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ArticleREADER PHOTO! The babies have grown up
A few weeks ago, Pam Wittenberg of Santa Rosa, California, shared photos of the baby katydids in her garden. They were tiny and adorable. Now they're all grown up, and…
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ArticleRegional Picks: Focal-Point Plants – California
1. La Palma Echium Name: Echium gentianoides USDA hardiness zones: 9 to 10 Size: 5 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide Conditions: Full sun; poor to average, well-drained…
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ArticleREADER PHOTO! Cute as a button
Today's photo is from Pam Wittenberg in Santa Rosa, California. She says, "It's baby katydid season in our garden, and we've been finding them hiding out everywhere." Adorable. Thanks, Pam,…
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ArticleA garden gate fit for a….gardener!
Freeland Tanner created this gate from garden tools to welcome visitors to his enclosed vegetable garden. Freeland's collections of garden tools can be seen all over the garden he shares…
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ArticleFloral synchronicity
Some plant combos just can't be planned. In the garden of Sabrina and Freeland Tanner in Napa, California, it was just pure luck that this clematis vine wandered into the…
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ArticleREADER PHOTO! Snow? In the middle of summer?
Todays' photo is from Erle Nickel in Oakland, California. He says, "No, that's not a snow drift blanketing this plant. It's the intriguing Verbascum bombyciferum 'Arctic Summer.' Native to...
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ArticleTwo seasons of silver sage
Silver sage, a biennial (Salvia argentea, USDA Hardiness Zones 5-8), is most commonly photographed in its first season, when it flaunts beefy, extravagantly silvery and fuzzy leaves in a low…
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ArticleA Perfect Marriage of Plants and Hardscape
Randy Bolin and Tom Nelson's front entryway in Oakland, California, is a riot of colors, both in hardscape and plants. The vibrant slate steps are the perfect inspiration for their…
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ArticleWhisper-soft texture at dusk
In the garden of Sabrina and Freeland Tanner in Napa, California, a lantern is tucked into a low sweep of feather grass (Stipa sp., USDA Hardiness Zones 7-11), which just…
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ArticleAn oasis for bored significant others
What garden-obsessed shopper doesn't need one of these at their local nursery? At Annie's Annuals and Perennials in Richmond, California, bored significant others can hang out together at the GUYS...
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