Pacific Horticulture Society | July 2001

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gardens & design

Foliage and developing catkins of tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus). Photograph by RGT

Trees of Hoyt Arboretum: Tanoak

Regions: Oregon

The view from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. Years of care followed by abandonment has produced a unique garden (see Pacific Horticulture, Summer ’97) in which nature has been the head gardener for a palette of mostly exotic plants that now mask the disturbance caused by man and the elements. Author’s photograph

Nature Abhors a Garden

Regions: Nor. Cal

gardens & design

Otay Mountain lotus (Lotus crassifolius var. otayensis) at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. Photographs by Bart O’Brien

Pacific Plant Promotions: Otay Mountain Lotus

Regions: So. Cal
Seasons: Fall

(standing) Laurence Hyman, Margedant Hayakawa, and George Waters, and (seated) Owen Pearce examining the blue-line proof of the first issue of Pacific Horticulture, December, 1975. Photograph by Olive Rice Waters

The Days of Compost and Conservation

environment, gardens & design

The Fetzer Vineyards’ habitat borders in summer. Author’s photographs

The Pleasures of a Habitat Garden

Regions: Nor. Cal

gardens & design

The stone fountain with sago palms (Cyca revoluta)

The New Norton Simon Sculpture Garden

Regions: So. Cal

gardens & design

Bold and bronzy new leaves of Rodgersia podophylla with even larger leaves of an ornamental rhubarb (Rheum) behind

Foliage Favorites

Regions: Washington/BC

A deep pool created by the “bio-cells,” with native plants revegetating the newly deposited silt

River Work

Regions: Nor. Cal
Seasons: Winter

Salvia ‘Waverly’. Photograph by Ginny Hunt

Searching for the Roots of Salvia ‘Waverly’

Regions: Nor. Cal, So. Cal