Mediterranean Climate Is Quite Californian
UNITED STATES—"Mediterranean" translates from Latin to "middle of land." The Mediterranean Sea is in the middle of the land of those who named it....
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UNITED STATES—Freud’s rival, Karl Gustav Jung, enjoyed discussing men of power and action like Dulles. Analyzing the dictators of his era who held the...
Colorful Foliage Without Colorful Bloom
UNITED STATES—Floral color gets most of the attention within home gardens through spring. It should. It is the most copious and most colorful of...
The Streaming Wars Continue
UNITED STATES—When the notion of streaming first started to gain steam, I want to say perhaps six or seven years ago, I thought it...
Floral Color Communicates To Pollinators
UNITED STATES—Bloom is bountiful for spring. It is more abundant now than it will be at any other time of year. Early bloom has...
Shade Tolerant Species Genuinely Shine
UNITED STATES—Home gardens are getting shadier as bigger modern homes occupy smaller modern lots. Bigger homes make bigger shadows. So do their bigger fences...
Irrigation Resumes With Drier Weather
UNITED STATES—Spring, in several regards, is like autumn in reverse, or vice versa. Bloom increases for spring but decreases for autumn. Foliage increases for...
Deadheading Redirects Resources For Growth
Early spring bulbs that went into their gardens last autumn are now blooming. Some are already done. Some summer bulbs should begin to bloom...
Force To Be Reckoned With
Winter flowering cherry, flowering quince, witch hazel and forsythia are finishing bloom. Later types of flowering cherry and flowering quince bloom immediately afterward. Lilac,...
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UNITED STATES—Allied Fruit wasn’t the only one pressing for intervention. Carneyism was at its peak, the Cold War was heating up, and conservatives in...