Laura McRoberts

WATCH: Smart Irrigation with Laura McRoberts [5.20.23]

Irrigreen is the only system on the market with precision watering, and both smart heads and…

miniature roses

Where Have All The Miniature Roses Gone?

Ralph Moore from Visalia, CA began an intense breeding program and in the early 1950s registered…

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WATCH: Mother’s Day Gardening & Flowers [5.13.23]

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! It's officially the day people on the East Coast…

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What Is Carnations Special Relationship with Mother’s Day?

Carnations have come to represent Mother's Day since Anna Jarvis delivered 500 at the first…

Garden America Radio Show Podcasts

PODCAST: Mother’s Day Gardening & Flowers [5.13.23]

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! It's officially the day people on the East Coast…

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Mathematical Patterns In Sunflowers

Eerily reminiscent of something from the Da Vinci Code, a paper recently published in the Royal…

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What Is May Day?

For centuries, many countries have celebrated May Day as a way of saying adieu to the long, frigid…

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Peruvian Lily: The Happy Wanderer

Years ago, my husband Bruce and I planted the elegant spring - to summer-flowering Peruvian lilies…

Rosa Mundi

Rosa Mundi: Did You Know?

The namesake of the official journal of the Heritage Rose Foundation, Rosa Mundi is a lovely pink…

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Gardeners Should Use Every Trick In The Book

Gardening book recommendations from author John Bagnasco.

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Library At The Huntington: Did You Know?

The library building at Huntington Gardens was designed in 1920 by the southern California…