Remember our darling, hangover-curing loquat tree? About a month after we picked its last fruit of the season, our tree was attacked by a horde of green apple aphids. It happened almost overnight: One moment the loquat’s foliage was broad and lustrous, and the next its...
We’ll let you guess which half of The Horticult we’re talking about here: Growing up, one of us was hopelessly obsessed with miniatures. Ages 8 through 11 13, C used to make pilgrimages to suburban mall kiosks and craft stores to buy toothpick chandeliers, lawnmowers operated...
“It’s unpredictable to be in a space that’s both indoor and outdoor in the same breath,” says furniture/accessories/interior designer Ilan Dei as he stands in the shop he founded last year in Venice, California. “People will be on their cell phones as they’re walking in,...
While relishing a bloodless victory against the king of Persia, Greek philosopher Xenophon and 10,000 of his fellow soldiers stumbled into an abandoned village — and onto a smorgasbord of beehives. The hives’ honey was made from the nectar of rhododendrons, which grew wild near...
On Monday we were pretty jazzed about the birth of the future heir to the British throne, the son of Prince William and welly wearer/Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton. July 22 was also the birthday of one half of The Horticult: the original royal baby...
Gardeners go to great lengths for good trellis action. Problem is, the feats of ingenuity that support a climbing plant tend to favor frumpy function over smooth, joyous form. California-based TerraTrellis is here to prove that gardeners can have their scarlet runner beans and eat them too —...
“Gold medallion […] blooms well near the ocean, but benefits from reflected heat of nearby pavement,” writes The Sunset Western Garden Book, explaining why the tree with yellow flowers in California — Cassia leptophylla — is doing gangbusters right now in the beachy yet highly developed...
Those psychedelic skulls we associate with Día de los Muertos aren’t just for November 1 and 2. Festooned with painted birds and flowers and ranging from golf-ball-size to the width and height of an actual human cranium, ceramic calaveras represent not only death but also the...
Last week on the Fourth of July, we welcomed a group of friends who drove down from L.A. for the weekend. (We also worked on our vertical herb garden — but more on that later.) After an afternoon of drinking dark-and-stormies on the beach —...
"Setting up your perennial garden may seem intimidating, but don't be afraid...
