Tag: exotic plants
Nature Is Not Naturally Accommodating
UNITED STATES—Gardening is quite unnatural. It involves unnatural cultivation of mostly unnaturally exotic (nonnative) species of plants. Irrigation delivers more water than seasonal rain...
Mediterranean Climates Are Something Special
UNITED STATES—The climate here is pretty cool, at least in winter. Right now, it is pleasantly warm. It does not often get uncomfortably cold...
Weeds Want To Get Ahead
UNITED STATES—Weeds always seem to have unfair advantages. While we pamper so many of our desirable plants to get them to grow and perform,...
Weeds Are Full Of Surprises
UNITED STATES—While it was busy naturalizing in Australia, South Africa and southern South America, the California poppy was getting forced out of parts of...