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Ruth’s Garden

The Ruth Bancroft Garden was created decades ago before dry gardening had become popular.

10 September, 2025
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Jacobaea maritima

Perhaps the most common ‘dusty miller’ in the horticultural trade today

14 May, 2025
experiences plants stories

Centaurea ragusina

A rare endemic from Croatia traveled the world!

14 September, 2024
experiences history

My History with the MGS

Honoring the 30th anniversary of the Mediterranean Garden Society.

5 April, 2024
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… but the yellow flowers are so pretty!

Those seasonal flowers that are both admired and distained

17 January, 2024
history plants

Red and Green for the Holidays!

How a Mexican ‘weed’ became a Christmas cliché.

7 December, 2023
experiences gardens

On creating a garden

Recent thoughts on creating a personal garden. (This image is from our old garden)

13 October, 2023
history latin

It’s all Latin to me (part 3)

People are always correcting my Latin name pronunciation, what’s that about?

26 September, 2023
history latin

It’s all Latin to me (part 2)

What should I make of these Latin binomial listings?

21 August, 2023
history latin

It’s all Latin to me (part 1)

Why on earth do we use Latin to name plants in Botany?

26 July, 2023