiny + Wide

Meadow Garden

Meadow Garden: Tall Native Flowering Perennials for Moderate to Dry Soil in Full Sun

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