A quick search on the web will help beginning West Coast gardeners with a good supply of information on what to do and when and how to do it. Plus there are many gardening books which tell the newcomer to the Coast how to grow the plants found at their local nursery. Although the gardening … Read more
This month the fragrance of tea olives, the Christmas rose of China and the lovely small tree Chimonanthus praecox (Meratia praecox), fills the air with delightful aromas. Camellias, with their fine forms and colors, lighten up the borders, dotted with the berries of nandina and hawthorn. How the birds love to feast on the berried … Read more
We are already looking ahead to spring. Former disappointments are forgotten, and they should be, except insofar as they keep us from repeating the same mistakes. Soon, the flower catalogs will be arriving. Although we know very well that we won’t grow all the intriguing things they offer, nor really believe all the glowing descriptions, … Read more