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Weeping Flowers; a not to the Pendulous Flowered California Buckeye – Roger Raiche
California buckeye, Aesculus californica, is a much loved native tree. I tried to convey my…
UC Botanical Garden: Roger Raiche Retirement
The University of California Botanical Garden is divided into nine major biogeographical areas. At about…
Two Blues – Roger Raiche
Rich saturated glowing blue color in flowers is rare. On our property here in Calistoga,…
The Unicorn Plant: Saving an Endangered Plant Species – Nursery Management/NPR Reprint
How 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
Plant obsessions are odd enought to start off, but to be fascinated with a small-flowered…
Sonoma County’s Cedars a Rare Geologic Wonder – SF Chronicle, Peter Fimrite
At an old mining camp in the mountains above Cazadero in Sonoma County is a…
Snow Melt on Hull Mountains – Part 2; Released from Refirgeration, Spring Flowers Return – Roger Raiche
I often comment on how quickly spring wildflowers come and go here in the North…
Snow Melt on Hull Mountain – Part 1; Fleeting Beauty Follows Vanishing Snow Beds – Roger Raiche
My first solo trip into the “wilds” of California – at least beyond the immediate…
Room With a View – Roger Raiche
I’ve been very fortunate in my life to have lived in a number of exceptionally…
Purple Leafed Stream Orchid, Another Unique Race of Plants From The Cedars – Roger Raiche
Purple-leafed stream orchid, Epipactis gigantea, (The Cedars’ purple race) is a wonderful variation on an…
Powerful Fragrance, Dreadful Reputation – Roger Raiche
Of all the California native plants, poison oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum, is easily the most dreaded…
Western Azalea Beauty and Fragrance – Roger Raiche for Pacific Horticulture
The western azalea (Rhododendron occidentale) is one of only two species of rhododendron native to…
Vitis ‘Roger’s Red’
The colorful grape known as ‘Roger’s Red’ has become a popular ornamental vine, valued for…
Gardening with California Monocots Grasses – Roger Raiche for Pacific Horticuluture
Grasses are members of the Poaceae, or grass family, which has 650 to 900 genera…
California Buckeye: A Tree for All Seasons – Roger Raiche
Think of any image of California’s natural beauty, and there’s almost certainly a tree in…
Origin of a Species; The Story of a New Species for The Cedars, Sonoma County – Roger Raiche
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On The Rocks: Flowers Walled and Jeweled Part 2 – Roger Raiche
One of the plants I chose to try on my rock outcrop was Western wallflower,…
On The Rocks: Gardening n a Rock Outcrop, Part 1 – Roger Raiche
The rocky bank as I first saw it before we purchased the property. Here it…
Garden Notebook; Moving Lock, Stock and Trowel – NYTimes, Ken Druse
LIKE many Americans, I’ve moved several times, from home to home and garden to garden.…
More is More: Designer Roger Raiche’s Personal Garden – SucculentsAndMore.com
Last weekend, I attended the Pacific Horticulture Society’s Summit 2016 held at the Luther Burbank…
Great Design Plant: ‘Roger’s Red’ California Wild Grape – Annie Thornto
A visual cue that a garden is alive is always pleasant and satisfying. While evergreens…
Golden Lotus Banana – Roger Raiche
I first heard of Musella in the mid-90’s in some catalogue (can’t remember the name)…
Give ’em an Inch – Roger Raiche
Garnett Creek is about 6 miles long, a relatively small tributary of the upper Napa…
Fernier Than Thou -NPR, Ketzel Levine
It all started with an e-mail from the celebrated California horticulturist and landscape designer, Roger…
Farewell to Spring – Roger Raiche
While I do mark my seasonal progress by the plants in flower, the actual progress…
Evolution in the Garden / Survival of the Fittest Not a Bad Strategy, says Landscape Designer – SF Chronicle
Whether you’re revitalizing a border or working with a whole new yard, garden planning can…
Elymus Leymus condensatus Lotties Choice – Califloranursery
An exceptional form of giant wild rye selected by Roger Raiche from the Santa Lucia…
Blue and Weeping – Roger Raiche
It was love at first sight; the Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica) and I go way…
Azalea Time – Roger Raiche
A plant that really marks the middle of springtime for me is the flowering of…
Azalea Creek at The Cedars; The Blog and Mule Trail – Roger Raiche
The Cedars, the massive “island” of ultramafic rock (=serpentine) in NW Sonoma Co. California is…
Serpentine and Its Plant Life in California – UC Botanical Garden Newsletter
first, a multiple definition: Serpentine vegetation grows on serpentine soils that weather from serpentine (serpentinite)…
A New Variety of Holodiscus Dumosus – Journal of Botanical Research Institute of Texas
The branch type lS a crucial determinant of leaf morphology, on which so much of…
A New Combination in Holodiscus – Phytotaxa
Holodiscus (Koch 1869: 309) Maximowicz (1879: 253) (Rosaceae, Amygdaloideae, Spiraeeae), a genus of shrubs with…
A Noah’s Ark of Endangered Plants – American Horticulturist
The University of California Botanical Garden has it all-a sweeping view of San Francisco Bay,…