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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
Hydrangea macrophylla is the quintessential representation of Victorian gardens. At least, its association with the Victorian era, for...
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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
"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
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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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Narcissus hybrids
For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my...
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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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