Pieris, a member of the Ericaceae family, have long been a shrub we love, but not one that has thrived in our sandy loam soils, and coastal climate. One cultivar of the popular Pieris japonica, which has thrived here is Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wyckoff’. This Pieris, was introduced in 1960 by the internationally acclaimed Henry
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Our patches of the evergreen conifer, Microbiota decussata ‘Prides’ have switched from their summer coats of green to their winter coats of bronze. The same occurs on a number of plants in the genus Thuja, Cryptomeria, and Juniperus. I have a few folks each year ask how to keep conifers from going bronze in winter,
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The rosettes of pale green leaves of Sedum palmeri ‘Mendoza’ are exquisitely beautiful year-round, as beautiful as flowers, especially so in winter when the leaves become tipped with red. The early spring floral display is more like a well-worn piece of jewelry, a bonus of gold stars of five-petaled flowers repeating the form of the
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