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DesignJapanese 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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DesignA Gentle Approach to Planting on a Slope
When creating a new garden design, I first analyze existing elements, deciding what works, what doesn’t, and why. Architectural and hardscaping elements are a good place to begin. When my…
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Plant Guide‘Angelina’ sedum
Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’This vigorous, mat-forming, evergreen species has electric golden-yellow foliage that holds its color through the heat of summer.
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DesignRock Garden Primer
Start with a slope, fine tune your soil, and add plants that merit a closer look
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DesignPlanted Pockets Give Life to Stone Walls
Fill cracks and crevices with drought-tolerant plants for a been-there-forever look
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DesignMake a Hypertufa Trough
Molded concrete containers can be made in nearly any shape and size you want
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Plant GuideAutumn crocus
Colchicum speciosumThis vigorous cormous perennial has semi-erect, lance-shaped leaves 7 to 10 inches long that emerge in spring, then go dormant in late May.
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Plant GuideStars of Persia
Allium cristophiiThis bulbous perennial produces ribbed stems and strap-shaped, gray-green basal leaves that decline as its flowers form.
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Plant GuideWhite enkianthus
Enkianthus perulatusThis is perhaps the most refined Enkianthus, bearing dainty, white pendulous bells in May.
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Plant GuideChristmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoidesThe Christmas fern is a particularly accommodating garden plant.
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