admin | May 14, 2012
While roses are almost never recommended in popular fire safe literature. I have found that they make the ideal fire safe plant for several reasons. They are colorful and easy to care for. They are actively gorwing in summer, making them less likely to burn easily. Roses require regular maintenance while not building up dead [...]
admin | April 18, 2012
Ok, I must admit, I am cheap. I mean not Jack Benny cheap; he used to say that when he opened his wallet he could hear birds sing (Cheap, cheap, cheap). But I have a habit of being a bit conservative when I am purchasing new plants. About a month ago I was immersed in [...]
admin | March 23, 2012
The San Francisco Flower and Garden Show is in full swing right now at the San Mateo Event Center near the junction of Hwy 101 and Hwy 92. And while most gardeners are oohing and aahing over slick display gardens on the show floor and snapping up choice plants and garden art at the marketplace, [...]
admin | March 15, 2012
The weather is great, the sun is warm and the trees are all in bloom! Garden centers, big box retailers, and even the local supermarket are overflowing with young colorful bedding plants and veggies starts. So let’s grab a basket full of flowers and get planting, right? Sure, go for it, have fun! But remember [...]
admin | February 28, 2012
Well the big event for gardeners is about to arrive in San Mateo, CA. The San Francisco Flower and Garden Show arrives again at the San Mateo Event Center on March 21 to 25th. There will be show gardens, seminars, plants, products, ideas and even a celebrity or two. But for me, the big draw [...]
admin | April 21, 2011
Ever notice there are things you do around the garden that come so naturally to you that it is hard to remember that others might not have the same effective habits that make you such a good gardener? Or conversely, do you wonder why some gardeners seem to have such Green Thumbs while yours seems [...]
Firefox | July 29, 2009
I took this photo in the my old East Border down in Big Sur last year. It shows a great combo of fire safe plants for summer color. The combo features Aloe x nobilis with red blooms, purple flowers from Teuchrium, Scarlet Flower Carpet rose, Gaillardia Goblin, Gold strap leaves of Phormium, plus blue Perovskia [...]
admin | April 15, 2009
Ultra modern Chic Botanist series by Orange 22 Design Lab, Click on photo for link