Plant Profile: Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum)
Karen Also known as greasewood, this evergreen spreading or prostrate shrub is native to California and Baja California and is the most abundant species in the California chaparral. It is a…
Plant Profile: Cardinal Catchfly (Silene laciniata)
Also known as fringed Indian pink and Mexican campion, this herbaceous perennial is native to northern Mexico and southwestern US from California to Texas and is a member of the…
Plant Profile: Bluff Lettuce (Dudleya farinosa)
Also known as powdery liveforever, and powdery dudleya, north coast dudleya, and sea lettuce, this evergreen succulent is native to the coastlines of northern California and Oregon where is grows…
Plant Profile: California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica)
Also known as coastal sagebrush and California sagewort, this evergreen shrub is native to northern Baja California and much of central and southern California where it is often associated with…
Plants for a Plant Zoo: Buffalo Grass (Buchloe dactyloides)
How about a plant zoo turf that does not need fertilizer, pesticides, or frequent mowing? Buffalo grass might be the answer and it has the additional benefits of being attractive,…
Book Review: The Twilight Garden
Karen Meyers The evening can be on of the most wonderful times to enjoy a garden and author, Lia Leendertz, explores the joys of a garden that can be appreciated as much…
Plant Profile: Canyon Liveforever (Dudleya cymosa aka Echeveria cymosa)
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,…
Plants for a Plant Zoo: Gopher Apple (Licania michauxii aka Geobalanus oblongifolius)
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…
Plant Profile: Buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus)
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…
Plant Profile: Fuchsia Flower Gooseberry (Ribes speciosum)
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…