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Consider your pets - Houseplants

Houseplants not only bring natural beauty indoors but also have the power to purify the air, reduce stress, and create a calming atmosphere in your home. However, for some pet owners, it's important to be cautious when selecting plants for your indoor garden, as some can cause dogs and cats to become ill when ingested. If you have a pet who chews…

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Helleborus: Winter Rose, Lenten Rose

Helleborus are tough, long-lived evergreen perennials which bloom from late winter to early spring. The clusters of nodding, cup shaped flowers bloom in shades of white, pink, red, green, black, dusky mauve, brilliant bicolors, and patterned petals adding a splash of color to a winter garden. Read More…

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Sunny Camellia sasanqua

Looking to bring spring-like blooms to your garden in the depths of winter? Any of the numerous varieties of Camellia sasanqua will do just this! The large, bright flowers bloom in bright colors of white, pink and red in early to mid-winter.

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Ornamental Kale and Cabbage

Brighten your winter garden with Ornamental Kales and Cabbages.  Their showy rosettes of foliage in shades of purple, blue, cream, green and rose resemble large flower blossoms.  They are cool season biennials, typically grown as cool season annuals in Fall through early Spring. 

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Dipladenia and Mandevilla – How They Differ

Both Dipladenia and Mandevilla are beloved for their brilliant, showy trumpet shaped flowers in shades of red, coral, pink, yellow and white.  These evergreen, tender, tropical plants flower profusely in summer to late fall/early winter in the Bay Area and attract hummingbirds and bees.  They look alike – so what are the differences between them?

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Crazy About – Phylica pubescens

Showy, golden feathery, flattened bracts, hiding small whitish flowers at the base, bloom from fall through late winter.  Evergreen dense shrub with upright woody branching grows 5-6 ft with an equal spread.  A mass of upright growing, feather duster-like stems bear slender horizontal leaves…

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Crazy About – Ptilotus Exaltatus ‘Joey’

The spectacular, long lasting, 3” conical spikes of silvery feathery bottlebrush-shaped flowers tipped with neon pink bloom late spring through fall.  Sometimes known as Mulla Mulla. It is heat and drought tolerant and ideal for rock, Mediterranean, desert gardens, drifts as well as outstanding in mixed containers and it attracts bees and butterflies. What more could you ask for?

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