Forty-five inches of rain in Oakland in 1889-1890 ?

Oakland Tribune Year Book, 1936

Plants of the Canary Islands

Roses and palms have a nice relationship.
Would you like something that occurs
in the Canary Islands?

Looking for some plants to continue your theme of the Canary Islands?

Pruning Maples, Especially Laceleaf

"Maple Tree at Mama with View of Tekona Shrine and Bridge"
Hiroshige

Pruning Wisteria

First of all, is it a Chinese, Japanese, or American wisteria?

Which way do tendrils twine? To decide this, look at the vine from ground to tip. Check as if you were looking up the vine.

• Clockwise? Chinese (Wisteria sinensis) or American (Wisteria frutescens)
• Counter-clockwise? Japanese (Wisteria floribunda)
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Natives for Shade

Coffeeberry 

Lucky you! You've got dry shade. Why not plant some of the wonderful shade-loving summer-dry non-riparian California natives?

These are the plants we see in the shady oak/bay canyons and slopes of the East Bay hills.

Why Not Eat Insects? Why not, indeed?

First Palms in Northern California - Another Opinion

The News, August 11, 1917

An intriguing statement: "Never have I been able to discover anyone who knew of the introduction of palms in San Jose until recently. Repeatedly I have been told that they grew neither at Mission Santa Clara nor Mission San Jose before the Americans came and this is probably true."