Written by David Salman, owner of High Country Gardens Many years ago when I first became interested in ornamental grasses, I didn’t understand how to use them as a components of a landscape design. Now I use ornamental grasses all the time and have discovered how to combine them in the landscape with other plants.[...]
This summer’s weather has had everyone scurrying all over the place. For those of you on the East coast, who would have ever thought that you would end up with such torrential rains and a cool summer? And for all of us who are living in drought riddern territories, we yearn for even a light,[...]
It has been one funky summer weatherwise. The East coast appears to be having one of the wettest and coolest summers on record. In speaking with some colleagues in England, they’ve had non-stop rain for the past 30 days with absolutely little to no sun. Mediterranean countries are experiencing hot and dry summers. Even in Israel, it is considered to be[...]
Luther Burbank (1849-1926) sent this to my grandmother, an elementary schoolteacher who had her class write letters to the famed horticulturist. Burbank, though childless, enjoyed children—something I learned recently while touring his historic home and gardens in Santa Rosa, CA.
Do you like my shot of dew on a puya? This is a flower worth seeking at Quail Botanical Gardens and at the Huntington. It’s hard to resist touching the sapphire-blue petals to make sure they’re not plastic. Tall (4-ft) bloom spikes emerge from a clump of leaf clusters that resemble spiny starfish. Each leaf[...]