Easily unnoticeable but offers so much more when looking at the details, we should be seeing more of Melaleuca linariifolia in public...

Ages ago...I am referring to my own ancient history...I was an outsider yet still involved with activities on Stanford's campus. My...

Like me, Ginkgo biloba is a living fossil, or as Sunset summarizes, an "ancient survivor from prehistoric times..." (p. 339). The...

There are two trees I can think of that leave me unenthusiastic about giving them my time here. The first is Ailanthus altissima, which...

Autumn 2021. California is drought stricken. Wildfires seem endless. Fire season. Our state is at the precipice, where we are...

Frequently, I second guess myself on the scientific name of this deciduous tree. Pistache, pistachio...isn't there an "h" in the genus? ...

Where do you fall in the carob or chocolate debate? A general online search illustrates how people take sides for their health benefits...

When thinking about street trees for California, there are few evergreen examples that check off all the boxes of requirements and still...

If a landscape design calls for tropical plant species, one cannot go wrong with including Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. Its genus, Hibiscus,...

Designers may already be familiar with Japanese maples and flowering cherries, but this Japanese snowdrop or snowbell tree offers a...

This large shrub, small tree came my way from generous owners of a small resort in Guerneville. I would occasionally talk with them...

Admittedly, I only discovered this tree when developing our plant list for student studies, so in this situation, I am the student as...

In the past decade, Chilopsis linearis has started to pop up in Northern California as a viable, colorful option in the landscape ...

We moved to Palo Alto when I was child, so I was amazed to learn that we had our own pomegranate tree in the front yard, already well...

What's not to love about Lagerstroemia indica, or crape myrtles? Right about now, mid to late summer, their ubiquity is obvious along...

California landscape designers, give this tree more attention. We have a specimen at West Valley College (shown below), which is just...

An attractive, desirable tree offering an opportunity to replace some Eucalyptus species; an online search will easily find images of...

There are two species within the Alnus genus that California's landscape architects should know. The first is Alnus rhombifolia, with a...

I have been driving around our 1950s to 1970s neighborhoods for the past month looking to no avail for a quality specimen of this large...

If you are unfamiliar with Southern magnolias, then you are unaware of its deep ties to the American South. The genus, Magnolia, honors...