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Selected Articles From Our Quarterly Publications
Rebecca Lance
When we built our garden, siting rocks even before the house foundation was completed, I had clear ideas of what I wanted. I wanted the garden to be waterwise, to emphasize western natives, and to provide habitat for pollinators and a myriad of other garden friendlies such as quail, toads, and lizards. I wanted it to be filled with carpets of pink, purple, blue… basically any color except yellow. Yellow was very low on my list of desired colors. Yes, I know— it is...
Alister Adhikari
I was born and brought up in a small hill town called Kalimpong in northern India, situated near Bhutan and Sikkim. My father was in the tourism industry, organizing tours and treks, and during my...
C.J. Agnew
Woodgrove is a small suburban garden bordered on the north side by a four-meter-tall (13 ft) beech hedge. An arched window cut through the hedging frames the picturesque landscape beyond, giving a...
Kyle Brine
About 70 million years ago, the tectonic plates underlying the Pacific Ocean plunged beneath the North American Plate and began to form the row of volcanoes known as the Cascade Range. Lassen Volcanic...

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High Mountain Flowers of the Patagonian Andes and Plants of Extra-Andean Patagonia by Marcela Ferreyra, Cecilia Ezcurra, and Sonia Clayton.
High Mountain Flowers of the Patagonian Andes and Plants of Extra-Andean Patagonia by Marcela Ferreyra, Cecilia Ezcurra, and Sonia Clayton. La Biblioteca del Naturista, 2020 and 2023 Written by experts on the flora of Patagonia, this

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Gypsophla repens
Gypsophila repens
Description and General Information: Gypsophila repens, commonly called creeping baby's-breath, is native to mountainous limestone areas of central and southern Europe.

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