UC Botanical Garden: Roger Raiche Retirement
March 3, 2024The University of California Botanical Garden is divided into nine major biogeographical areas. At about 14.5 acres, the California Area…Two Blues – Roger Raiche
March 3, 2024Rich saturated glowing blue color in flowers is rare. On our property here in Calistoga, CA, we are fortunate in…The Unicorn Plant: Saving an Endangered Plant Species – Nursery Management/NPR Reprint
March 3, 2024How a team of scientists in California may have saved the large-flowered fiddleneck.Strep Trekking 1, Some Observations on Genus Streptanthus, The Jewelflowers – Roger Raiche
March 3, 2024Plant obsessions are odd enought to start off, but to be fascinated with a small-flowered mustard relative that few people…Sonoma County’s Cedars a Rare Geologic Wonder – SF Chronicle, Peter Fimrite
March 3, 2024At an old mining camp in the mountains above Cazadero in Sonoma County is a Mars-like panorama of steep crumbling…Snow Melt on Hull Mountains – Part 2; Released from Refirgeration, Spring Flowers Return – Roger Raiche
March 3, 2024I often comment on how quickly spring wildflowers come and go here in the North Bay counties of California, but…Snow Melt on Hull Mountain – Part 1; Fleeting Beauty Follows Vanishing Snow Beds – Roger Raiche
March 3, 2024My first solo trip into the "wilds" of California - at least beyond the immediate Bay Area counties - was…Room With a View – Roger Raiche
March 3, 2024I've been very fortunate in my life to have lived in a number of exceptionally scenic spots. During college in…Purple Leafed Stream Orchid, Another Unique Race of Plants From The Cedars – Roger Raiche
March 3, 2024Purple-leafed stream orchid, Epipactis gigantea, (The Cedars' purple race) is a wonderful variation on an old familiar species.Powerful Fragrance, Dreadful Reputation – Roger Raiche
March 3, 2024Of all the California native plants, poison oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum, is easily the most dreaded and feared.