By Laurie Chaffin, Roger’s Gardens Rosarian
I have spent my life in gardens filled with roses. Every home I lived in had a beautiful rose garden. Roses were my mother’s passion.
In the seventies she opened a nursery specializing in
Fellow Gardeners,
The information, dates and techniques in this are as accurate as I can currently offer. During the past three decades I have cared for, nurtured and observed tens of thousands of plants. With the help of many
The New York Times | Home & Garden | May 29, 2013
As Ms. Doyle noted, “Home gardeners in Australia and Italy have been growing millions of grafted tomatoes for more than six years,” while American gardeners are only
By Barbara McGraw, Gallery Sales Associate
The Bergamot Orange is an unlikely cross of orange, grapefruit and lime but looks somewhat like a pear. It grows in Reggio Calabria in the tip of the toe of Italy. This small tree
Fellow Gardeners,
The information, dates and techniques in this are as accurate as I can currently offer. During the past three decades I have cared for, nurtured and observed tens of thousands of plants. With the help
There are as many forms of container gardening as there are containers and gardeners, no right way, probably a few wrong ways, and in this story, following Frank Sinatra………My Way.
Why container gardening?? Many reasons: lack of garden space,
Sweet Peas have been a favorite flower of mine since I was a kid, but growing up in New York and living in Pennsylvania much of my adult life, I found Sweet Pea growing to be a real
For summer flowers, there is nothing better than the Dahlia family. Even though I am writing this in January, now is the time to start looking for Dahlias from tubers. You can wait until March 1
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Mila’s Gluten-free Mushroom & Leek Quiche
Preparation Time: 1 hour
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients:
3 cups Trader Joe’s raw shredded hash browns (in the frozen vegetable section)
1/3 cup melted butter
1/4 cup diced onions – Trader Joe’s has them ready to go in the produce
We all do it. Walk into a nursery and spot a beautiful, flowering plant that we must have. Moments later, we discover another gorgeous plant that we believe would look just perfect planted right next to it.
“Isn’t that
Time: 30 minutes Serves: 6 to 8 people
Ingredients:
2 cups washed red or white quinoa 4 cups vegetable broth
2 pounds fresh asparagus 1 cup green or red grapes
2 cups sliced roasted red bell peppers Salt and pepper
Total time: 25 minutes Serves: 6 to 8 people
Ingredients:
2 bunches of Black or Regular Kale (TJ’s and other stores have chopped kale)
2 cups cherry tomatoes cut into halves 1 cup crumbled feta (or goat cheese)
1 medium sliced
Over a hundred years ago, landscape artists from the East Coast migrated to California for the light. The colors of our ocean and landscapes were vivid, the atmosphere was different; it was the land of sunshine. With this
There are as many opinions about roses as there are roses. Everyone who grows roses has and is entitled to their own opinion on what the best roses are and what characteristics in roses are most important. For
By Chef Mila Payne | Total time: 30 minutes | Number of servings: 4
1 package fresh shrimp or 1 package medium frozen and defrosted shrimp
1 container Pico de Gallo or 1 cup diced Roma tomatoes
1 cup chopped fresh mangos
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For those of you who plant a vegetable garden, by early May most of you likely have a good start in getting in your summer vegetables. Tomatoes which were planted in March should be growing vigorously and
By Tim Fiskin, Colorscape General Manager, Roger’s Gardens Landscaping
Mediterranean style gardens are a big part of the California landscape. From San Francisco to San Diego, we see them in many different contexts; private gardens, public buildings and city
When the poet T.S. Eliot wrote the line, “April is the cruelest month,” he wasn’t in Southern California. Here, April is the magic month in our gardens. Lengthening days with lots of sunshine, warmer nights and days that
By Christopher Nichols, Floral & Lifestyle Manager, Roger’s Gardens
The word “Springtime” always brings a smile to my friends and family. To me it’s a time of renewal, regrowth and COLOR! Taking cues from the fashion industry, it seems that
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Annuals:
(See also Sweet Peas and Wildflowers)
Some of your cool-season annuals may still be going strong, especially along the immediate coast. If so, leave them in. Otherwise, it’s time to replant these with warm-season varieties.
Warm-season annuals should
