Tree Roots & The Importance of Oxygen: Did You Know?
Most tree growth occurs at the tips of branches and the tips of roots. However, while the crown of…
Kiwi Fruit: Did You Know?
Kiwi fruit, Actinidia chinensis, originated in China and were renamed Chinese gooseberry when they…
Maximize Plant Root Health with This Cutting-Edge Technology
Here's a gardening tip on how to maximize root health with cutting-edge air & water-balancing…
Care Tips For The Bird of Paradise Flower
Where temperatures remain mild year-round, this South Africa native flower proclaims its bold…
Veterans’ Honor Hybrid Tea Roses: Did You Know?
Kenneth Kizer, the undersecretary for health for the Department of Veteran Affairs, wanted a…
Rose Named After Tomb Of The Unknown Solider
Never Forget Rose is a tribute to all those young soldiers who fought alongside us to repel the…
Warm Weather Substitute For Spinach
New Zealand Spinach, Tetragonia tetragonoides, is a flowering plant in the fig-marigold family…
Where Have All The Miniature Roses Gone?
Ralph Moore from Visalia, CA began an intense breeding program and in the early 1950s registered…
What Is Carnations Special Relationship with Mother’s Day?
Carnations have come to represent Mother's Day since Anna Jarvis delivered 500 at the first…
Mathematical Patterns In Sunflowers
Eerily reminiscent of something from the Da Vinci Code, a paper recently published in the Royal…
What Is May Day?
For centuries, many countries have celebrated May Day as a way of saying adieu to the long, frigid…
Peruvian Lily: The Happy Wanderer
Years ago, my husband Bruce and I planted the elegant spring - to summer-flowering Peruvian lilies…
Rosa Mundi: Did You Know?
The namesake of the official journal of the Heritage Rose Foundation, Rosa Mundi is a lovely pink…
Gardeners Should Use Every Trick In The Book
Gardening book recommendations from author John Bagnasco.
Library At The Huntington: Did You Know?
The library building at Huntington Gardens was designed in 1920 by the southern California…
