Luther Burbank

Daisy Tales

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My house was built in 1882.  Two years later, in 1884, botanist Luther Burbank (1849-1926) began to build a better daisy.  Another seventeen years passed while Burbank crossed various daisy species.  Finally, in 1901, he introduced a new ornamental plant named after Mount Shasta, one of California’s natural wonders.  The Shasta daisy, Leucanthemum x superbum, … Read more

Simple is Best

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I am forever acquiring new plant species and varieties, mostly because I am an easy mark for plant merchandisers.  A trip to a good garden center—and there are several of them within an easy drive of my house—brings me face to face with all kinds of temptation and I often give in.  I am lucky … Read more