Topic: California
Members of the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, plants in the botanical genus Ceanothus commonly are called California lilacs or wild lilacs. Ceanothus griseus Carmel creeper (Ceanothus griseus) is a native of California. Ceanothus gloriosus A low, sprawling evergreen shrub from California, Point Reyes ...
A shape that echoes the season. Take holiday greenery beyond the basics with a wreath in an unexpected shape. We love this angular Christmas-tree outline ? and used it to decorate the front door of Sunset's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, last ...
About 2,000 household cleaning products will be reformulated to reduce smog-forming compounds under a new regulation adopted Thursday in California.. The new standards will reduce emissions by nearly 7 tons per day, which is the equivalent of removing half a million cars ...
It has been 50 years since I started working with perennials, and 43 years since I began planting up my garden, Foggy Bottom, in Bressingham, England. The first in Massachusetts in 1997 was followed by more in Michigan, Toronto, Peoria and Sacramento, ...
The California poppy is an all American plant named by a German on a Russian ship. The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is deservedly the California state flower. Moreover, the California poppy is easy to grow and is frequently sold as a garden ...
The state flower of California , the California poppy is an easily recognizable golden orange flower. Known scientifically as, Eschscholzia califonica , this poppy of the Papaveraceae family is indigenous to the state of California. The flowers were discovered by a naturalist ...
Gardening on flat, easily managed, uncomplicated land is what most gardeners consider the norm. This is where the hillside garden comes into play. The hillside garden can make a beauty out of an awful eyesore. Due to the natural force of gravity ...
Thimble-berries come in two main forms; compact bushes and low ground cover. Thimble-berry bushes grow wild in the cooler, moister regions from Alaska to northern Mexico, and from California across the northern United States and Canada, especially in the Great Lakes regions. ...
There are three common names for Beaucarnea recurvata, including ponytail palm, bottle palm and elephant foot tree. In their native environment of Mexico, the plants can grow to thirty feet in height with a "foot" four to ten feet in diameter. The ...
Sweet peppers are a favorite among gardeners of all skill levels. Such peppers are native to the new world, specifically Mexico and Central America. Most common varieties of sweet peppers on the market ripen to yellow, orange, or red; and some recently-developed ...