Zoom into ‘A Short History of Flowers’
In a national webinar, BBC’s Advolly Richmond shares backstories of our favorite plants
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It’s good to have Friends like these
Friends volunteers gather at the Arboretum Teaching Nursery. (Photo courtesy UC Davis Arboretum) Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum celebrate 50th anniversary They’ve annually contributed thousands of volunteer hours, helped raise more than $1...
Plant like a president
Seeds for this blacked-eyed Susan plant can be purchased online from Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s estate. (Courtesy Monticello) Founding fathers knew their flowers, still inspire gardeners Our founding fathers were gardeners. Beautifying our outdoor surroundings...
Sacramento Camellia Show moves to Elks Lodge
Top blooms are displayed at the 2018 Sacramento Camellia Show. (Photos: Debbie Arrington) This weekend, the world’s largest and oldest camellia show debuts in Greenhaven venue The world’s largest and oldest flower exhibition of...
Sacramento’s oldest camellia gets a new honor
Shown before its move, the Sutter Memorial camellia greeted thousands of new mothers and other patients outside the hospital at 51st and F streets. (Photos courtesy Sutter Memorial Medical Center) ‘Sutter Memorial Memories’ is...
Perennial Plant Club presents garden podcast host and her new book
Jennifer Jewell is creator and host of the radio show and podcast “Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History & the Human Impulse to Garden.” (Photo courtesy cultivatingplace.com) Jennifer Jewell to speak tonight at Shepard...
It’s the scary season for this invasive plant
This cluster of pokeweed berries shows how they look at all stages of ripeness. Unripe ones resemble tiny green pumpkins, but the berries fill out, resembling blueberries, when ripe. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) Ghosts, haunted...
Bad news about Sacramento’s beloved Historic Rose Garden
Here’s how the Historic City Cemetery looked in June, with all the arbors removed and most of the rose bushes cut down. (Photos courtesy Preserve The Cemetery’s Beauty) At 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16,...
California’s worst weed strangles everything
Pretty flowers? More like the stuff of a gardener’s nightmares. It’s bindwind, and it’s awful. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) Bindweed grows rapidly, needs ‘incessant vigilance’ With arrow-shaped leaves and trumpet-like flowers, this vine looks innocent,...
May Day all about spring flowers
A sheaf of yellow roses makes a beautiful decoration for May Day. This is The Poet’s Wife, a David Austin rose. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) Ancient tradition celebrates halfway point to summer May Day was...