Northern California - Page 16 of 28 - Fine Gardening
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Design
Change Up Your Garden!
Today's photos come from John Erskine of San Carlos, CA. I've been gardening on this property in San Carlos, California, for 18 years. Originally the backyard had nothing in it; I've…
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Article
Celebrate Summer with Sunflowers
Stuart Boone from Red Bluff, California, sent in these pictures of an assortment of sunflowers he grew in his garden this year. Sunflowers are terrific plants, native to the United…
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Design
Japanese Style in California
Today’s photos come from Geni Hiestand. I live in the Sierra foothills in Grass Valley, California. Our front yard was a patch of weeds and clay soil when my husband…
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Design
Goodbye to Pauline’s Garden
Today’s photos come from Irvin and Pauline Faria of Carmichael, Calif. They are moving to a new state and are hoping that the new owners of their home will continue…
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A Designer’s Garden
Today’s photos come from Deb Evans: I live in the Sacramento foothills of Shingle Springs (elevation 1600). I am in Zone 8/9 with heavy clay soil, many native stones, and…
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Kitchen Gardening
Best Vegetables to Grow in California
California Vegetable Picks Top Pick ‘Goldmine’ zucchini has a distinctive, nutty flavor Days to maturity: 50 More unique than a green zucchini and more refined than a yellow crookneck,…
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Design
San Diego Succulents
Jeff Carlton has shared gardens with us before from his usual home base in Tennessee. But today, he’s got a different point of view. He writes: Just returned from a…
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Cold Hardy Cactus
I’ve had a thing for cactus for a while… they’re so unlike any other plant you can grow in the garden. But since I didn’t live in Arizona, I was…
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Best Fragrant Perennials – Central California
Best Fragrant Perennials - Central California Yerba buena Name: Clinopodium douglasii (syn. Satureja douglasii) USDA Hardiness Zones: 7 to 10 Size: Up to 6 inches tall and spreading to…
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Bearded Iris, Part 2
Stuart Boone recently sent in some photos of the many incredible bearded irises in his friend, Mary's, garden in Red Bluff, California. If you missed the first post, it is…