California Natives Open New Vista for Gardens
California natives offer a diverse palette for gardens including trees shrubs and ground covers. Species highlighted include wild lilac renowned for blue lavender and white blooms, bush poppy with yellow flowers March through June, and fremontia a strong yellow flowering evergreen suitable for slope planting. Also noted are mahonias and monkey flower shrubs Diplacus longiflorus and Diplacus puniceus with varied flower colors, ranging from one to five feet in height.
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California
Dendromencon
California Association of Nurserymen
Dreson Grane
Deciduous Azalea Enthusiasm Blossoms in California Gardens
Travelers visiting spring garden shows in Northern California will encounter deciduous azaleas, notably the mollis group, praised for bold spring color and fall foliage. Nurserymen rate them highly as low maintenance shrubs, urging gardeners to see bloom during nursery visits.
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California
San Francisco Bay Region
Begonia Gardens A Fantastic Sight
Carl Angeli recalls Capitola’s Veterle and Reinelt begonias garden with awe. He describes meeting a stocky gentleman, later identified as Mr. Reinelt, who led him to a private greenhouse to photograph rare plants. Angeli notes Reinelt’s retirement and his hybridizing impact on tuberous begonias, primroses, and delphiniums.
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Veterle
Capitola
Loon
Mr. Reinelt
Reinelt
Begonias Offer Big Selection for Gardeners
Gardeners seek begonias for beauty and variety. Seedlings can be planted now for spring blooms, with hanging basket and mass planting options. Choose from ruffled doubles, picotee forms, and pendula varieties in red, pink, white, yellow, and more.
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California Association of Nurserymen
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Begonia Gardens
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Sunbeam
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