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Great Highway is a long street that runs parallel to Ocean Beach and the Pacific Ocean. Homes along the Great Highway face west and there's little buffer from the elements, just a large man-made berm and Highway 1. With extreme conditions such as … [Read more]
In this short post let's have a look at Leonotus leonurus (Lion's Tail) a 'must have' plant for the dry Mediterranean garden. This evergreen perennial does very well in mild winter climates where fast draining soils set-up for year round flowering. … [Read more]
Just when you thought Halloween 🎃 couldn’t get any scarier - think again! Japanese knotweed is a homeowner's property nightmare in many states and countries. This spookily invasive plant is so damaging, and bad, that in the UK, there is a company, … [Read more]
Decades after graduation, it was time for Judy and me to revisit my college, Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana for a few weeks visit this summer 2022. We had visited for a week, in February of 2022, and were both so enamored, we wanted to … [Read more]
If you live in a climate where Bougainvillea will grow to be a flowering skyscraper vine, don't hesitate to consider another form: SHRUB BOUGAINVILLEA. If you're not sure what that looks like, let me introduce you to a beautiful Berkeley, … [Read more]
Bougainvillea is considered to be one of the most beautiful flowering vines of all! Pretty much every home owner asks about the possibility of growing one. Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, these tropical thorny plants, native to South America, do … [Read more]
Looking for some flowering trailers for hanging baskets, containers or the garden? It's hard to get tired of all the blooms! Take a look a these 3 below. This is a short post but timely as it's a perfect time to get shopping and planting to get the … [Read more]
It's early spring (April 2nd) and one of the beautiful flowering trees in the garden now is Cercis Occidentalis (aka: California redbud or Western redbud). This California native tree, and also a native to South Western states like Utah and Arizona … [Read more]
Some of the most beautiful gardens are shade gardens, or gardens that receive dappled light filtered through the canopy of trees. Urban gardens, like San Francisco home gardens are often surrounded by homes and buildings, creating shadows, and shade, … [Read more]
What to do with your indoor houseplants when you're gone for more than a week? That was the question we had to answer while planning a recent month long trip. Reluctant to bother our neighbors or friends, we opted for an automatic watering system to … [Read more]