7 Botanical Wonders of Los Angeles (1,2,3 &4)
7 Botanical Wonders of Los Angeles (1,2,3 &4) If you are considering sights to see during the holidays, I have some suggestions for you. Call them the seven wonders of our local botanical...
Category Archives: Trees
Australian Natives
If you take a map of the world and draw a horizontal line through Los Angeles, you will eventually reach southwestern Australia. Any plant that grows there can grow here, too. The sea- bordering, s...
Replant Disease
Have you — or, more precisely, one of your newly planted fruit trees or roses — ever been a victim of replant disease? Now that spring is upon us in earnest, planting decisions are being ...
From Aleppo Pine to Silk Tree
“For about 8 years we enjoyed a lovely Aleppo pine on my hillside yard. This tree was purchased in a large box and was quite mature when we brought it in and it flourished for many years. We ...
Slope Planting, Plumeria Pruning
We moved to a new house in Castaic twenty-seven years ago. There is a steep slope in back. It requires a combination of trees, bushes and ground cover to keep the soil in place. We have sprinklers ...
Rough Bark vs. Smooth
It happened that a certain student, full of philosophical curiosity, went to a sage, someone steeped in ancient wisdom, and complained, “I don’t understand,” the student began. “Why did God create a ...
Aleppo Pine
“For about 8 years we enjoyed a lovely Aleppo pine on my hillside yard. This tree was purchased in a large box and was quite mature when we brought it in and it flourished for many years. We ...
Living Art
Gerda Maxey is an artist in the truest sense. As you tour her home and garden in Sylmar, you appreciate Maxey’s need to be surrounded by art, both indoors and out. Maxey is a portraitist and her w...
Magnolia Roots, Squash and Strawberries not Ripening
I have a large magnolia tree in my front yard that has lots of surface roots, some getting close to the house. I’ve read that it’s okay to cut small roots, an inch in diameter or so. So...
From Geraldton Waxflower to Peppermint Tree
Not far from Van Nuys Airport on Sherman Way Boulevard, west of Rubio Avenue, one of the most brilliantly flowering plants for Valley gardens, although inexplicably absent from most of them, is thriv...
