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San Francisco Botanical Garden
The San Francisco Botanical Garden is an unlikely spot on a typical tourist weekend in San Fran. Golden Gate Bridge? check. Muir Woods? check. Fisherman’s Wharf? check. Alcatraz? check. In my quest to see the great public gardens in … Continue reading
In praise of killing plants
Many of my friends claim to be unable to keep a plant alive, and they think that they are therefore unable to garden. This is almost always based on a dead houseplant they once had, a container garden they tried to … Continue reading
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Those Ugly Azaleas
I am not usually mean about other people’s flowers, in fact I am a big fan of a lot of unsophisticated, overused flowers- petunias, marigolds. But I have a new plant that I cannot abide. Rhodedendrons in sickly purple. When … Continue reading →