Echium Extravaganza: Share Your Spectacular Blooms There’s just something about Echium wildprettii that makes people want to stand up and vogue! In fact, it’s the SEASON for Echium action shots, as “Tower of Jewels” everywhere reach for the sky and say...

Let’s Play Favorites: A Love Letter to Salvia pomifera I’m about to make a very strong statement – please don’t be alarmed. My statement will be concerning my favorite Salvia – the Salvia I would choose over all other Salvias (and...

We’re Covered in Bees! Our Beekeeping Adventure Begins Let us out! 3 lbs of bees in a box rounds out to about... errr... 10,000 bees? Our bees arrived the day before our Biggest Event of the Year, but that wasn’t...

Succulents Don’t Suck: A Celebration of Plant Obsession Succulents Don’t Suck! Hello from Outer Sunset in San Francisco! It’s Megan (Annie’s plant sign-maker) blogging at you from the foggiest parts of the Bay Area. In celebration of Brian Kemble’s upcoming...

Return of the Golden Fuchsia: Rare Beauty in Your Garden photo: James Gaither Few plants garner the cult following of Deppea splendens, the magnificent cloud forest plant that’s probably launched more insane bidding wars on ebay than any other. It’s...

September Bloom Day Bliss: Flowers to Brighten Your Month Happy Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day ya’ll! A big thanks goes out to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting the worldwide monthly flower sharing fest. For more info about the plants below...