Large stands of Romneya coulteri, or Matilija poppy, at West Valley College, show their true beauty when students are not actively...

Big leaves, big tree, at least that is how I remember this tree from my parent's property when they lived in Washington State. The...

There is potential with this native plant! Today, landscape architects seek opportunities to utilize native species wherever they...

Considered a native of the West, but this is a cultivar of unknown origin (to me). Most online sources avoid using the species epithet,...

Ages ago, I briefly lived in a warehouse on the Carquinez Strait. The town of 300 was the remnants of an old ferry crossing to Benicia. ...