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DesignShade-Tolerant Flowering Climbers
A beautiful vine adds visual vertical interest to the landscape. It can be used to dress up uninspiring fences and walls, hide unsightly views, or adorn a trellis, obelisk, or…
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DesignAustralian Easy-Care Shrubs
Shrubs are versatile woody plants that fill the middle ground between a landscape's taller trees and its lower-growing perennials and ornamental grasses. As such, they are often considered to be…
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DesignEnglish Roses Built for Northern California
David Austin was a renowned, highly respected British rosarian dedicated to breeding a remarkable collection of vigorous, healthy, gorgeous roses of character and distinction. He blended the charm and fragrance…
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DesignDrought-Tolerant Ornamental Grasses
Ornamental grasses come in different heights, habits, forms, and colors—from low-growing, tidy tufts and arching mid-height mounds to tall, towering, back-of-the-border beauties. They differ in light, soil, water, and care…
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DesignGrowing Succulents Successfully in Northern California
Succulents are remarkable plants that have evolved the ability to store and reserve water within their plump and fleshy leaves and stems. This allows them to remain hydrated during times…
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DesignDazzling Deer-Resistant Perennials
Though very graceful and delightful to behold in their native habitat, deer are a voracious force to reckon with in many Northern California gardens, particularly in summer and fall. In…
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ArticleNative Flowers for Native Pollinators
The relationship between pollinators and plants is an important one. Almost 80% of the world's crop plants (grown for both food and fuel production) require pollination, as do most of…
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DesignTips for the Best Northern California Cutting Garden
Do you love creating your very own home-grown, colorful floral arrangements, but are you constantly plundering your perennial beds for the perfect blooms? An annual cutting garden, designed and dedicated…
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DesignField Trip Notes: Rambling Through the Rhododendrons of the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens | Northern California Regional Report
Portraying itself as “47 acres of botanical bliss fronting the Pacific Ocean,” the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens (MCBG) is a heavenly place to visit any time of year with its…
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ArticleTips for Creating a Butterfly Garden
More than 130 butterfly species are found in Northern California. As delightful to watch in their natural environment as they are in your perennial border, butterflies are valuable as pollinators…
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