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    Senecio candicans 'Senaw' (PP28,830)
    • 3 min

    Senecio candicans 'Senaw' (PP28,830)

    For those of us familiar with the feathery, strikingly silver foliage of dusty millers, or Jacobaea maritima, this is not it! Please...
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    Lamprocapnos spectabilis
    • 4 min

    Lamprocapnos spectabilis

    No better common name for Lamprocapnos spectabilis than bleeding heart as it reveals its teardrop when the heart breaks. Its species...
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    Prunus laurocerasus
    • 3 min

    Prunus laurocerasus

    For formal and informal hedges, Prunus laurocerasus is a competitive option. They treat us with deep green and lustrous foliage, perfect...
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    Rhododendron occidentale
    • 4 min

    Rhododendron occidentale

    A native azalea that's deciduous? When we think of rhododendrons, their evergreen boughs with pastel clusters of showy flowers might...
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    Lantana montevidensis
    • 2 min

    Lantana montevidensis

    Need a colorful ground cover that is also drought tolerant? Consider Lantana montevidensis. Unlike its sibling, Lantana camara that...
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    Lantana camara
    • 5 min

    Lantana camara

    Lantanas continue to grow in availability offering a wide variety of colors and sizes among hybridized cultivars. For this post, we will...
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    Hydrangea anomala ssp. petiolaris
    • 3 min

    Hydrangea anomala ssp. petiolaris

    "And now for something completely different" as the cast from Monty Python's Flying Circus repeatedly pronounced as their comedy sketches...
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    Amaryllis belladonna
    • 4 min

    Amaryllis belladonna

    H.A.R.D.Y! This is the best way to describe this South African bulb. As of this early September post, they have been in bloom in the...
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    Hydrangea macrophylla
    • 3 min

    Hydrangea macrophylla

    Hydrangea macrophylla is the quintessential representation of Victorian gardens. At least, its association with the Victorian era, for...
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    Campsis radicans
    • 3 min

    Campsis radicans

    Trumpet vines are numerous, and a few thrive here on the West Coast of the United States. Because of their exotic trumpet-shaped flowers...
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    Brugmansia x candida
    • 3 min

    Brugmansia x candida

    "Fabulous!" is not exclaiming enough about these showy flowers on a very large "perennial" plant. Usually when I think of perennials,...
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    Digitalis purpurea
    • 2 min

    Digitalis purpurea

    Masses of Digitalis purpurea, or common foxgloves, put on a stunning show with their tall stalks of flowers, but there are some things...
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    Abutilon x hybridum
    • 3 min

    Abutilon x hybridum

    Abutilons do not fit into a clean category for landscape architects. When we think of evergreen shrubs in California, boxwoods and India...
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    Euphorbia x martini
    • 4 min

    Euphorbia x martini

    We started strategically planting Euphorbias in the garden when we heard that gophers do not like them, and we have plenty of gophers. ...
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    Cotinus coggygria 'Purpureus'
    • 3 min

    Cotinus coggygria 'Purpureus'

    Smokin'! This is the first word that comes to mind when I see this unusual plant in bloom. What could be an ordinary large shrub or...
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    Agapanthus praecox ssp. orientalis
    • 4 min

    Agapanthus praecox ssp. orientalis

    If you are in the California landscape industry, you know that Agapanthus is a workhorse in commercial landscapes. Who has not seen this...
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    Cycas revoluta
    • 2 min

    Cycas revoluta

    What was once an exotic rarity found in greenhouses or temperate San Francisco's Victorian landscapes, sago palms have been making their...
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    Nerium oleander
    • 4 min

    Nerium oleander

    Does the world need another oleander? When I ask myself this question, I immediately think of my time attending Monticello's Historic...
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    Sambucus nigra subsp. caerulea
    • 2 min

    Sambucus nigra subsp. caerulea

    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. ...
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