Garden Alphabet: Apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
Garden Alphabet: Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) I am not a big fan of apricots myself. I find their flavor a little off-putting, but I know many people who adore them. It seems Continue Reading
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Garden Alphabet: Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) I am not a big fan of apricots myself. I find their flavor a little off-putting, but I know many people who adore them. It seems Continue Reading
Apricot blossoms seen on my neighborhood walk today. Read more on this topic: Video: Container Garden Update 011 – Frost in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles Photos: Fall Continue Reading
These Japanese Evergreen Pear (Pyrus kawakamii) are popular street trees in Los Angeles. I notice on my walk today that those along Van Nuys Blvd were beginning their yearly bloom. They Continue Reading
Garden Vocabulary: Palmatum Today’s Garden Vocabulary is another garden epithet — a descriptive term — usually Latin — that is used as part of a plants name to describe its Continue Reading
Interesting Plant: Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’ (Coral Bark Japanese Maple) I grew up in Ohio surrounded by maple trees of all sorts, from the large over-arching hard maples on the Main Streets Continue Reading
Interesting Plant: Anemone Discovered via Pinterest User, Growers Garden Stenocarpus sinuatus, known as the Firewheel Tree is an Australian rainforest tree in the Protea family. The range of natural distribution is in various rainforest types from the Nambucca River (30° S) Continue Reading
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Photo montage from of some Fall Color here in the San Fernando Valley. Photos used in this video can be found in this photo set, Fall Arrives in the San Continue Reading
As always, let me know what types of interesting items you would like to see and I will keep an eye out for them especially. — Douglas Garden / Kevin Continue Reading
A short walk through the neighborhood today yielded these shots of some of the rare Fall color we get here in Southern California. The liquidambar trees offer a bit of Continue Reading