California is residence to numerous ecoregions and expansive plant communities, from alpine woodlands and meadows to coastlines, valleys, and deserts. Its superb landscapes supply limitless alternatives for discovery and foster otherworldy occurrences like wildflower tremendous blooms. The breadth of range, even with out such a giant present, is awe-inspiring. With numerous ecotypes come various useful […]

The key to a fantastic backyard is creating layers. A tall layer of timber and shrubs, adopted by taller perennials, then some shorter ones, after which ending off with floor cowl crops. I like to have one thing blooming always in my backyard. By including extra forms of plant materials, you’ve gotten extra alternatives for […]

Yard substitute is the entire fad nowadays, with decrease upkeep selections making grass lawns really actually really feel like a Saturday not efficiently spent. In case you’ve thought-about altering your grass yard with a groundcover utterly completely different, Creeping thyme is an environment friendly little plant that does the job efficiently and gives a carpet […]

This season, many gardeners have began making the swap from typical grass to perennial flooring cowl vegetation. When you’re pondering of constructing the change however don’t know the place to start out out out, you’ve come to the appropriate place! The advantages of along with a perennial flooring cowl to your panorama are pretty a […]

Flowering floor cowl vegetation are a superb technique so as in order so as to add coloration and curiosity to your yard in areas you would possibly in another case resolve to disregard. There are various fully completely completely different floor covers with stunning blooms, which may be troublesome when in the hunt for the […]

Many of the vegetation I write about favor full picture voltaic. Nonetheless what about these of us with shady areas? There must be one issue within the market for us, appropriate?  Outside the mannequin new dwelling I’m establishing with my affiliate, we now have some lovely rock retaining partitions which can be contained in the […]

Many individuals take into consideration that non-native species are merely weedy or ugly crops, nonetheless many invasive perennials are terribly showy and have been first launched as landscaping ornamentals. Some states ban them, nevertheless many are nonetheless obtainable in yard shops. Invasive flooring covers are notably problematic on account of they’re quick rising and unfold […]

When it comes time to design your yard, positively thought of one in every of my largest objects of recommendation is to level out to nature. Whilst you may be capable to coax a desert plant to outlive all through the humid southeast or use shade material to guard a woodland plant from the cruel […]

Do you must’re looking for a yard utterly totally different that helps wildlife, look no additional than blue grama grass (Bouteloua gracilis)! It’s typically in contrast with buffalograss and might even be interplanted with buffalograss to create a pure yard of native vegetation.  In distinction to buffalograss, it tends to remain clumpy, considerably if water […]

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, most sometimes known as bearberry, is the most effective edible flooring cowl for anybody stopping poor soil or rocky soil circumstances of their panorama. Its frequent title comes from what occurs to most of those vegetation – apparently bears love the fruit that the plant produces and would possibly fortunately devour them in […]