… This cactus can grow up to 30 feet high with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. In midsummer it produces attractive white …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial grows to a height of 18 inches with partial shade to full shade and moist soil conditions. It has yellow blooms from March through June and belongs …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… play in our everyday lives and in a healthy, diverse planet. The “beyond” in the title refers to bats, birds, butterflies, moths, wind, and generally any force or creature that keeps our … can get an up-close look at my personal favorite fluttering pollinator, butterflies. While it is easy to be swept away by the magnificent beauty of lepidopteran, it is important to recognize their …
Type: Blog
… monarchs made the journey each fall from the northern plains of the United States and Canada to forested sites north of Mexico City. In western North America, more than a million monarchs made a shorter flight to tree groves on California’s coast. However, monarch numbers have been declining for more than … of monarch groves in California may also be playing a role. In the West, severe drought is likely contributing to reduced monarch populations. These threats are compounded by climate …
Type: Blog
… and shrubs during the winter months, damaging the inner cambium layer, and possibly leading to injury and even death of young plants. Damage can be prevented by wrapping plant trunks with … hardware cloth or wire fencing with holes less than ¼ inch in diameter. The material will need to be buried a couple of inches beneath the surface of the soil and can be as high as 4 feet to prevent rabbits from causing damage during winters with deep snow cover. Larger-diameter …
Type: Plant Info
… Plant midseason potatoes in mid-April. Plant strawberries and pinch off first-year flowers to develop strong root systems. Later in the month, begin to harden off warm-season vegetable and flower transplants in a cold frame, or bring flats of small transplants outside to sunny, protected areas — but bring them back in at night. If necessary, spray fruit trees with …
Type: Plant Info
… Native to Poland and Russia, sharpleaf willow gets its common name from its long, narrow pointed leaves. … known as willows. These woody plants range in size from the imposing weeping willow tree to small shrubs. While not fussy about soil quality, they generally require moderate to wet soil moisture. In the wild, willows are commonly found near streams, rivers and ponds. In …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… native seeds for the national Seeds of Success (SOS) program this field season. The Garden is an active partner in SOS, led by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, to collect seeds for conservation, research, and ecosystem restoration. Under contracts with … participate in the Seeds of Success program. The goal is to collect 80,000 viable seeds per site, but the devastating heat and drought in the west has made the job especially challenging. …
Type: Blog
… Historical biogeography has largely focused on the fauna and flora of the region in relation to this event. There is no comprehensive study of how important geological events such as this shaped the diversity of … of macrofungi associated with oaks in Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. Oaks are hosts to diverse ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungal communities. The research is exploring the …
Type: Research
… This clumping perennial needs full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions to reach a height of 2 feet. In May and June it produces pink and white blooms. It belongs in a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
