Growing California Native Plants in Containers

Hybrid Monkeyflower thrives on afternoon shade on our porchContainergrowing has many practical advantages. Containers permit gardening in tiny places – even those with noaccessible earth. Growing plants in containers can be easier for those withphysical or time constraints.  Containergardening allows the gardener to tailor-make the growth medium to the needs ofthe...

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Plant of the Month (March) : Wild hyacinth (Blue dicks) – Dichelostemma capitatum

Wild Hyacinth (Bluedicks; Dichelostemma capitatum) - Mother Nature's Backyard: Gardena, CaliforniaOne of the true joys of spring is the unfolding of the spring‘bulbs’.  We spoke of gardening withCalifornia native bulbs, corms and rhizomes last month: http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2017/02/gardening-with-california-native-bulbs.html.  One of the earliest...

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