I hope that you have at some time visited our nation’s capital, and that you would have seen the Supreme Court building. It truly is a magnificent structure, and it has a serious history all on its ...

Tall, gorgeous, and dangerously charming. Plant it once, and you might end up with far more of it (and less of your other ...

Acanthus is one of my favorite plants. Right now, when my yard is mostly dormant — except for camellias and wild onions — it is a pleasure to see the acanthus unfurling its shiny dark green leaves. I ...

As I’m a second-generation native of dry Los Angeles, the plants that stand out in my memory are those that have survived our periodic droughts. Many of these were remnants of earlier eras – first the ...

As a second generation native of dry Los Angeles, the plants that stand out in my memory are those that have survived our periodic droughts. Many of these were remnants of earlier eras — first the ...

Imagine a plant in your garden that resembles a living sculpture and dates back before the 4th century B.C.! Its name is acanthus, and it’s possible. Commonly called bear’s breech, leaves of this ...

The statuesque Acanthus spinosus makes one of the finest silhouettes in the winter garden. Sturdy stems carry a whorl of 30 or so flowers, each capable of producing a shiny, rich-brown, elliptical ...

image: 12 h × 12 w in sheet: 24 h × 23 w in 30 × 30 cm 61 × 58 cm ...

12 x 12 in. (30.4 x 30.4 cm) sheet 22 7/8 x 21 7/8 in. (58.0 x 55.5 cm) ...