Do you have any notion of the percentage of evergreen versus deciduous trees in your area? I hadn't given it much thought. I've been wanting to add conifers to my garden, not too big--and I want them to have an open canopy. But other than that, what I don't know is a...
I love finding inspiration from other people's searches on plant lust. I'll admit, I'm a little set in my ways in my garden, and sometimes doubt I'm going to be swayed by popular opinion. But I'm always pleasantly surprised at what jumps out at me and right onto my...
Oh sure, there's a lot going wrong with this dog-forsaken weather. But there's also quite a bit going right. So today, I'm looking at the garden as half full. (Even if all the rage is warning us we're due for a 9.2 earthquake that will swallow up 700 miles of the...
I bet I don't need to tell you, there are so many delights in the garden, it's hard to know which way to run. This greeted me when I opened the bedroom blinds yesterday morning. A dwarf Magnolia grandiflora loaded with blooms. It was here when we moved in, and I'm...