Ann Loves Plants

Tag: Cercis

  • How a Gardener Sees the Wine Grape

    Introductory Thoughts: During my most recent trip to California I was asked by a friend what my relationship to the grape was and I didn’t really have an answer for him. At the time Quarryhill Botanical Garden was all around me and for some reason I just wasn’t thinking clearly. A few days later we…

  • Hallelujah! We have Western Redbuds from Seed

    After three tries, I have finally germinated Cercis occidentalis. As luck would have it, my father-in-law has a tree at his home in California so I have had an ongoing seed supply just so long as I remember to ask in time for seed collection. Last year, I was able to to collect the seeds…