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Silk Floss Tree (Ceiba speciosa) While their flowers are certainly beautiful, I have always found these trees to be quite alien and intimidating — especially with their thorny trunks. Silk Continue Reading
Free Online Gardening Lectures from the University of California via Root Simple I just got back from a combined Master Gardener/Master Food Preserver conference put on by the University of Continue Reading
Native CA Plants in a Hidden Garden – Pierce College Botanical Garden via Animalbytes I had heard there was a native plant garden on the campus at Pierce College in Continue Reading
Great Design Plant: Paperbark Maple via Houzz Traditional Landscape by Duvall Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers Le jardinet Suited to small gardens but equally at home in larger landscapes, Continue Reading
Sanguisorba Discovered via Pinterest User By C’mai Sanguisorba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The common name is burnet. The plants are perennial Continue Reading
Gulf fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve Check out my collection of gardening essays, “From A Gardener’s Notebook” now available as a Kindle eBook. (You don’t need Continue Reading
An “In the garden…” short. Beauty in the garden in the form of a butterfly and a lovely hibiscus bloom. Check out my collection of gardening essays, “From A Gardener’s Continue Reading
Our transplanted basil cuttings are taking off well and I check in on the potting bench for a quick look at our bauhinia seedlings, lavender cuttings and more. Check out Continue Reading
Field Guide: Smoke Bush by Kendra Wilsonvia via Gardenista The color of the leaves, the contrast with other plants, the light shining through: for many this is the point of Continue Reading
Sulphur Fungus (Laetiporus sulphureus) Walking north into downtown Van Nuys I spotted this amazing example of a sulphur fungus growing in the crook of a tree. It was so brightly Continue Reading