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Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Cephalanthus Occidentalis
Buttonbush is an adaptable woody shrub with delightful pincushion flowers
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Get a sneak preview of Palo Alto gardens in the 2015 Gamble Garden Spring Tour, happening Friday and Saturday
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Sambucus Nigra Caerulea for the Birds
Blue elderberry is a favorite of birds and other wildlife in its native California
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Aloe Vera
Bright yellow flowering spikes decorate this popular aloe from late winter into spring, much to the delight of hummingbirds
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Bouteloua Curtipendula
Hot, dry clay or rocky soils are sideoats grama’s pleasure ground
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Trillium Ovatum
Early-blooming Pacific trillium welcomes spring to woodland gardens in the Pacific Northwest
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Arbutus Menziesii
This drought-tolerant West Coast native tree thrives with minimal water in difficult garden spots
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Eriogonum Nudum, a Summer Oasis for Pollinators
Naked buckwheat is a bee and butterfly magnet with an easy nature, a tough constitution and profuse pom-pom flowers in summer
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Bouteloua Gracilis
Resilient blue grama grass thrives in sunny meadows and parking strips in the western U.S.
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Gilia Capitata
Add playful blue flowers to your California garden and provide food for butterflies, native bees and honey bees in spring and summer
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Aloe ‘Blue Elf’
This compact, sun-loving aloe hybrid thrives where many aloes don’t
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