Is It Okay to Feed the Birds?
Birds are what bring a garden to life and gardeners have always known this. We plant fruit-bearing shrubs and trees as
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04, 2023
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11, 2023
Australian Fuchsia
Plants native to southwestern Western Australia are well known to gardeners in other mild, winter-wet, summer-dry climates. Less widely known, perhaps,
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01, 2023
April Showers Bring May Flowers — Or Do They?
If it seems that some of your trees or shrubs are leafing out or flowering early these days, it may be
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12, 2022
Environmental Benefits of Perennial Grasses
Perennial grasses have long been popular garden subjects, usually for their aesthetic value -- the meadow effect when used in large
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05, 2022
Solidago
If you're looking for a perennial that feeds many butterflies, birds, and bees and serves as a host plant for many caterpillars,
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04, 2022
Oaks for Small Gardens
Native oaks are larval hosts for more kinds of butterflies than most other plants, and caterpillars are the primary food that
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03, 2022
The Merits of Milkweed
Another great plant for habitat gardens, milkweeds (Asclepias species) support more than the critically endangered monarch butterfly. As most gardeners know, monarch
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06, 2021
Embracing Wildness and Change
It is possible that the most life-negating aspect of modern landscapes is the whole idea of landscape maintenance. Landscape maintenance implies --
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02, 2021
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Contact Us This is an on-going project, a plant database of the best plants for summer-dry gardens. Stay in touch through
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03, 2016
New Water Regulations for California
Supplemental water is critical for gardens. Even the most enthusiastic native plant gardener recognizes the urban environment is not natural and cannot