Mastering Horticulture

Fig.1   The long flower stalks of cyclamen ( Cyclamen persicum ) curl downwards as the fruit develops. A bout a year ago, I wrote something...

Fig. 1    Droplets of water suspended on the tip of leaf blades. W ater is a key component of any life form. In every organism, ...

Fig. 1    Plums ( Prunus domestica  'Santa Rosa') S ummer seems like a paradoxical blessing for the gardener.  While it is the...

Ivy geranium (Pelargonium peltatum) At this time of the year, when summer is about to give in to autumn, ivy geranium ( Pelargonium peltatu...

Fig. 1   Adventitious roots on  Kalanchoe panamensis K alanchoe panamensis is a very interesting plant.  Depending on the surrounding moist...

Fig. 1      Haworthia reinwardtii A year ago during our trip to Southern California, we visited some friends in Oxnard. They gave me this ...

Mrs. Quail sits under the canopy of a lettuce plant. Quails don't walk slowly when they know I am in the garden.  They fly away.  When ...