Photo: Our native Rosa californica. Between now and the the end of October, the Northstate will host two regional rose shows with longstanding traditions: On October 12, at Wyntour Gardens in Redding the Shasta Rose Society host their 28th annual… Continue Reading
Photo: Oak leaves turning colors with the season. The beginning signs of a change in seasons – such as the falling acorns of last week, always seem to precipitate a bout of nostalgia in me – a longing look back… Continue Reading
Photo: Acorn from a blue oak, or blue oak hybrid (Quercus douglasii). Note the stout, rounded body of the acorn and the well-fitted cap. Who doesn’t love an acorn? Who can resist bending over to pick up a fresh acorn… Continue Reading
The regions’ hop vines are nice and high right now. Soon, they’ll be harvested and dried for use. I’ve lived in a handful of cities in which the smell of drying hops and brewing beer is integral to the days,… Continue Reading
It’s hard to not love the flowers of late summer! Photo: Rudbeckia hirta ‘Autumn Colors’. For some flowers, hot, dry late-summer North American sun and soil is just what they were built for. These are the sunflowers of late summer… Continue Reading
Harvest. A word replete with cultural, seasonal and regional meaning and imagery – from the kitchen-bound harvest of the home garden to the large-scale harvest of North State nuts, rice, grapes and other autumnal fruit. Because we live in a… Continue Reading
Begonias are so cheerful – in the dead of winter indoors, in the height of summer outdoors. “I think I might like the yellow tuberous ones the best – they are common but so consistent and cheerful,” Sally Greenwood, Head… Continue Reading
There’s nothing like a good heat wave to make you reconsider (once again) why you have so much lawn and just exactly why you have it. “Once neighbors and passersby see the changes happening as you begin the process of… Continue Reading
More of our favorite summer flowers, some of my life long favorites – Geraniums. Enjoy this interview from In a North State Garden’s “best of” archives. One of the first plants I remember knowing and loving as a child was… Continue Reading
As summer moves into full swing, with temperatures over 100 for many sweltering days at a time, the gardener is profoundly grateful for those plants and flowers that (with a little water) can stand up to heat and refresh us… Continue Reading
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